Ali Hasanbeigi is the Founder and Co-director of the Industrial Electrification Center.

Dr. Hasanbeigi is also the Founder, CEO, and Research Director at Global Efficiency Intelligence, LLC. He leads consulting and market research activities across our service areas. Dr. Hasanbeigi has over 15 years of international experience providing strategic analysis and technical research on industrial decarbonization, energy systems efficiency, industrial electrification, embodied energy and carbon in manufactured products, smart manufacturing, emerging technologies, and technology and policy evaluation. He has worked with clients and various stakeholders, including government, industry, nonprofits, academia, and utilities in the U.S. and internationally.

Dr. Hasanbeigi is also the Founder and Director at Textile Sustainability Hub, which is an information hub that researches, identifies and shares best practices for sustainability and cleaner production in the textile and apparel industry.

Before founding Global Efficiency Intelligence, LLC., Dr. Hasanbeigi was a Research Scientist in the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he led the Low Emissions and Efficient Industry research group. During this time, he worked with various public, private, and non-profit organizations globally.

Dr. Hasanbeigi has extensive knowledge of the technical, market, and economic analysis of energy systems efficiency in industry, particularly in the cement, iron and steel, pulp and paper, chemical and petroleum refining, textile, food and beverage, glass, aluminum, and high tech industries. He also has completed substantial research and consulting on cross-cutting energy systems such as motor systems, boiler and steam systems, and process heating systems in the manufacturing and commercial sectors. In addition, he has deep expertise in integrated energy modeling, technology market evaluation and forecast, industry and technology roadmapping, energy-water nexus, quantification of air pollution reduction and health benefits of energy efficiency, emission control technologies, energy analysis tools development, international cooperation and strategic partnership. Dr. Hasanbeigi has also worked as an international energy efficiency consultant for the World Bank and UNIDO.

Dr. Hasanbeigi has around 150 publications with 35 peer-reviewed international journal articles, over 40 international conference papers, over 70 project reports, and 9 energy analysis tools. Majority as lead author/developer. He also served as a contributing author for the Industry Chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Fifth and Sixth Assessment Report on Mitigation of Climate Change. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in textile technology engineering and his Ph.D. in energy technology. He was also a postdoctoral fellow on industrial energy efficiency and decarbonization at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Dr. Hasanbeigi's selected publications can be found on GEI’s Publication page.

Cecilia Springer is the Co-director of the Industrial Electrification Center.

She is a Principal at Global Efficiency Intelligence, LLC. She provides consulting and market research across GEI's service areas. Dr. Springer has over 10 years of experience conducting technical research on energy policy and industrial decarbonization, with a regional focus on U.S., China, and Southeast Asia. Dr. Springer has published research on international benchmarking of the steel, cement, and aluminum industries; embodied carbon; green public procurement; and emerging energy efficiency technologies for various industrial subsectors. 

Before joining GEI, Dr. Springer was Assistant Director and Senior Academic Researcher at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, leading the Global China Initiative and conducting research on the energy and climate impacts of China's overseas engagement. She was previously a postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Dr. Springer received her Ph.D. in Energy and Resources at the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S. in environmental science from Brown University. She is a research affiliate at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a non-resident fellow at Boston University.

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