Matt Cox, PhD
CEO and Executive Director
Matt Cox, PhD, is the CEO and Executive Director of Greenlink Analytics, a clean energy research non-profit based in Atlanta, GA. In this role, Matt provides domain expertise for Greenlink’s energy and resource analysis software tools and serves as an expert on energy efficiency strategies, renewable energy deployment, and system operations in the electric power sector.
He is the author of over 100 scientific publications in energy policy, renewable energy, energy efficiency, economic development, and job creation, the social and environmental impacts of energy use, and water policy. His policy recommendations have been adopted by dozens of cities and states, the U.S. government, and 12 other nations. Matt is also on the policy leadership team of the NIST Smart Cities Energy Super Cluster and the USDOE National Laboratories’ US Building Stock Technical Advisory Group. He has been called as an expert witness over twenty times at state public utility commissions and legislative bodies, primarily for city and utility energy policy issues. Matt holds a PhD in climate and energy policy with a minor in sustainable development from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
PUBLICATIONS
Mantripragada, M., Madhavan, S., McDonald, S., Spratling, D., Manickaraj, K., & Cox, W.M. (2022).
Driving displacement: Energy, social, and environmental determinants’ roles in urban gentrification. 2022 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. https://aceee2022.conferencespot.org/event-data/pdf/catalyst_activity_32703/catalyst_activity_paper_20220810191711265_057e24a9_d46c_4838_8189_b4d695a73f37
Brankovic, S., Lacayo, C., McDonald, S., Spratling, D., Gumerman, E., Madhavan, S., & Cox, W.M. (2021). Buffalo, Queen City of the Lakes, decreasing energy burden from 2013 to 2018: A series highlighting most improved cities. Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics. https://www.greenlinkanalytics.org/_files/ugd/4aef44_1fb268e0fad4458eb4864b7a05095e62.pdf
Brown, M. A., Soni, A., Lapsa, M. V., Southworth, K., & Cox, W.M. (2020, October 29). High energy burden and low-income energy affordability: Conclusions from a literature review. Prog. Energy 2(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/abb954
Rudd, M.A., Moore, A.F.P., Rochberg, D. et al. (2018). Climate research priorities for policy-makers, practitioners, and scientists in Georgia, USA. Environmental Management 62, 190–209 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1051-4