Shoshanna Saxe, University of Toronto

Research

sustainability embodied GHG Infrastructure building form built environment GHG budget material design optimization

Latest papers

Image-based prediction of residential building attributes with deep learning.
Journal of industrial ecology · 2025 · senior author
A Future Growth Model for Building More Housing and Infrastructure with Less Embodied Greenhouse Gas.
Environmental science & technology · 2024 · senior author
RASMI: Global ranges of building material intensities differentiated by region, structure, and function.
Scientific data · 2024

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Building more with less: Housing and Infrastructure within Planetary Boundaries
NSERC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$405,795
Improving cycling infrastructure - achieving multi modal modelling for transportation planning and management
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$414,286
Bridging the critical mineral gap in energy modelling and decarbonization policy
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$125,000

All 11 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Image-based prediction of residential building attributes with deep learning.

Huang W, Olson AW, Khalil EB, Saxe S

Journal of industrial ecology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13591 PMID: 42017195

02

A Future Growth Model for Building More Housing and Infrastructure with Less Embodied Greenhouse Gas.

Rankin KH, Saxe S

Environmental science & technology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c02070 PMID: 38868922

03

RASMI: Global ranges of building material intensities differentiated by region, structure, and function.

Fishman T, Mastrucci A, Peled Y, Saxe S, van Ruijven B

Scientific data2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03190-7 PMID: 38653964

04

Personal Mobility Choices and Disparities in Carbon Emissions.

Wang A, Weichenthal S, Lloyd M, Hong K, Saxe S, Hatzopoulou M

Environmental science & technology2023

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06993 PMID: 37262367

05

Material Stock and Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Global and Urban Road Pavement.

Rousseau LSA, Kloostra B, AzariJafari H, Saxe S, Gregory J, Hertwich EG

Environmental science & technology2022

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05255 PMID: 36455072

06

A construction classification system database for understanding resource use in building construction.

Guven G, Arceo A, Bennett A, Tham M, Olanrewaju B, McGrail M, Isin K, Olson AW, Saxe S

Scientific data2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01141-8 PMID: 35140241

Building more with less: Housing and Infrastructure within Planetary Boundaries

Principal investigatorNSERC2026Advantage

Principal investigators: Saxe, Shoshanna

Keywords: Construction, urban and rural planning; Environment

$405,795

Improving cycling infrastructure - achieving multi modal modelling for transportation planning and management

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Advantage

Principal investigators: Saxe, Shoshanna

Keywords: Transportation systems and services; Construction, urban and rural planning

$414,286

Bridging the critical mineral gap in energy modelling and decarbonization policy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: McCarney, Geoffrey

$125,000

GHG budgets for the construction sector

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Saxe, Shoshanna SD

Keywords: construction; embodied ghg; ghg budgets; sustainability

$25,000

Building more with less: Achieving a sustainable built environment

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Saxe, Shoshanna SD

Keywords: building form; built environment; embodied ghg; ghg budget; material design; optimization; structural design; sustainability; urban form

$510,986

Advancing quantitative assessment and planning of Canadian cycling infrastructure

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Saxe, Shoshanna SD

$72,000

Sustainable Infrastructure

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Saxe, Shoshanna

$120,000

Sustainable Infrastructure

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Saxe, Shoshanna

Keywords: infrastructure; sustainability; material flow analysis; urban

$480,000

Improving the environmental sustainability of large scale transportation infrastructure

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Saxe, Shoshanna

Keywords: ex-post studies; greenhouse gas emissions; Infrastructure; sustainability; transport

$182,000

Improving the environmental sustainability of large scale transportation infrastructure

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Saxe, Shoshanna

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Civil and Mineral Engineering - University of Toronto
Civil and Mineral Engineering
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

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Scott Weichenthal

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Marianne Hatzopoulou

Civil and Mineral Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: sustainability Dear Professor Saxe, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Image-based prediction of residential building attributes with deep learning." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Building more with less: Housing and Infrastructure within Planetary Boundaries" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]