Books
2025
The Origins of Sustainable Planned Communities (under contract with the University of North Carolina Press)
2018
The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2018)
The Origins of Sustainable Planned Communities (under contract with the University of North Carolina Press)
2018
The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2018)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2024
"Partnerships to Address Energy Insecurity in the Southeast," 2024 Summer Study in Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Proceedings. August 2024.
2017
"Taming the Wild Side of Bonaventure: Tourism and the Contested Southern Landscape," Southern Cultures 23, No. 2 (Summer 20170: 49-74.
2011
"Poverty, Industry, and Environmental Quality: Weighing Paths to Economic Development at the Dawn of the Environmental Era," Environmental History 16, No. 3 (July 2011): 492-522.
2011
"Piscatorial Politics: Fishery Regulation and the Economic Future of Rhode Island, 1869-1872," The New England Quarterly 84, No. 3 (September 2011): 444-472.
2006
"Conestee Mills: The Environmental Effects of the Rise of Greenville on a 'Shimmering Bosom of Moonlight Waters,'" Furman Humanities Review (May 2006).
"Partnerships to Address Energy Insecurity in the Southeast," 2024 Summer Study in Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Proceedings. August 2024.
2017
"Taming the Wild Side of Bonaventure: Tourism and the Contested Southern Landscape," Southern Cultures 23, No. 2 (Summer 20170: 49-74.
2011
"Poverty, Industry, and Environmental Quality: Weighing Paths to Economic Development at the Dawn of the Environmental Era," Environmental History 16, No. 3 (July 2011): 492-522.
2011
"Piscatorial Politics: Fishery Regulation and the Economic Future of Rhode Island, 1869-1872," The New England Quarterly 84, No. 3 (September 2011): 444-472.
2006
"Conestee Mills: The Environmental Effects of the Rise of Greenville on a 'Shimmering Bosom of Moonlight Waters,'" Furman Humanities Review (May 2006).
Book Chapters
2022
"Sprawling Fields of Cotton: The Boom and Bust of Gwinnett's Cotton Culture," in Gwinnett County, Georgia and the Transformation of the American South, 1818-2018. Eds. Michael J. Gagnon and Matthew Hild (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2022).
2017
"Constructive and Not Destructive Development: The Struggle for Permanent Uses of Resources in the American South," in Green Capitalism?: Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century, Eds. Hartmut Berghoff and Adam Rome (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017).
"Sprawling Fields of Cotton: The Boom and Bust of Gwinnett's Cotton Culture," in Gwinnett County, Georgia and the Transformation of the American South, 1818-2018. Eds. Michael J. Gagnon and Matthew Hild (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2022).
2017
"Constructive and Not Destructive Development: The Struggle for Permanent Uses of Resources in the American South," in Green Capitalism?: Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century, Eds. Hartmut Berghoff and Adam Rome (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017).
Policy Reports and Whitepapers
2024
Room to Breathe: Lessons from Atlanta's First Healthy Housing Program. Atlanta: SEEA, 2024.
2023
Fifth National Climate Assessment, U.S. Global Change Research Program (technical contributor)
2023
Affordability Pathways through Energy Efficiency in Florida. Atlanta, GA: SEEA and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), 2023.
2023
Opportunities to Improve the Efficiency of Commercial Buildings in Unincorporated Norcross. Atlanta: SEEA and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2023.
2023
Advancing Efficient and Healthy Housing in Georgia State House District 98. Atlanta: SEEA, 2023.
2022
Stakeholder Recommendations for Reducing Energy Insecurity in the Southeast United States. Durham, NC: Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, 2022.
2022
How to Access Funding for Healthy and Energy-Efficient Housing. Atlanta: SEEA, 2022.
2022
Energy Insecurity in Atlanta: City Council District 1. Atlanta: SEEA, 2022.
2021
Energy Insecurity in Florida. Atlanta: SEEA and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), 2021.
2021
Energy Insecurity Fundamentals for the Southeast. Atlanta: SEEA, 2021.
2020
Strengthening Georgia's Communities through Environmental Action: Highlights from ECO-Action's Three Decades of Environmental Justice Work. Atlanta: Environmental Community Action, Inc., 2020.
2020
Adapting to the 2018 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code: Lessons from the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index. Atlanta: SEEA, 2020.
2019
Construction, Codes, and Commerce: Commercial Construction Data Review (2007-2017). Atlanta: SEEA, 2019.
2019
Construction, Codes, and Commerce: Residential Construction Data Review (2005-2017). Atlanta: SEEA, 2019.
Room to Breathe: Lessons from Atlanta's First Healthy Housing Program. Atlanta: SEEA, 2024.
2023
Fifth National Climate Assessment, U.S. Global Change Research Program (technical contributor)
2023
Affordability Pathways through Energy Efficiency in Florida. Atlanta, GA: SEEA and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), 2023.
2023
Opportunities to Improve the Efficiency of Commercial Buildings in Unincorporated Norcross. Atlanta: SEEA and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2023.
2023
Advancing Efficient and Healthy Housing in Georgia State House District 98. Atlanta: SEEA, 2023.
2022
Stakeholder Recommendations for Reducing Energy Insecurity in the Southeast United States. Durham, NC: Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, 2022.
2022
How to Access Funding for Healthy and Energy-Efficient Housing. Atlanta: SEEA, 2022.
2022
Energy Insecurity in Atlanta: City Council District 1. Atlanta: SEEA, 2022.
2021
Energy Insecurity in Florida. Atlanta: SEEA and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), 2021.
2021
Energy Insecurity Fundamentals for the Southeast. Atlanta: SEEA, 2021.
2020
Strengthening Georgia's Communities through Environmental Action: Highlights from ECO-Action's Three Decades of Environmental Justice Work. Atlanta: Environmental Community Action, Inc., 2020.
2020
Adapting to the 2018 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code: Lessons from the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index. Atlanta: SEEA, 2020.
2019
Construction, Codes, and Commerce: Commercial Construction Data Review (2007-2017). Atlanta: SEEA, 2019.
2019
Construction, Codes, and Commerce: Residential Construction Data Review (2005-2017). Atlanta: SEEA, 2019.
Other Publications
2023
"Map of the Month: Household Heating Fuel," Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, February 29, 2023.
2023
"Map of the Month: Energy Insecurity," Southeast Energy Insecurity Alliance, January 23, 2023.
2022
"How We're Identifying Opportunities for Greater Energy Equity in the Southeast," Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI), April 5, 2022.
2021
"The hidden costs of affordable housing," Saporta Report, March 21, 2021. Republished as "The hidden costs of affordable housing," Drawdown Georgia, May 5, 2021.
2020
"Boost resilience during hot weather," Energy Efficiency Day, July 2020.
2020
"Powering the South with White Coal," Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, February 2020.
2020
"The Fall and Rise of Energy Conservation Codes," Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, January 2020.
2019
"A Dam in Slabtown: The Untold History of Environmental Struggles in the New South," Tropics of Meta, June 21, 2019.
2018
"There's a solution to the Southeast's water crisis. But will Georgia and Florida agree to it?, Washington Post, March 8, 2018.
2016
"The First Green Developer," Edge Effects, October 20, 2016.
2016
"What Henry Grady can teach Atlanta about sustainable growth," Saporta Report, June 13, 2016.
2016
"Southern Conservationism? Will Bryan ('07) Says 'Yes,'" History at Furman, Fall/Winter 2016.
"Map of the Month: Household Heating Fuel," Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, February 29, 2023.
2023
"Map of the Month: Energy Insecurity," Southeast Energy Insecurity Alliance, January 23, 2023.
2022
"How We're Identifying Opportunities for Greater Energy Equity in the Southeast," Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI), April 5, 2022.
2021
"The hidden costs of affordable housing," Saporta Report, March 21, 2021. Republished as "The hidden costs of affordable housing," Drawdown Georgia, May 5, 2021.
2020
"Boost resilience during hot weather," Energy Efficiency Day, July 2020.
2020
"Powering the South with White Coal," Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, February 2020.
2020
"The Fall and Rise of Energy Conservation Codes," Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, January 2020.
2019
"A Dam in Slabtown: The Untold History of Environmental Struggles in the New South," Tropics of Meta, June 21, 2019.
2018
"There's a solution to the Southeast's water crisis. But will Georgia and Florida agree to it?, Washington Post, March 8, 2018.
2016
"The First Green Developer," Edge Effects, October 20, 2016.
2016
"What Henry Grady can teach Atlanta about sustainable growth," Saporta Report, June 13, 2016.
2016
"Southern Conservationism? Will Bryan ('07) Says 'Yes,'" History at Furman, Fall/Winter 2016.