Introducing Andrew Himes

by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2023 | CLF Staff intro, Feature

Director of Collective Impact Andrew Himes is Director of Collective Impact at the Life Cycle Lab at the University of Washington, working on collective impact initiatives to reduce embodied carbon emissions in built environments, including building materials, design,...

Introducing Monica Huang

by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2023 | CLF Staff intro, Feature

Research Affiliate Monica Huang is a research engineer at the UW with experience in environmental life cycle assessment (LCA). Recent projects include the Wood Carbon Seminars, LCA of Katerra’s Catalyst Building, LCA of tenant improvements (TI), and the...

Introducing Brook Waldman

by andrew.himes | Jun 7, 2023 | CLF Staff intro, Feature

Research Affiliate Brook is a research engineer at the UW, where he investigates the life cycle of building materials — their manufacture, use, and end-of-life  — and the environmental impacts that accompany those processes.  He also studies and aims to improve the...

Introducing Yang Shen

by andrew.himes | May 16, 2023 | CLF Staff intro, Feature

Research Affiliate Yang Shen is a research engineer at the University of Washington. Before joining CLF, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in George Mason University focusing on multidisciplinary research such as Computer Vision/Deep Learning applications in the...

Introducing Ethan Ellingboe

by andrew.himes | May 12, 2023 | CLF Staff intro, Feature

Research Affiliate Ethan Ellingboe is a Research Engineer at the University of Washington (UW), developing knowledge, data, and resources to advance the state of LCA practice and carbon accounting for building materials. Ethan applies his education in chemical...

Introducing Mel Chafart

by andrew.himes | Apr 19, 2023 | CLF Staff intro, Feature

Research Affiliate Mel Chafart is a Researcher at the UW, primarily focused on researching Whole Building Life Cycle Assessments. Prior, Mel was a structural engineer at Buro Happold. There, he assisted in the design of steel and concrete structures in the US and...