{"id":987518128,"date":"2026-07-17T06:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/?post_type=team&#038;p=987518128"},"modified":"2026-07-17T07:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:32:15","slug":"frances-yang","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/team\/frances-yang\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Yang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Frances Yang<\/strong> is Associate Director of Low Carbon Design, with the role of supporting research, strategy, and coordinated action for CLF to reduce embodied carbon emissions globally. Prior to joining CLF, Frances spent 22 years at Arup. There, she leveraged her expertise in structural engineering, LCA, and healthy materials to establish and lead their Sustainable Materials Practice, driving down embodied carbon through buildings and infrastructure projects, policy development, and technical due diligence of low carbon materials. To further advance the decarbonization of the built environment, Frances has served as vice-chair of the Structural Engineers 2050 Commitment, co-founded the All for Reuse initiative, and vice-chaired the USGBC Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group. While on the SEI Sustainability Committee, she led the authorship of ASCE technical guidance \u201cWhole Building Life Cycle Assessment: Reference Building Structure and Strategies,\u201d which is referenced by LEEDv4, ILFI\u2019s Zero Carbon Certification, and other respected standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"clf-button yellow-bg\" href=\"\/fr\/introducing-frances-yang\/\" aria-label=\"Introducing Frances Yang\">Lire la suite<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":987518129,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[110],"class_list":["post-987518128","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clf-staff"],"acf":{"office":"","position":"Associate Director of Low Carbon Design","phone":"","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/frances-yang-000916\/","email":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Frances Yang - Carbon Leadership Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/team\/frances-yang\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frances Yang\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Frances Yang is Associate Director of Low Carbon Design, with the role of supporting research, strategy, and coordinated action for CLF to reduce embodied carbon emissions globally. Prior to joining CLF, Frances spent 22 years at Arup. There, she leveraged her expertise in structural engineering, LCA, and healthy materials to establish and lead their Sustainable [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/team\/frances-yang\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carbon Leadership Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-17T14:32:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Frances-Yang-Headshot-1024x1024.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/team\\\/frances-yang\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/team\\\/frances-yang\\\/\",\"name\":\"Frances Yang - Carbon Leadership Forum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/team\\\/frances-yang\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/team\\\/frances-yang\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Frances-Yang-Headshot.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-17T13:59:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-17T14:32:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/team\\\/frances-yang\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/team\\\/frances-yang\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/team\\\/frances-yang\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Frances-Yang-Headshot.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Frances-Yang-Headshot.png\",\"width\":1668,\"height\":1668,\"caption\":\"Frances Yang photo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/team\\\/frances-yang\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Frances Yang\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\\\/\",\"name\":\"Carbon Leadership Forum\",\"description\":\"Reducing carbon in buildings.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Carbon Leadership Forum\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/CLF-Logo-RGB.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/carbonleadershipforum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/CLF-Logo-RGB.png\",\"width\":279,\"height\":108,\"caption\":\"Carbon Leadership Forum\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/carbon-leadership-forum\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Frances Yang - Carbon Leadership Forum","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/team\/frances-yang\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Frances Yang","og_description":"Frances Yang is Associate Director of Low Carbon Design, with the role of supporting research, strategy, and coordinated action for CLF to reduce embodied carbon emissions globally. Prior to joining CLF, Frances spent 22 years at Arup. There, she leveraged her expertise in structural engineering, LCA, and healthy materials to establish and lead their Sustainable [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/team\/frances-yang\/","og_site_name":"Carbon Leadership Forum","article_modified_time":"2026-07-17T14:32:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Frances-Yang-Headshot-1024x1024.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/team\/frances-yang\/","url":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/team\/frances-yang\/","name":"Frances Yang - Carbon Leadership Forum","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/team\/frances-yang\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/team\/frances-yang\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Frances-Yang-Headshot.png","datePublished":"2026-07-17T13:59:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-17T14:32:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/team\/frances-yang\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/team\/frances-yang\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/team\/frances-yang\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Frances-Yang-Headshot.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Frances-Yang-Headshot.png","width":1668,"height":1668,"caption":"Frances Yang photo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/team\/frances-yang\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Frances Yang"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\/","name":"Forum du leadership carbone","description":"R\u00e9duction du carbone dans les b\u00e2timents.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\/#organization","name":"Forum du leadership carbone","url":"https:\/\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CLF-Logo-RGB.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CLF-Logo-RGB.png","width":279,"height":108,"caption":"Carbon Leadership Forum"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev-cbeclf.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/carbon-leadership-forum\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/987518128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987518129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987518128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carbonleadershipforum.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987518128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}