Lindsay Rasmussen

Lindsay is a Manager and Building Sector Lead on Third Derivative, RMI's global innovation team. Lindsay leads the research and diligence functions for impact-driven climate tech startups, specializing in building sector climate tech globally, from low carbon building materials, high efficiency HVAC, to new construction and building retrofit solutions. Lindsay also publishes research and investment theses on emerging tech and innovations. Previously, on RMI’s Urban Transformation team, her work entailed helping cities meet ambitious equity and climate action goals. Her projects focus on nature-based solutions, city cooling and reducing the urban heat island effect, embodied carbon in city infrastructure, and urban planning and policy for meeting the 1.5°C target. x000D x000D Lindsay’s background includes architecture, embodied carbon, and high-performance building design. Prior to joining RMI, Lindsay worked for Architecture 2030, a nonprofit dedicated to rapidly decarbonizing the global built environment, where she managed the organization’s education and embodied carbon initiatives. Here, Lindsay managed a global online conference on comprehensive building-sector decarbonization (CarbonPositive), led the research for and development of the Carbon Smart Materials Palette, and facilitated a leadership summit focused on wood, forestry, and scaling mass timber.