Matt Roberts

Matt is leading the Center for the Built Environment (CBE)'s life cycle assessment and embodied carbon research. Current projects include: investigating how carbon offsets are quantified and how they should be reported within net-zero carbon designations for buildings; collaborating with the Carbon Leadership Forum to conduct a study on the embodied carbon impacts of buildings in California; investigating the environmental impacts of landscape architecture; and benchmarking the embodied impacts of MEP systems. All research is focused on improving how LCA is used within the built environment while having a focus on improving the base level of knowledge on the topic to enable all members of the design team to engage in conversations related to the environmental impacts of their designs. Matt received his PhD from the University of Bath, UK, where his research focused on LCA methodologies applied to impact reduction strategies for buildings.