Chris Magwood is working to help create a world where buildings are a leading part of the climate solution instead of a major contributor to climate change and doing so in a way that makes the world more equitable, healthy, beautiful, and efficient.

In 2022, Chris joined the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Embodied Carbon initiative within RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings team. There he leads efforts on HomebuildersCAN, a unique community of practice for homebuilders working to decarbonize, and the development of RESNET/ANSI Standard 1550 for the measurement and reporting of embodied carbon for home.

In 2019, he helped to establish Builders for Climate Action, and has been leading development of the BEAM carbon estimator tool for low-rise construction. At BfCA, he co-authored four major studies on embodied carbon in homebuilding.

From 2011-2022, Chris was a director and teacher at The Endeavour Centre, a not-for-profit sustainable building school. Prior to that, he ran a design/build firm specializing in carbon-storing, healthy, energy efficiency new construction and renovations.

Chris has authored seven books on sustainable building. His latest book, Building Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture, is co-authored with Bruce King and published by Island Press.

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.