Active Research Projects 
                 

         

        POLICY: CARBON IN  BUILT ENVIRONMENT

                Building Materials and Climate: Constructing a New Future Report (Download here)
                Lead Principal Investigator: Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture,
                Co-Principal Investigators: Willow Technologies Ltd., Ghana, McGill University
                Funding: United Nations Environment Program
               
                Specific Contributions: 
                - Chapter 4: Shift to Biobased Materials (Timber, Bamboo, Biomass)
                - Chapter 5: Improve:  Masonry and Earth-based Materials
                - Case Studies: 
                       + Taking pressure off West Africa’s tropical forests through the use of non-timber biomass resources
                       + Greening the masonry value chain in West Africa



 
                
                UNEP Global Report
                Building Materials and Climate Report (URL)
                Yale CEA, Global ABC, UNEP
               


                2022 Global Status Report- Buildings and  
                Constructions (URL)
                Global ABC
                contributing author, Materials Chapter
                         
           



        INTEGRATED MATERIAL LIFE CYCLE DESIGN

               Soil Sisters  
               
                                 
                Current Funding: SOM Foundation, Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture, Yale School of Architecture
                Project Website: www.yalesoilsisters.com/







        GLOBAL ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION  


               Domestic Worldmaking by the Enslaved    
                               
            
                Past Funding: Global Architectural History and Teaching Collaborative
                Project Website: https://domesticworldmaking.com/