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
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2022 Global Status Report- Buildings and
Constructions (URL)
Global ABC
contributing author, Materials Chapter
INTEGRATED MATERIAL LIFE CYCLE DESIGN
Soil Sisters![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bb972717665870891ab06fc5995d7d39cd59c8f6761edf0a0858bbf03931c67/Screen-Shot-2023-03-13-at-9.16.32-AM.png)
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
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Past Funding: Global Architectural History and Teaching Collaborative
Project Website: https://domesticworldmaking.com/