Emerging tech. Decision tools.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool that systematically measures the environmental impacts of a product throughout its supply chain. Nevertheless, the methods have only been around for a few decades. My group works to increase the capabilities of LCA and shape how it is used to help guide decision making. I am particularly interested in using LCA to anticipate potential impacts of new products and helping to ensure that LCA is used to ask the “right” questions.
Current Projects
Estimating Impacts of Emerging Products
Can we anticipate the environmental impacts of products before they occur and proactively design for sustainability?
Putting LCA Results in Context
If something is better, does it matter? How do we better contextualize and communicate LCA results?
Featured Research Papers
Full list of publications on Google Scholar
Emerging Products and Technology
Framework for analyzing transformative technologies in LCA (PDF)
LCA for different stages of market and technical maturity (PDF)
The future of food: Environmental lessons from e-commerce (PDF)
Using the past to think about the future: A learning case featuring the Model T
