For 25 years, I have been obsessed with making the best, most energy efficient and carbon-storing, beautiful and inspiring buildings without wrecking the whole darn planet in the attempt.

I have also been obsessed with ensuring that I am measurably achieving these goals, and not relying on feel-good notions or greenwashing.

In recent years, this focus on measurement has led me to try to holistically understand the climate impact of buildings. It turns out that trying to answer the simple question "What is the climate impact of this building I'm helping to make?" might take the rest of my life!

What I've learned is that the building sector has a realistic opportunity to transform from a leading cause of climate change to a leading solution by reimagining buildings as places where atmospheric carbon gets stored... in vast quantities, while operating with little to no generation of emissions.

It turns out that my whole career has been a good preparation for helping to drive this change. The buildings made of straw, hemp, wood, bamboo, cork and earth that I've been making for 25 years are exactly what we need to help fix the climate.

I look forward to working with everybody and anybody who shares this passion and goal! Please check out the work I'm doing with the great team at RMI here: https://rmi.org/F