RESEARCH SCIENTIST 4

Updated: over 1 year ago
Location: Seattle, WASHINGTON
Deadline: Open Until Filled

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The Carbon Leadership Forum, a research organization based out of the University of Washington's College of Built Environment, is seeking a Research Scientist 4 to help execute our mission to accelerate the decarbonization of the building sector through eliminating the embodied carbon in building materials and construction through collective action.

Embodied carbon refers to the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of construction materials used in buildings, roads, and other infrastructure.  We need to reduce embodied carbon by 40-65% by 2030 to meet the reduction scenarios set by the IPCC to avoid catastrophic effects of climate change, and yet current building design and construction practice is failing to adequately address embodied carbon and make meaningful progress. We believe that robust, multi-disciplinary, collaborative research on embodied carbon and decarbonization pathways paired with accessible tools and resources is critical to making progress across the building sector.

The Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF) has three strategic pillars to help us reach our mission:

Advance Data and Methods: We align, assess and advance life cycle assessment data, tools, and methodology to increase access and availability of robust data for effective decision-making; and

Inform Effective and Just Policy: We develop research, analysis, and model policy language and act as a technical advisor to inform policy development. Our work spans local, state, federal and corporate policy.

Building Community for Impact: We build and convene a diverse network of leaders through our online forum and regional hubs to enable widespread action to reduce embodied carbon

The Researcher will be responsible for development and application of emerging research related to data, tools and frameworks that improve the methods for embodied carbon reporting, evaluation and reduction. This will include project management, development of guidance documents and educational resources, and outreach to support embodied carbon reductions in the building industry. The Researcher will work collaboratively in an integrated team with backgrounds in architecture, engineering, environmental policy, and materials manufacturing. This position will report to CLF’s Managing Director and be a part of the CLF’s core research team.

As a CLF researcher, you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with our internal research team, building industry firms, partner nonprofits, and/ or policy makers focused on embodied carbon. This will include leading research and engaging diverse stakeholders to support the development and implementation of our research agenda. This position requires experience in either building performance, computation, technical project management, embodied carbon assessments, or life cycle assessment (LCA). This position will benefit from experience in architectural design, engineering or materials research, but such background is not required.  Depending on level of experience the CLF will provide in-house resources and mentorship for training.

Responsibilities:

Research



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