Mikaela DeRousseau

Mikaela DeRousseau is a Data & Methodology Manager at Building Transparency, a nonprofit organization that aims to reduce embodied carbon emissions from the built environment by providing the free, open-access tools and data needed for decarbonizing the buildings and infrastructure. In this role, DeRousseau contributes to data quality assessment methodologies associated with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and advocates for rigorous data quality standards for building materials.

Prior to her role at Building Transparency, Mikaela received her PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder and conducted research that looked at how the embodied carbon of concrete mixtures can be reduced using mix design optimization.