Kristina Farrell has over 10 years of experience in the sustainable industry focused on the built environment and specializing in embodied carbon (the greenhouse gas emissions associated with a product’s entire life cycle). Kristina excels at connecting the technical aspects of embodied carbon reporting, such as environmental product declarations (EPDs) and whole building life cycle assessments (WBLCAs), to real-world applications in support of policy implementation that will effect change. She brings to her ERG work expertise in data analysis and embodied carbon accounting, educational resource development and deployment, and stakeholder engagement and communication. 

As an embodied carbon specialist, Kristina supported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Construction Material Opportunities to Reduce Emissions (C-MORE) program. She was a key member of the collaborative team that created the Draft Approach for Developing Product-Level Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions Thresholds, which was designed to facilitate the procurement of low-carbon construction products. She helped lead the technical assistance team, providing informational resources and opportunities to understand low-carbon construction materials. As part of this effort, Kristina was integral in utilizing stakeholder engagement to identify technical assistance needs, develop feasible solutions, and provide a prioritized strategy for implementation. She also led the C-MORE program’s building codes and standards work to understand the intersection of embodied carbon reduction with policy and code language. Kristina has conducted over 50 whole-building life cycle assessments for multiple different building types throughout the design and construction stages and has experience with several modeling software platforms. 

Kristina holds an M.S. in structural engineering and mechanics from University of Colorado Boulder and a B.S. in environmental engineering from Cornell University. In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors on the water, reading her next book club pick, and tackling home renovation projects.