Reducing Carbon Emissions in Products and the
Built Environment

Building Insights is a consultancy dedicated to reducing whole-life energy use and carbon emissions in products and buildings.

Building Insights provides data-driven technical and policy solutions that balance embodied and operational carbon emissions, energy consumption, and cost, empowering clients to make informed decisions.

Principal consultant, Matt Jungclaus has deep experience in product life cycle assessment (LCA), whole building LCA, energy modeling, techno-economic analysis, and broader sustainability consulting.

Let’s build a future where performance meets impact.

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A passion for high-performance buildings

Our services cater to a diverse clientele, ranging from multi-national research organizations to real estate developers and building owners

Product Life Cycle Assessment

Assessing whole-life carbon emissions and other environmental impacts for consumer products, construction products, and more using SimaPro.
Developing internal sustainability standards for Fortune 500 clients.

Whole-building life cycle assessment

Performing whole-building life cycle assessments using tools such as EC3, One Click LCA, Tally, and Athena Impact Estimator for Buildings.

Energy Services

Modeling energy consumption in new or existing buildings for compliance or early design decision-making. Performing audits to identify opportunities for energy, emissions, and cost reductions.

Techno-economic analysis

Performing techno-economic analysis to evaluate the cost, energy, and carbon tradeoffs of building solutions.

Owner’s Representative and Compliance

Serve as a building owner’s representative with designers, developers, and contractors to match owner vision with outcomes.

Event Facilitation and Design Charettes

Convene stakeholders around common policy, technical, or design solutions. See project examples for more detail (coming soon).

We’re just getting started

This website will be updated with example projects and updates from Matt Jungclaus and Building Insights LLC. Do not hesitate to contact Matt if you would like more information about his work or experience.