About

Building Insights LLC

Building Insights LLC is a consulting firm led by Matt Jungclaus, PE, PhD, specializing in sustainable building design, including technical and economic analysis that empowers building owners and operators to cost-effectively achieve low-energy and low-carbon goals. With a holistic approach to carbon mitigation, Building Insights helps clients optimize building performance and minimize environmental impacts. Whether through deep analysis, technical writing, or strategic facilitation, we provide the insights needed to create a low-carbon future.

Building Insights LLC collaborates actively with organizations such as RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute), the Carbon Leadership Forum, and NSF International to further their mission-driven research and client work in the low-carbon buildings and materials space. Other recent collaborations include developing low-carbon product certifications for a major online retailer, planning data center decarbonization with a top US tech company, and researching ways to reduce embodied carbon emissions in buildings at low or no additional cost.

Matt Jungclaus, PE, PhD

Matt Jungclaus is a thought leader in sustainable building design with over a decade of experience focused on reducing embodied and operational carbon emissions. As founder of Building Insights, LLC, he leads whole-building life cycle assessments (LCAs), develops environmental product declarations, and collaborates on embodied carbon research and policy analyses.

Matt has long-standing relationships with organizations such as RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute), the Carbon Leadership Forum, and NSF International, with whom he performs mission-driven research. Matt has had the pleasure of working with top-tier private-sector clients (including Amazon, Microsoft, REI, and McDonald’s) and public-sector clients (including the New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, the City of Pittsburgh, the U.S. General Services Administration, and the U.S. Navy) throughout his career.

Matt earned his PhD in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder, where his research focused on embodied carbon emissions benchmarks for residential and commercial buildings.

During his seven years at RMI, Matt managed high-impact projects, authored influential reports on reducing embodied and operational carbon emissions, and advised public and private sector clients on their pathways to decarbonization.

As a licensed professional engineer in Colorado, Matt also performs energy audits, develops energy models, and delivers life cycle assessments for national and local businesses. Matt’s contributions to the sustainable building design field are further demonstrated by the publications listed below.