Senior Associate at Cambridge's Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, and Visiting Professor at ENU where he previously held the Chair of Sustainability Science and created and led the Resource Efficient Built Environment Lab. He brings 120+ scientific publications and over 17 years of experience in the construction sector to the founding team of Preoptima. Francesco is a global thought leader on embodied and whole life carbon. He is also an advisor to the International Energy Agency (IEA), national governments, and EU standardisation committees. Francesco co-authored UK’s National Methodology 2017 and the embodied carbon roadmap for Scotland 2020. He is a Fellow of the RSA.