Allison Hyatt is a Researcher with the Carbon Leadership Forum at the University of Washington. Prior to joining the CLF, Allison oversaw the design development of various high performance buildings for public sector projects at Siegel & Strain Architects. With years of experience as an architect, she prioritizes forging links between architectural practice and research. As a graduate student, her research assessed metrics to compare among operational carbon savings, embodied carbon expenditures, and monetary costs of different decarbonization strategies over time. In the spring of 2022, she received her Masters degree in Design Studies with a concentration in Energy and Environment from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.