Stacy Smedley
VP of product impact
Stacy Smedley is a Vice President at ERG, where she leads the Product Impact Group in developing tools, data systems, and disclosure methods that help industries, governments, and individuals better understand and reduce the environmental impacts of the products they make and buy.
With more than 20 years of experience at the intersection of sustainability, materials, architecture, and construction, Stacy has been a leading voice in bringing embodied carbon into the conversation around the built environment and making environmental impact data more accessible and actionable.
Before joining ERG, Stacy co-founded and served as Executive Director of Building Transparency, the nonprofit behind the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator, or EC3. The free, open-access tool and its database of Environmental Product Declarations help owners, designers, contractors, and manufacturers understand, compare, and reduce the embodied carbon associated with building materials. ERG (Eastern Research Group Inc.)
Earlier in her career, Stacy worked in architecture and later served as Director of Sustainability at Skanska USA Building, where she led sustainability initiatives and worked across topics including LEED, the Living Building Challenge, and carbon emissions associated with buildings and construction. Her project experience includes the first LEED for Homes Platinum-certified project in Washington State and the first project certified under Living Building Challenge Version 2.0. Built Environment Plus
Stacy holds a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Washington and has served on a range of industry, government, and international advisory groups focused on sustainable construction, greenhouse gas accounting, materials, and product environmental impacts.
