Episode 126: Lauren Alger

Lauren Alger is vice president and national director of sustainable design at STV, a multinational company focused on the design, engineering, and planning of infrastructure at all scales. 

A civil engineer by training, Lauren is dedicated to transforming how infrastructure is designed, built, and measured, so it becomes a driver of climate solutions. She launched ASCE Infrastructure 2050, an industry-wide initiative to reduce embodied carbon emissions of infrastructure assets.

She is a leader of the AIA New York State’s New York Embodied Carbon Working Group, focused on actionable recommendations for reducing embodied carbon across the built environment. The group is issuing a key report this month. “It has been incredible to see this group evolve,” Lauren says. “It has shown me how much is possible when we make a choice to collectively show up. We all had the same belief: that we could, together, shape better outcomes for future generations.”