Gaya is an experienced LCA practitioner with over 10 years in the field and a broad range of interests in the sustainability arena. She regularly undertakes LCA studies and is involved in the development of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). She is also an independent reviewer of LCA studies.
She holds a BE in Engineering Science and a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Based in Auckland, she has spent 15 years at the University of Auckland studying, tutoring and lecturing. Gaya’s Masters studies involved her first LCA with Formway’s LIFE chair in 2004 which focused on finding materials with the lowest environmental impact and are now used in our main offices.
She is a member of the EPD Australasia Technical Advisory Group and the LCANZ Best Practice Working Group.
She credits a love of gardening as a gateway for her interest in the environment with a garden full of persimmons, pomegranates, lemons and loquat. When she is not working, Gaya can be found running around after her little boy.
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