Overview
Personal Profile
Alberta "Birdie" Carpenter leads NLR’s efforts for strategic analysis for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Decarbonization Offices. She also manages the team that developed and runs the Materials Flow through Industry tool. This tool provides supply chain impact analysis of the manufacturing sector, offering insight into energy and carbon hotspots within industrial supply chains and the impacts associated with implementing energy reductions strategies. Carpenter's strategic analysis work focuses on sustainable manufacturing to include industrial decarbonization, circular economy, environmental and justice impacts.
Research Interests
Circular economy
Life cycle assessment
Industrial decarbonization
Environmental justice
Sustainable manufacturing
Professional Experience
U.S. Navy, 5 years
GE Medical, San Jose, California, 1 year
Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 3 years
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor, Ocean Engineering, United States Naval Academy
PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Addressing Adoption Barriers and Accelerating Market Deployment of New Technologies
Avery, G., Bhatt, A., Upasani, S., Walzberg, J., Fernandes Tomon Avelino, A., DesVeaux, J., Pham, J. & Carpenter, A., 2025, In: RSC Sustainability. 3, 4, p. 1830-1847 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Circularity Futures Workshop Series: Summary Report
Walzberg, J., Khalifa, S., Sharma, M., Dean, W., Wachs, L., Avelino, A., Upasani, S., Ghosh, T., Hanes, R., Eberle, A. & Carpenter, A., 2025, 42 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Supply Chain Energy and Greenhouse Gas Analysis Using the Materials Flows Through Industry (MFI) Tool: Examination of Alternative Technology Scenarios for the U.S. Chemical Sector: Article No. e70012
Avery, G. & Carpenter, A., 2025, In: Journal of Advanced Manufacturing and Processing. 7, 3, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Testing a Method for Developing Facility-Level Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensities of U.S. Traded Goods
Rao, P., Hendrickson, T., Wachs, L., Upasani, S. & Carpenter, A., 2025, 23 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Thriving in the Carbon-Aware Market: How to Account for Emissions in the Era of Carbon-Centered Trade Policies
Carpenter, A., Garcia Gonzalez, S., Hendrickson, T., Rao, P., Upasani, S. & Wachs, L., 2025, 25 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
Activities
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American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (External organization)
Carpenter, B. (Member), Heath, G. (Member) & Khalifa, S. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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American Society for Testing Materials Sustainable Manufacturing Technical Subcommittee (External organization)
Carpenter, B. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Awards and Honors
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NREL Distinguished Member of Research Staff
Jordan, D. (Recipient), Sengupta, M. (Recipient), Miller-Link, E. (Recipient), Keyser, M. (Recipient), Johnson, J. (Recipient), Carpenter, B. (Recipient) & Ferguson, A. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Honorary award