Built for environmental work that must stand up to scrutiny

Build Neutral is a standards-led environmental assessment practice led by LCA scientists with experience in the field since 2015. We bring doctoral-level expertise, life cycle thinking, and rigorous environmental modelling to organizations that need environmental results they can trust, disclose, defend, and act on.

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Our Mission

Making environmental assessment more rigorous, transparent, and decision-ready.

Build Neutral exists to help organizations move beyond broad sustainability claims toward defensible environmental evidence. Our work supports credible decision-making through life cycle assessment, environmental product declarations, product carbon footprinting, embodied carbon analysis, third-party critical review, and standards-aligned environmental disclosure.

Life Cycle Thinking

Grounded in industrial ecology and environmental systems analysis.

Environmental impacts do not exist in isolation. They emerge across product systems, supply chains, production processes, material flows, use phases, and end-of-life pathways. Build Neutral applies industrial ecology, life cycle assessment methodology, and internationally recognized standards to evaluate these systems with clarity, transparency, and rigour.

Leadership & Technical Direction

Build Neutral is intentionally expert-led. Our leadership combines scientific depth, standards-aligned methodology, quality systems, project delivery, and industry engagement to support environmental work where technical credibility matters.

Dr. Shiva Zargar, Ph.D.

Founder & Director of Science and LCA

Dr. Shiva Zargar is the scientific lead behind Build Neutral’s environmental assessment work. With a PhD in Sustainable Bioeconomy from the University of British Columbia and experience in LCA and environmental modelling since 2015, she brings deep expertise in industrial ecology, product carbon footprinting, EPD development and verification, embodied carbon analysis, techno-economic assessment, and ISO-compliant critical review.

Her work is defined by methodological rigour, transparent assumptions, and scientific judgment, helping organizations develop environmental results that can withstand technical review, procurement scrutiny, verification, and public claims.

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Wacey Crier, PMP, CWEng

Founder & COO

Wacey brings construction execution, quality systems, and project delivery expertise to Build Neutral. A band member of the Samson Cree Nation, he has managed complex construction projects across Western Canada, including water and wastewater infrastructure, fabrication and installation, pipeline projects, procurement, regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and quality management.

As a Certified Welding Engineer, Project Management Professional, Interprovincial Red Seal Tradesperson, and SAIT alumnus, Wacey helps connect environmental assessment with the realities of construction and industrial project delivery. His work strengthens Build Neutral’s ability to deliver LCA, EPD, and embodied carbon work that is not only scientifically rigorous but practical, buildable, and grounded in real-world systems.

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