Work
Selected engagements delivered under Subtext Systems, founded 2025. The prior 20-year research and consulting practice that informs this work is summarized on the About page.
The Future of American Steel
Active, 2026Client: Ceres
A facility-level techno-economic study of decarbonization pathways for the US steel sector, built on IndustryPath. It pairs plant-level technology and cost modeling with regional case studies and stakeholder convenings to test where and how near-zero steelmaking can realistically scale. The full report is forthcoming from Ceres.
Guidelines for Decarbonizing Industry in Time to Meet Global Climate Goals
Published, 2026Client: European Climate Foundation (Pooled Fund on International Energy) · Published at Columbia CGEP
Contributing analytical work to a multi-author industrial-decarbonization rate study, funded by the European Climate Foundation and published at Columbia CGEP.
Read the GuidelinesEngagement shapes
Subtext Systems typically engages through:
Scoping studies
4–6 weeks. Frame a question, assess feasibility, recommend an analytical approach.
Full techno-economic analyses
3–4 months. Facility-level modeling, scenario exploration, and stakeholder-validated synthesis.
Commissioned model extensions
Variable duration. Region- or sector-specific extensions of the IndustryPath framework.
Organizations we've worked with
Through Subtext Systems and in prior roles.
- Buro Happold
- Ceres
- ClimateWorks Foundation
- Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy
- Ecojustice Canada
- Environmental Defender Law Center
- European Climate Foundation
- Fair Steel Coalition
- IDDRI
- IISD
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
- S-Curve Economics
- UCL Energy Institute