Bertrand Laratte

Bertrand Laratte has been an associate professor in the Department of Wood and Forest Sciences at Laval University since 2024. His work lies at the intersection of life cycle assessment (LCA), material flow analysis (MFA), and the study of bio-based materials, with a particular interest in environmental modeling applied to the wood industry and sustainable construction systems. His expertise includes multi-criteria impact assessment, the integration of spatiotemporal dynamics into environmental models, and the eco-design of bioeconomy products and processes. Bertrand Laratte is currently the scientific director of the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Buildings (https://batimentsdurables.chaire.ulaval.ca/). In this capacity, he supervises and guides projects covering the entire building value chain: environmental characterization of materials, optimization of design processes, prospective modeling of architectural evolution scenarios, and analysis of decarbonization trajectories in the sector. His role is to structure research around robust quantitative approaches, promote the integration of knowledge across disciplines, and support methodological innovation in LCA and AFM. He also supervises several graduate students, whom he guides in the development of advanced skills in environmental modeling, eco-design, and systems analysis. Through his scientific leadership, he actively contributes to the training of a new generation of specialists capable of supporting the transition to a more sustainable and resilient building sector.