Bentley Fellow / Director, Building Performance
Bentley Systems, Inc.
Washington, District of Columbia
Dru Crawley is Bentley Fellow and Director, Building Performance focusing on building performance, zero-energy buildings, decarbonization, digital twins, smart cities, and sustainability. Before elevation to Bentley Fellow in 2014, he led development of Bentley’s building performance software for four years. Prior to joining Bentley, Dr. Crawley developed and managed EnergyPlus and the USDOE’s Commercial Buildings Initiative (now Better Buildings Initiative) promoting net-zero-energy buildings.
With more than 45 years of experience in buildings energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability, he has worked in engineering software development, government research and standards development organizations, as well as building design and consulting companies. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland on the topic of building simulation as a policy tool and a Bachelor of Architecture from University of Tennessee.
Dr. Crawley is active in ASHRAE (Director-At-Large on ASHRAE Board, member of Task Force on Building Decarbonization, and member of multiple standards and technical committees). He was elevated to ASHRAE Fellow in 2009 and received the ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award in 2013. He is also active in the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA President since 2022, Fellow in 2012) and Past President of IBPSA-USA.
He has written more than 150 papers and articles, testified before the U.S. Congress, lectured at more than 45 universities, and made more than 500 presentations on building energy efficiency, sustainability, and decarbonization throughout the world.
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(G08) ASHRAE 209 - A Tool for Integrative Design
Thursday, September 28, 2023
11:15am – 12:15pm US EDT