November Chapter Meeting Dinner Presentation (In-Person)

Before being elevated to Bentley Fellow in 2014, he led the development of Bentley’s building performance software suite for four years. Before joining Bentley in 2010, Dr. Crawley developed and managed EnergyPlus and the USDOE’s Commercial Buildings Initiative (now Better Buildings Initiative and Alliances) promoting net-zero-energy buildings.
With more than 45 years of experience in building energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability, he has worked in engineering software development, government research and standards development organizations, and building design and consulting companies. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland on the topic of building simulation as a policy tool, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee and is a registered architect.
Dr. Crawley is active in ASHRAE (past Director-At-Large on ASHRAE Board) and a member of multiple Technical Committees and Standards including 169 140, 209, 228, 229P, and 232P. He is a former member and Chair of the Standards Committee as well as a past member of the Technical Activities, Research Administration, Advocacy, and Grassroots Government Activities Committees, and past chair of Technical Committees 2.8, 4.2, 4.7, and 7.1). He was elevated to ASHRAE Fellow in 2009 and achieved ASHRAE BEMP (Building Energy Modeling Professional) certification in October 2012, and received the ASHRAE Standards Achievement Award (2022), Exceptional Service Award (2013), Service to ASHRAE Research Award (2012), Distinguished Service Award (2003), and Symposium Best Paper Award (1999) for “Which Weather Data Should You Use for Energy Simulations of Commercial Buildings?”
He is also active in the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA President since 2022, at-large board member since 1998, Fellow in 2012, Regional Affiliate Liaison since 2006), IBPSA-USA (IBPSA-USA board member since 2013, President 2019-2021, Vice President 2017-2019, and Treasurer 2013-2017), a Fellow of CIBSE, U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC, past vice chair and member, Energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group; past member, Research Committee; past research liaison), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and serves on the editorial boards of three international journals. He has written more than 125 papers and articles, testified before the U.S. Congress, lectured at more than 50 universities, and made more than 500 presentations on building energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy worldwide. As an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, he has given more than 300 presentations and workshops for more than 110 ASHRAE chapters.