This Month's Topic: Big, Smart, and Everything 

Cocktail & Networking Hour from 5:00pm - 6:00PM 

Dinner & Technical Presentation Starting at 6:00PM 

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NJ ASHARE is accepting donations for TOYS FOR TOTS this upcoming meeting and is matching all donations! Look for the ticket option to donate while registering!

DRURY B. CRAWLEY, PH.D.

FASHRAE, BEMP, FIBPSA, FCIBSE, AIA

Bentley Fellow/Director, Building Performance

Bentley Systems, Inc.

Washington, DC, USA

Dru Crawley is a Bentley Fellow, Sustainability and Education, focusing on infrastructure performance, zero-energy buildings, decarbonization, digital twins, smart cities, and resilience. 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 over 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, as well as 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 holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee.

Dr. Crawley is active in ASHRAE (past Director At-Large on ASHRAE Board) and a member of multiple Technical and Standards Committees. He is a past member of the Standards, Technical Activities, Research Administration, Advocacy, and Grassroots Government Activities Committee. He has received the ASHRAE Standards Achievement, Exceptional Service, Service to ASHRAE Research, and Distinguished Service Awards.

He is also President of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), and a Fellow of ASHRAE, IBPSA, and CIBSE. He has published more than 125 papers and articles, testified before the U.S. Congress, lectured at more than 50 universities, and delivered over 700 presentations on building energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy worldwide. As an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, he has delivered more than 260 presentations and workshops for more than 120 ASHRAE chapters.