April Meeting
April 19, 2011
Getting from AEDGs to Zero-Energy Buildings
Location:
Kirkwood Hotel and Conference Center
Agenda:
5:00-5:30 pm Social
5:30-6:30 pm Program
6:30 pm Dinner
Menu:
Menu to follow.
Cost:
Chapter Members are free. All guests are $15 payable at the door.
Drury B. Crawley, PH.D.
Team Leader, Commercial Buildings
U S Department of Energy
Washington, DC
Dr. Crawley leads the U.S. Department of Energy's Building Technologies Program team working to achieve cost-effective
net-zero energy commercial buildings by 2025. He is also responsible for managing the DOE's building energy software tools
development activities including EnergyPlus (winner of an R&D 100 Award in 2003), Energy Design Plugin for Google
SketchUp, Energy-10, DOE-2, and SPARK, among others.
With more than 30 years of experience in buildings energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability, he has worked
in government research and standards development organizations, as well as building design and consulting companies. A
registered architect, he recently completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering on the topic of building simulation as a
policy tool at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
He is active in ASHRAE (Chair of Technical Committee 2.8 Building Environmental Impacts and Sustainability, Chair of
Standard 169 Weather Data for Building Design Standards, member of SSPC 189.1P Standard for the Design of High-Performance,
Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, former member of the Research Administration Committee, and former
chair of TC 4.2, 4.7, and 7.1). He was made an ASHRAE Fellow in 2009, received an ASHRAE Distinguished Service award in
2003 and a 1999 Symposium Best Paper Award for "Which Weather Data Should You Use for Energy Simulations of Commercial
Buildings?"
He is also active in AIA, IBPSA, USGBC (member of the Research Committee and former member of the Energy & Atmosphere
TAG), and serves on the editorial boards of three international Journals. He has written more than 100 papers and articles
and made more than 300 presentations on energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy topics throughout the
world.
LECTURE TOPIC:
Buildings account for nearly 40% of U.S. energy use. ASHRAE, IESNA, USGBC, AIA, and DOE have collaborated on a series of
Advanced Energy Design Guides (AEDGs) for at least 30% energy savings beyond Standard 90.1-1999. The guides provide
prescriptive packages for each climate zone to reach the 30% energy savings. The AEDGs are accepted for points toward
LEED-NC certification (instead of simulation). Recent studies have shown that it is possible today to achieve a zero-energy
building but they are costly. This presentation provides an overview of the AEDG process as well as examples of packages
and case studies from each guide. Also presented are examples of today's zero-energy buildings and a number of activities
to aggressively move buildings to substantial energy savings over the next few years.
Register On Line
Registration opens on March 28th and closes on April 10th.
