Biographies
Of Speakers and Abstract Of Technical Talk
DR. DRURY B. CRAWLEY, PH.D.
Director, Building Performance Products
Bentley Systems, Inc.
Trends in Buildings and Energy Simulation
The buildings industry faces many challenges and opportunities
over the next few decades. The buildings touted today
as ‘most energy-efficient’ or ‘green’
would not be possible without energy simulation—but
no single simulation tool can model all aspects of our
buildings today. Over the next ten years, changes in building
technology—particularly wireless controls and solid-state
lighting—will profoundly alter how our buildings
are designed, built, and operated. This presentation provides
an overview of trends and drivers affecting the building
industry as well as the simulation tools of tomorrow.
Drury B. Crawley, Ph.D.
Dr. Crawley leads the development of software for building
performance and sustainability at Bentley Systems. Prior
to joining Bentley Systems in 2010, he lead the U.S. Department
of Energy’s team working to achieve cost-effective
net-zero energy commercial buildings by 2025 and was responsible
for managing the DOE’s building energy software
tools development activities including EnergyPlus and
Open Studio plugin for Google SketchUp.
He has more than 30 years of experience in buildings
energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability.
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. He is
active in ASHRAE and was made an ASHRAE Fellow in 2009,
received an ASHRAE Distinguished Service award in 2003.
A registered architect, he also has a PhD in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow,
Scotland.
PROFESSOR LEE SIEW EANG
Director, Centre for Total Building Performance
Department of Building, National University of Singapore
The Design, Development and Performance of a Retrofitted
Solar-powered Zero Energy Building
The Zero Energy Building at the Building and Construction
Authority’s Academy (ZEB@BCAA) was conceived and
built within 24 months. It is the first and only Zero
Energy Building in the region that is able to achieve
its energy target of net zero consumption by reducing
the energy consumption by 60% and providing its own electricity
through solar power. The paper presents the processes
involved in the design and development of the building
and the barriers faced in the design, implementation and
management of the project. The performance status of the
building to date will be reported. The project has served
as a useful benchmark for the development of energy efficient
building in Singapore.
Prof. Lee Siew Eang
Dr. Lee, trained as a building engineer, is the Director
of the Centre for Total Building Performance, a joint
research centre between the Building and Construction
Authority of Singapore and the National University of
Singapore. Dr. Lee also heads the Energy Sustainability
Unit (ESU). The Unit is a fully industry sponsored energy
research unit. Major sponsors include the Economic Development
Board of Singapore, National Environment Agency, the Energy
Market Authority and companies from Singapore and Europe.
Current major research programmes of Dr. Lee include energy
performance benchmarking of buildings, development of
energy labeling systems, baseline models development,
and the development of Zero Energy Building in the tropics.
Besides research, Prof. Lee also serves as a board member
of the Singapore Green Building Council, and chairs its
Technical Coordination Committee.
MR. VINOD KESAVA
Managing Director
Climate Resources Exchange Pte Ltd
CARE – The first CDM Program in Singapore for Energy
Efficiency in Chiller Plants employing ASHRAE 14 guidelines
The presentation explores the first CDM Program of Activities
(POA) implemented in Singapore for Energy Efficiency in
Chiller Plants of commercial and industrial buildings,
known as CARE – Climate Action Response Enterprise.
The POA is based on aggregating projects that replace
chiller plants to achieve a minimum energy efficiency
coefficient of 0.65kW/TR and that must be measured and
verified in accordance with ASHRAE guideline 14 annually,
over a period of 10 years in order to generate and benefit
from Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) or carbon credits.
Vinod Kesava
Vinod has been involved in the carbon and renewable energy
markets in Europe and Asia since 2002. Between 2003 and
2007 he co-founded, designed and implemented the world’s
first carbon exchange trading in CDM derived emission
reductions, through a unique auction process.
Vinod has also originated and developed over 40 projects
under the CDM and other sustainable energy initiatives.
In 2009, he designed and developed Singapore’s first
program for energy efficiency in chiller plants for commercial
and industrial buildings. The program is known as the
Climate Action Response Enterprise (CARE) for Energy Efficiency
and its measurement and verification standards are based
on ASHRAE 14 guidelines. This initiative is now being
replicated in other parts of Asia.
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