Going Digital – Modeling Infrastructure Resilience for Sustainable Urban Development








Target Audience:

Engineers, Architects, & Simulationists

 

Date and Time:

December 3rd, 2025 – Noon to 1:00 p.m. MT

 

Location:

 

Idaho Water Center - Legacy Pointe (1st Floor)


322 E. Front Street Boise, ID 83702

 

 

Parking:

Parking is available underneath the building or in the adjacent parking garage.


The first hour of parking is free, each subsequent hour is $1.00.

 

 

Registration:

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Description:

It is now possible to quickly model a city using 3D technologies such as photogrammetry, LiDAR, and BIM. By federating the data from these sources, it is possible to evaluate the resilience and energy performance of a city under different planning and disaster scenarios. This presentation includes example models of several cities, including Philadelphia and Helsinki. The photogrammetry model of downtown Philadelphia created for the Pope’s visit is merged with the Philadelphia building benchmark data, which includes energy, water, and other data. For Helsinki, the 26 km2 (10 mi2) reality model is shown along with disaster planning and automated asset identification using deep learning algorithms. These integrated urban models can also support energy benchmarking, retrofit planning, and climate resilience at the city level.


Bio:

Dru Crawley

Dru Crawley is a Bentley Fellow, Sustainability and Education, where he focuses on building performance, zero-energy buildings, decarbonization, digital twins, sustainability, and resilience. Before being elevated to Bentley Fellow in 2014, he led the development of Bentley’s building performance software suite for four years. Prior to joining Bentley in 2010, Dr. Crawley developed and managed EnergyPlus and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Commercial Buildings Initiative (now the Better Buildings Initiative and Alliances), promoting net-zero-energy buildings. With over 45 years of experience in 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. Dr. Crawley is active in ASHRAE (past Director-At-Large on the 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 Committees. 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 energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy worldwide.


 


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