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		Dr. George Kelly came to the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 1970 as a National Research Council/National Institute of Standards and Technology Postdoctoral Research Associate. During a two-year period as a research associate, he conducted research on condensation and the theory of droplet growth in homogeneous nucleation. He joined the Center for Building Technology in 1972, where as a project leader he carried out laboratory, field, and theoretical research on the part load and seasonal performance of heating and cooling equipment. From 1976 to 1980, Dr. Kelly was project leader in charge of a team of engineers and technicians that developed testing and rating procedures for furnaces, boilers, central air conditioners, and heat pumps. This work was part of a congressionally mandated program conducted for the Department of Energy (DOE). Its objective was to encourage energy conservation through the development of information which would allow consumers to make purchasing decisions based on the estimated seasonal performance and annual operating costs of various appliances. In July 1980, Dr. Kelly became Leader for the new Mechanical Systems and Controls Group within the Building Environment Division. The mission of this group is to conduct fundamental and applied research on building systems and controls. Dr. Kelly is currently serving as the Chief of the Building Environment Division.   He is responsible for applied research and the development of testing and performance standards for building equipment and the building envelope. This includes ventilating and air conditioning equipment, lighting equipment, systems and controls, as well as the building envelope and associated research in indoor air quality. Dr. Kelly is the leader of a major BFRL Program entitled "Cybernetic Building Systems". The objective of this work is to develop, test, integrate, and demonstrate open cybernetic building systems for improved productivity, life cycle cost savings, energy conservation, improved occupant satisfaction, and market leadership. Developed in close cooperation with the U.S. building industry, industrial partners, building owners/operators, and newly developing service companies, cybernetic building systems will "intelligently" link the operation of multiple buildings (each of which contain fully integrated energy management, fire detection, security and transport systems) with utilities, power providers, energy aggregators, and numerous other external service providers. Dr. Kelly is also the leader of the BFRL's "Healthy and Sustainable Buildings" Program. The focus of this effort is to develop measurement methods, test methods, fundamental data, simulation models, and life cycle environmental and economic analysis tools to support the wide-spread use of sustainability in design, construction, operation, and demolition of buildings and their systems/subsystems. Dr. Kelly is a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and a member of the American Physical and the Sigma Xi Honor Societies. He was a recipient of the Department of Commerce's Silver Medal for his work on developing test procedures and labeling information for residential heating and cooling equipment. He was selected as the "Engineer of the Year" for 1992 from the Department of Commerce.
George K. Kelly Education State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.E.S., Engineering, 1965 Northwestern University, Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, 1970 Position Chief Building Environment Division Building and Fire Research Laboratory

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