Dr. Carrie Brown is a Director at Resource Refocus LLC. Dr. Brown contributes expertise in the fields of building science, mechanical engineering, optimization methods, building simulation, and energy efficient design. She specializes in zero net energy (ZNE) and zero carbon (ZC) research and consulting; energy efficiency consulting for commercial, residential, and multifamily buildings; building simulation; and state and federal energy policy research. Currently, Dr. Brown works on various ZNE and ZC studies for the California Investor-Owned Utilities, the California Air Resources Board, and the New York State Energy Research Authority.

She is active in the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) professional communities, where she is the President of IBPSA-USA, an IBPSA-World Director-at-Large, Chair of the ASHRAE Decarbonization Task Force Knowledge Hub Working Group, and Chaired the 2020 ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Performance Analysis/SimBuild Conference.

Dr. Brown holds a Ph.D. in Building Technology from MIT, an M.S. in Architecture with a concentration in Building Science from UC Berkeley, and a B.S. in Architecture from MIT.