Ram Narayanamurthy is the deputy director of the Building Technologies Office and has more than two decades of experience in development and deployment of building technologies. At BTO, he leads strategic development and implementation of the R&D portfolio. He has worked to shape grid transition efforts required to support new load growth from computing, building, industrial, and transportation transformation.
Prior to joining DOE, Narayanamurthy led the buildings program at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), where his team focused on strategies for transforming existing and new building stock, based on large-scale deployments. Prior to joining EPRI, he was director of product development for Ice Energy, where his work led to the development of the Ice Bear, one of the first packaged thermal energy storage systems for light commercial buildings. This product was awarded ASHRAE product of the year in 2005 and 2010. In addition, as chief science officer for EchoFirst, Ram worked on integrated home energy management systems, solar photovoltaics, and solar thermal technologies. His team developed and deployed some of the first smart thermostats and implemented integrated ventilation and HVAC strategies to reduce building energy use.
Narayanamurthy holds 27 patents across a breadth of building technologies, including HVAC, water heating, solar, and controls. He has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.