Kristen Parrish

Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University

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Kristen Parrish is a Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University (ASU). Her work focuses on integrating energy efficiency measures into building design, construction, and operations processes. Specifically, she is interested in novel design processes that financially and technically facilitate energy efficiency in the built environment. Her work also explores how principles of lean manufacturing and construction facilitate efficiencies in the buildings industry. She has a Distinguished Professor Award from the Construction Industry Institute in recognition of these efforts. Prior to joining ASU, Parrish was at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-11) and then a Scientific Engineering Associate (2011-2012) in the Building Technologies and Urban Systems Department. She holds a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Civil Engineering Systems from University of California Berkeley.