Robert L. Crosby, Jr.

 

Education:

• Houghton College, Houghton, NY; NYU, NYC 1961-1964 (Joint BSEE/MSEE Program)
• USAF Technical School, Lowry AFB, CO.: Electronics. 1964-1965

Professional Affiliations:

• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE)
• Alaska Inventors & Entrepreneurs Association, Inc. (former Director)
• Ecological Economics of Alaska, Inc. (member Board of Directors)

Experience:

Mr. Crosby has over thirty years of experience in A/E design, energy management or related field.  Primary area of involvement has been in HVAC and plumbing design, with increasing emphasis on scientific research and development.  He has a particular interest in the development of appropriate technologies and has gained some recognition in this area.  In 1984, he founded Biorealis Systems, Inc, a professional corporation providing ecological engineering design and consulting services, and research and development of small scale appropriate technologies.

Projects:

Since 1975, Mr. Crosby has acted as principal mechanical designer on over 300 projects located throughout Alaska, both urban and rural.  Successfully completed projects include single- and multi-family housing, retail space, office buildings, maintenance & repair facilities, schools, churches, senior citizen centers, an 86-room hotel, restaurant/bar facilities, a fish hatchery, a solid waste transfer facility, village clinics/washeterias, a passive environmental community freezer, a controlled environment growth chamber, a prototype village waste separator, a prototype experimental methane digester.   He also designed, built, and currently lives in an award-winning 3,500 sq. ft. bioshelter which serves as a live-in laboratory for development and testing of alternative waste treatment, and energy related products. Representative examples.

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