Ashley Armstrong

Ashley Armstrong is a Program Manager in the State and Community Energy Program Office leading DOE’s Technical Assistance to State and local governments pertaining to building energy codes, zero energy codes, and building performance standards funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.  Ashley also serves as a senior policy advisor to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on appliance and equipment standards.  Ashley has focused her two-decade career on energy efficiency, clean energy technologies, and the built environment.  She previously served as the Director of Regulatory and Technology Policy at A. O. Smith Corporation. In that role, Ashley advised senior management on a wide range of policy issues, including efficiency trends, building codes, decarbonization, and voluntary programs to advance public policy goals, drive business certainty, and bring new technologies to market.  Ashley holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.