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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please excuse the cross-postings…</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">IBPSA-USA</span></b><br><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">International Building Performance Simulation Association</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">USA Affiliate</span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"> </p><p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<i>IBPSA-USA invites you to join us in Montreal</i></p><p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>For our Summer 2011 meeting!</i></p><p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<b> </b>4:00-9:00 PM, Saturday, June 25, 2011</p><p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center">Montreal, QC, Canada</p><p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Dinner RSVP requested</span></strong><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Restaurant Alexandre et fils</span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<span class="style231"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1454 Peel street, Montreal (Quebec) H3A 1S8</span></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">MAP: <a href="http://www.chezalexandre.com/eng/carte.pdf">http://www.chezalexandre.com/eng/carte.pdf</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">4:00pm to 6:00pm IBPSA-USA Meeting (Agenda TBD)</p><ul type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">IBPSA-USA strategic plan</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-position:outside">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Newsletter</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-position:outside">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wiki/BEMBook</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-position:outside">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Report from Model Predictive Control Workshop</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-position:outside">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Report from local chapters</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-position:outside">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Announcements regarding BS 2011 conference</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-position:outside">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Discussion on Membership fee proposal</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-position:outside">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Innovation Summit - report and formation of software developer group</span></li></ul><p class="MsoPlainText">6:00pm to 7:00pm Social Hour</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">7:00pm to 9:00pm Dinner and Presentation by <span lang="EN-GB">Jan Hensen</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>A (European) perspective on building performance simulation</b></p><p class="MsoPlainText">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This talk will discuss recent (European) trends related to building performance simulation, including tendencies in architectural engineering and current developments in building performance regulations. The talk will also provide an overview of the newly published book “Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation” (Spon Press, 2011) which was produced in cooperation with IBPSA by 14 co-authors.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Dinner cost will be $40<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>– <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Please note that IBPSA-USA is NOT able to accept credit card payment at the meeting!</span> Cash (USD or CAN) or checks will be accepted on-site.</b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Please <span style="color:red">RSVP</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>by June 9th with an e-mail to <a href="mailto:DSE@grummanbutkus.com">DSE@grummanbutkus.com</a>. If you have a preference for a vegetarian meal, please let me know.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">For the latest information about IBPSA-USA, please visit our web site: <a href="http://www.ibpsa.us/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.ibpsa.us<br><br></span></a>We look forward to seeing you there!</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">David</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black"> </span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">David S. Eldridge, Jr.</span><span style="color:#244061">, P</span><span style="color:#1F497D">.</span><span style="color:#244061">E</span><span style="color:#1F497D">.</span><span style="color:#244061">, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP, BEAP, HBDP</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Project Manager</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365F91">Direct: (847) 316-92</span><span style="color:#1F497D">24</span><span style="color:#365F91"> | Fax: (</span><span style="color:#1F497D">847</span><span style="color:#365F91">) </span><span style="color:#1F497D">328</span><span style="color:#365F91">-</span><span style="color:#1F497D">4550</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#244061">Grumman/Butkus Associates</span></b><span style="color:gray"> </span><span style="color:#365F91">| 820 Davis Street, Suite 300 | Evanston, IL 60201</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray">Energy Efficiency Consultants and Sustainable Design Engineers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black"> </span></u></p>
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