[Bldg-sim] IBPSA-USA Winter 2011 Meeting and Dinner Invitation

[Timothy McDowell]

Please excuse the cross-postings…


IBPSA-USA
International Building Performance Simulation Association
USA Affiliate
 
IBPSA-USA invites you to join us in Las Vegas
For our Winter 2011 meeting!
 
 
Dinner RSVP requested (see below)
4:00-9:00 PM, Saturday, January 29, 2011
Las Vegas, Nevada
 
Grand Luxe Café
The Palazzo Private Dining Room
PALAZZO Resort Hotel Casino
3327   Las Vegas Blvd. S. #1580
Las   Vegas, NV 89109
 
4:00pm to 6:00pm  IBPSA-USA Meeting (Agenda TBD)
6:00pm to 7:00pm  Social Hour
7:00pm to 9:00pm  Dinner and Presentation by Dr Malcolm Cook 
 
Dinner cost $40
 
The dinner buffet will include the following delicious choices:
 
Salad
House Green Salad, tossed in roasted tomato-caramelized onion vinaigrette.
Greek Salad, with Feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, Kalamata olives and lettuce tossed with the house vinaigrette.
Caesar Salad, with Romaine leaves tossed in a creamy Caesar dressing with Parmesan crisps.
 
Main Course
Lemon Chicken Picatta, sautéed chicken breast with creamy lemon sauce, mushrooms, artichoke and capers served with Spaghettini Pasta.
Miso Glazed Salmon, served with rice and stir-fried vegetables.
Pasta Fresca, corkscrew pasta tossed with roasted eggplant, cherry tomatoes, asparagus, broccoli, peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, garlic, olive oil, and parmesan.
 
Dessert
An assortment of desserts, including apple pie, vanilla and chocolate crème brulee with seasonal berries, cheesecake, key lime pie, deep dark fudge cake.
 
 Dr Malcolm Cook is a Reader in Building Performance Modelling at Loughborough  University and works in the area of building simulation and low energy building design. His research focuses on the use of computational fluid dynamics and dynamic thermal simulation programs for modelling natural ventilation in large non-domestic buildings. He has worked on research projects funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Department of Health and the EU. He has completed many consultancy projects for a wide range of clients worldwide which have included design and simulation work for health care buildings, schools and modern library buildings. His work is published in over 40 conference and journal papers and has contributed to awards for innovative building design, including the RIBA presidents gold medal for practice-based architecture (2007) and the CIBSE environmental initiative of t he year award (2006). Malcolm is secretary for the CIBSE natural ventil
 ation group, vice-chairman of the CIBSE Building Simulation group and chairman of the England affiliate of the International Building Performance Simulation Association.
 This evening’s presentation will cover the work Malcolm has undertaken during his time spent working with architects on low energy building design, with a particular focus on natural ventilation and passive cooling strategies, and the role computer simulation can play in this design process. Malcolm will talk about the simulation techniques employed, as well as the innovative passive design principles that have led to some of the UK’s most energy efficient buildings. In addition to UK building projects, the talk but will also include work Malcolm completed as part of the design of the LEED Gold award winning Harm A. Weber Academic Center at Judson University, in Elgin, near Chicago. This building, which comprises office and library space, adopts a hybrid ventilation and cooling strategy which exploits the maximum benefit from natural ventilation before reverting to air-conditioning during the harsh winter and peak summer months. Results during the first year of o
 peration are mixed. Malcolm hopes to ‘unpack’ some of these issues during the presentation.
 
Please RSVP to Christina Riddle at christinariddle at tees.tamus.edu by January 10th, 2011.
 
Michael Wetter                                                                             Tim McDowell
President, IBPSA-USA                                                                 Secretary, IBPSA-USA
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