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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>After nearly 10 years of market
changing innovation, Green Building Studio is delighted to announce we have
signed an agreement for Autodesk, Inc. to acquire our assets. In other words,
our Green Building Studio (GBS) web service will soon join the Autodesk product
family. Please be assured that our talented team will continue selling,
training, and supporting architects as they use our web service to design
carbon neutral buildings today and in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Autodesk is committed to
providing technology that makes sustainable design easier and more
efficient,” said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president, Autodesk AEC
Solutions. “We look forward to adding the Green Building Studio
technologies to the Autodesk portfolio and helping our customers more easily
leverage the coordinated, reliable data created in the Revit® platform for
building information modeling (BIM) to help predict performance and design
buildings with reduced environmental impact.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>After closing this deal, Autodesk
also plans to continue support for the Green Building Studio web service,
carbon neutral building design training, and to strengthen the web
service’s integration with its BIM software. The gbXML schema will remain
an open industry standard, and the GBS web service will continue to be
available to any other BIM software.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We have partnered with Autodesk
for many years, and commend their ongoing support for <a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a
name="OLE_LINK3"></a>sustainability. We are eager to contribute our
industry expertise in green buildings to drive mainstream adoption of
sustainability and accelerate the AEC industry’s transition to carbon
neutral buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We expect to finalize the acquisition
in the next few months. In the meanwhile, if you have any questions please feel
free to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Autodesk’s
release: http://pressreleases.autodesk.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=385%3C%2Ftd%3E<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
F. Kennedy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>President
& CTO</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <img width=180 height=43 id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01C86D8B.2A9F64F0"
alt="http://www.greenbuildingstudio.com/images/GBSLogoemail.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.greenbuildingstudio.com"><span
style='color:blue'>www.greenbuildingstudio.com</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>707.569.7373 x100 v<br>
707.569.7313 f<br>
707.235.1335 c</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Green
Building Studio, Inc.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>444
10th Street, Suite 300</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Santa
Rosa, CA 95401</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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