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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a name="LETTER.BLOCK8"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Tools, DOE Roadmap, BEMP Certification Featured at ASHRAE’s Energy Modeling Conference April 4-6</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">ASHRAE’s Energy Modeling Conference: Tools for Designing High Performance Buildings,
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 4-6, 2011, ASHRAE Headquarters, Atlanta, Ga., will provide hands-on modelers and principals with the information to better harness the power of energy modeling tools.<span style="color:black">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">· How things get modeled and the impact of input data on energy models;
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">· Demonstrations, offered in a group session and individually by vendor sponsors, of software tools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Some of the software tools to be presented include ArchiCAD, Apache, Autodesk, Bentley, Ecotect, EnergyPlus, EPGUI, eQuest, Graphisoft, IES Virtual Environment, OpenStudio, Revit, Trane TRACE and TRNSYS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Keynote speakers are Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., ASHRAE president and William J. Worthen, American Institute of Architecture's (AIA) national director and resource architect for sustainability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">In addition, on April 6, the U.S. Department of Energy is launching its development roadmap for EnergyPlus, OpenStudio, EPGUI and other tools. See proposed changes and provide feedback on the roadmap
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=jruxcycab&et=1104691041639&s=0&e=001FYmERCi6EgfnC6jlKqkainDmFzEWKFJSeKm7BFHw8iszQ_m4qWHNeZOXFIzdy0iS9dNYTe5tlNosDse2ZHQxJhezaFzgxwjy8CoPbAF5wQTEdsgoj7tUlw==" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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