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<div>Greatings Building Simulationists,</div>
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<div>The International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) board recently voted unanimously to approve a new affiliate – IBPSA-Italy. This brings IBPSA to 22 affiliates worldwide: <a href="http://www.ibpsa.org/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.ibpsa.org/</u></font></a>
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<div>IBPSA is actively recruiting new affiliates. If you know of other countries or regions that might be interested in forming IBPSA affiliates, please let us know.</div>
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<div>Dru Crawley</div>
<div>IBPSA Regional Affiliate Development</div>
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