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<p>So much for me reading my email...in fact, I did indeed get this but did nothing.</p>
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<p>However, even though there was an email about this, there was no discussion about this at the June IBPSA-USA meeting, nor was there a request for this to be put on the agenda at the June ASHRAE meeting for TC 4.7, Standard 140, or other committees of interest.
In addition, Charles Eley has held several conference calls (some of which I've attended), which have discussed COMNet, yet this was not mentioned on any of the calls I attended.</p>
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<p>In addition, such documents like this, if they are coordinated with ASHRAE, will usually be sent to RAC then to the TCs for comment, back to RAC and then back to DOE.</p>
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<p>Finally, if this effort was truly important to DOE, why are there no other participants from the other National Labs? Why is NREL the only lab with expertise in this area? Or for that matter, why are there no individuals from outside the US? Or even Canada?
Seems fishy. </p>
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<p>Somehow, I still don't get a warm, friendly feeling about this.</p>
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<p>Jeff</p>
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<div style="DIRECTION: ltr" id="divRpF694028"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Jason Kirkpatrick [jason.alan.kirkpatrick@gmail.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jeff Haberl<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Studer, Daniel; Doug Hittle; Roth, Amir (HQ); Building Simulation; ibpsausa@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] [Ibpsausa] DOE Job Task Analysis for Energy Modelers: Open for public comment until Nov. 28th<br>
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<div>Jeff,<br>
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The following went out on the Bldg-sim listserve in March 2011.<br>
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Also, the IBPSA Wiki known as BEMBook is mostly empty. Maybe there's another one that I am unaware of?<br>
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Jason Kirkpatrick<br>
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Building Performance Analyst<br>
Skidmore Owings & Merrill<br>
Phone: 415-352-3811<br>
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Opportunity Announcement<br>
<br>
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is currently<br>
sponsoring a project to develop (1) job task analyses (<span class="il">JTAs</span>), which<br>
identify and catalog all of the activities a worker performs in a<br>
given job; and (2) the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), which<br>
define the minimum requirements necessary for a person to adequately<br>
perform those tasks, for the following six commercial building job<br>
categories:<br>
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- Energy modeler<br>
- Operating engineer/building technician<br>
- Building energy auditor<br>
- Energy/sustainability manager<br>
- Commissioning/retro-
<div id=":1ae">commissioning practitioner<br>
- Facility manager<br>
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The project goal is to create "national guidelines" which will define<br>
a common body of knowledge that any training organization will be able<br>
to draw from when developing curriculum, helping to bring the core<br>
competencies imparted by training organizations to their trainees into<br>
common alignment. This body of knowledge will also be used by the<br>
General Services Administration and the Department of Energy to help<br>
meet the requirements of the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act<br>
of 2010.<br>
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To facilitate development of the <span class="il">JTAs</span>/KSAs, Professional Testing,<br>
Inc. is seeking current industry practitioners who are interested in<br>
helping to define, promote energy efficiency in, and support their<br>
field of practice by participating in these JTA/KSA development<br>
workshops. Interested individuals are invited to submit their<br>
credentials at <a href="http://proftesting.rapidinsites.com/" target="_blank">http://proftesting.rapidinsites.com</a>. Please note that<br>
each JTA/KSA workshop will take place in Denver, Colorado and is<br>
anticipated to last 3 full days (not including travel). Reimbursement<br>
for travel costs up to a fixed amount and a travel per diem will be<br>
awarded to individuals selected for participation. Additional project<br>
details, including how practitioners will be selected and where to<br>
direct project-related questions, can be found using the above link.<br>
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NREL and Professional Testing, Inc. are excited to present this unique<br>
opportunity for individuals to have their voices heard in this<br>
important discussion. Thank you for your time.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
The NREL Commercial Workforce Development Team<br>
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