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d hour: </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT'>an hour in which one or more zones is outside of the thermostat setpoint range.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=336 height=192 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCB0D5.51638120" alt="Description: Description: BPT BizCard JVDII Updated"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The real measure of a person’s wealth is how much they’re worth after losing all their money.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>