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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Version 5.0 of the gbXML schema is now available for download. For those of you who are not familiar with gbXML, it is an open XML schema that allows disparate BIM (Building Information Modeling) and building analysis software tools to share information with one another. The goal of this interoperability is to provide a more seamless way to perform building energy simulation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This latest version includes almost 50 updates over the previous version. Please click the link below to view the documentation and schema, itself:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.gbxml.org/currentschema.php">http://www.gbxml.org/currentschema.php</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stephen Roth, PE, LEED AP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Carmel Software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>gbXML.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>