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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In case you are planning to join us on May 6, please
<a href="http://mit.edu/SustainableDesignLab/projects/SustainableUrbanDesignSymposium/rsvp.html">
RSVP</a> by next Monday, April 15. We are looking forward to welcoming some of you to Cambridge.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Christoph<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Christoph Reinhart<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 25, 2013 9:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org'; 'SBSE@uidaho.edu'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Symposium on Sustainable Urban Design @ MIT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Over the next two decades, the UN expects that we need to accommodate new homes for 1.7 billion city dwellers. There is an undeniable need for concepts and solutions that lead to more sustainable urban growth,
concepts that work across a range of climates and cultures. What are those solutions? Are there good examples? How can we evaluate them on a large scale? What role can computer based environmental performance analysis play in this context?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It is my pleasure to invite you to
</span>an all-day symposium on <a href="http://mit.edu/SustainableDesignLab/projects/SustainableUrbanDesignSymposium">
<i>Sustainable Urban Design – Case Studies and Design Workflows</i></a> on May 6<sup>th</sup> 2013 at MIT. The symposium is supported by the MIT Energy Initiative, MIT’s new Center for Advanced Urbanism and the German American Chamber of Commerce Inc.
<span style="color:black">During the morning session speakers from practice and academia will present examples and workflows of how to implement measures of sustainability in their projects. During the afternoon session we will be presenting
</span><a href="http://urbanmodellinginterface.ning.com/">Umi</a><span style="color:black">, our new urban modeling platform to evaluate operational energy use, daylighting, outdoor comfort and walkability at the neighborhood level. Umi has been extensively
used in two graduate level classes at MIT and Harvard and student projects resulting from these classes will be presented in a poster sessions in the late afternoon. During the closing discussion we hope to develop a better understanding of the role computational
design tools may play in the transition to more sustainable urban planning practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you decide to attend, please <a href="http://mit.edu/SustainableDesignLab/projects/SustainableUrbanDesignSymposium/rsvp.html">
RSVP</a> by April 15<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Christoph<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PS: The full agenda will be online shortly. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Christoph Reinhart <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Associate Professor <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Department of Architecture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">77 Massachusetts Ave, Rm 5-418, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">t: 617 253 7714, f: 617 253 6152,
</span><a href="mailto:creinhart@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:windowtext">creinhart@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://mit.edu/SustainableDesignLab/"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#E36C0A">Sustainable Design Lab</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> |
</span><a href="http://www.diva4rhino.com/"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#E36C0A">DIVA</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> |
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt">| </span><a href="http://www.cambridgema.gov/solar/"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#E36C0A">Cambridge Solar Map</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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