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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Some of you might be interested in <i>umi</i> a new, Rhino-based design environment for modeling the environmental performance of neighborhoods and cities regarding operational energy use (EnergyPlus), walkability and daylighting potential
(Daysim/Radiance). umi is being developed by the Sustainable Design Lab at MIT and can be downloaded from
<a href="http://www.urbanmodeling.net/">http://www.urbanmodeling.net/</a>. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We gave an one hour overview of umi during a recent symposium on
<a href="http://mit.edu/SustainableDesignLab/projects/SustainableUrbanDesignSymposium/">
Sustainable Urban Design</a> which will be online in a few days.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy simulations,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Christoph Reinhart<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alstan Jakubiec<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tarek Rakha<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Timur Dogan <o:p></o:p></p>
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<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,
<a href="mailto:creinhart@mit.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">creinhart@mit.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://mit.edu/SustainableDesignLab/"><span style="color:#E36C0A">Sustainable Design Lab</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> |
<span style="color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://www.diva4rhino.com/"><span style="color:#E36C0A">DIVA</span></a></span> |
<span style="color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://daysim.ning.com/"><span style="color:#E36C0A">Daysim</span></a>
</span>| <span style="color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://www.mapdwell.com/"><span style="color:#E36C0A">mapdwell</span></a>
</span>| <span style="color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://www.urbanmodeling.net/"><span style="color:#E36C0A">umi</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Upcoming Events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">July 10-12 Harvard Executive Education on
<u><span style="color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/programs/daylighting-buildings-1"><span style="color:#E36C0A">Daylighting Buildings</span></a></span></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">July 15 DIVA DAY 2013 in New York
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