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<span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:calibri;font-size:14.6667px">IBPSA-USA is pleased to offer up to 10 scholarships for students and young professionals to attend the ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016 Conference in Salt Lake City, UT on August 10-12, 2016. Funding is provided by the U.S Department of Energy. Find conference information at the <a href="https://www.ashrae.org/membership--conferences/conferences/ashrae-conferences/ashrae-and-ibpsa-usa-simbuild-2016-building-performance-modeling-conference" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ASHRAE website</a>.</span></p>
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