<div dir="ltr">Dear Jim,<div>You actually raised a challenging subject. From my own background as a building engineer, and not an architect, I can tell that the unmet needs lies within the educational sector. And those unmet needs are mostly technical and practical, and not theoretical needs. In other words, I can say that the simulation challenges and constraints that are most common and well known among practitioners must be communicated with the educational sector.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks for raising such a subject, and I'am interested to hear more suggestions regarding the same topic.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best Regards,<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B8UI4O_-86neeFQtMmJ2dzFhTjA&export=download" width="200" height="50"><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Sprout Info_Mail via Bldg-sim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dear Jim,</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks for raising up this issue and concern. Let me begin by introducing myself, Namrata Dhamankar, Assistant Professor at Dr.B.N.College of Architecture,Pune. We have a department of Environmental Architecture and Planning and have been successfully running a post-graduate course in Environmental Design in 2006. Since 2008 we have exposed our students to a variety of building simulation software like Ecotect,Design Builder,Vasari and IES. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Since last year we have also started exploring software like Grasshopper and Rhino to access plugins like DIVA and Ladybug. However we have no expertise in the same and lack resource persons in the Indian subcontinent. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">It could be great to have some sort of Train the Trainers workshops and activities wherein faculty like me could acquire these new expertise and in turn teach the students.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Secondly i also feel there should be some knowledge exchange platform between various universities across the globe for student exchange and project collaborations.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">We also have a research department at the institute where we would like to carry out research with respect to building physics and simulation with an Indian Approach. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Hope my concerns are heard and that we can make the Indian institutional scenario well equipped with better research database and simulation practices. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Regards,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Namrata Dhamankar</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Jim Dirkes via Bldg-sim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.<wbr>org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06">The IBPSA Education Committee is wondering whether you have unmet needs in this area?</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06">If so, what are they?</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span></p>James V Dirkes II, PE, BEMP, LEED AP<br>CEO/President<br>The Building Performance Team Inc.<br>1631 Acacia Dr, GR, Mi 49504<br><br>Direct: 616.450.8653<br><a href="mailto:jim@buildingperformanceteam.com" target="_blank">jim@buildingperformanceteam.co<wbr>m</a><br><br><a href="http://buildingperformanceteam.com" target="_blank">Website </a>l <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-dirkes/7/444/413" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="http://buildingperformanceteam.com/bpt-insights-blog/item/73-modeled-performance-isn-t-actual-performance" target="_blank">May 2016 ASHRAE Journal article on energy modeling</a><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif","sans-serif""> </span></i></b><span style="font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif","sans-serif""></span></p><p style="vertical-align:middle">
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