<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font size="4"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,204)">For your information.........</span></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font size="4"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"times new roman",serif"><u><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,204)"><br></span></u></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font size="4"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"times new roman",serif"><u><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,204)"><strong><a href="http://www.mmsend21.com/link.cfm?r=S2VU7Y-AmCOdIQ7SXPbJ9A~~&pe=Fv2d4OnVrNRa4FM_HEAboajUI5c4nXMjdtEUuMm30CH376tvUmqbRguvINZrvDhZaprPIcN4r5xhdLkaspGKDA~~" target="_blank">ASHRAE Seeks Presenters for Building Performance Analysis Conference</a></strong></span></u></b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> <br>ASHRAE has announced a call for presenters for the 2017 ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference (formerly known as the ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference). </span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This year's conference expands on the core subject of energy modeling to encompass non-energy building performance analysis and simulation for professionals responsible for such work. Topics include modeling for and during the design phase; modeling innovative or new technologies; data visualization; and future trends in modeling. </span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Presentation proposals on these and other topics are due <span class="m_-1194289461939871484gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-1194289461939871484gmail-aQJ">March 13</span></span>, and decisions will be announced <span class="m_-1194289461939871484gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-1194289461939871484gmail-aQJ">April 3</span></span>. The conference will be held <span class="m_-1194289461939871484gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-1194289461939871484gmail-aQJ">Sept. 27–29</span></span> in Atlanta.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span><br clear="all"></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a title="" id="m_-1194289461939871484gmail-link_no0" href="https://www.ashrae.org/news/2017/ashrae-announces-topics-for-new-building-performance-analysis-conference" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small" target="_blank">https://www.ashrae.org/news/<wbr>2017/ashrae-announces-topics-<wbr>for-new-building-performance-<wbr>analysis-conference</a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">ASHRAE LowDown Showdown Competition</span></font></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Year three of the
LowDown Showdown will require teams to be more collaborative, creative and
competitive, while serving up a baseline building that is more challenging! </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">This year participants will model an</span></font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255);display:inline"><font size="4"> </font></div><span style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span><b style="font-size:large"><i>existing </i></b><span style="font-size:large">building that includes both
office space and climate controlled archival warehouse space. Sound interesting? Well start forming your team now! The 2017 challenge allows conference
attendees to<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255);display:inline"> </div></span><i style="font-size:large">form their own teams</i><span style="font-size:large"> to see who has the chops to retrofit an
existing building and make it net zero or below.</span><p></p><p></p><font size="4"><span></span></font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span><font size="4"> </font></span></span><span style="font-size:large">Another new twist –
the ASHRAE LowDown Showdown 2017 will showcase only the best entries. A limited number of teams will be invited to present
their projects at the conference and one winner and a runner up will be chosen. Audience participation will include voting on
a Fan Favorite and a question and answer session. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span><font size="4"> </font></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">More details on the
2017 LDSd will be coming in February and full baseline information will be sent
out in early April. Did we mention it is
in a challenging climate zone? Well it
is. <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span><font size="4"> </font></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:large">So don’t wait! Fill out the </span><a href="https://www.research.net/r/SN8YBWB" style="font-size:large" target="_blank">questionnaire</a><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">by March 17 </span><span style="font-size:large">and get started
today contacting your colleagues, friends, associates to line up your team
members. If you are not part of a team
and still want to participate, fill out the form and you will be assigned to a
team based on your answers. </span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span><font size="4"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:large">Let the competition
begin……</span><span style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span></p><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-1194289461939871484gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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"><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: <a href="tel:(616)%20450-8653" value="+16164508653" target="_blank">616.450.8653</a><br><a href="mailto:jim@buildingperformanceteam.com" target="_blank">jim@buildingperformanceteam.<wbr>com</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:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;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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