<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0000ff">What have you learned in the past few years that others will benefit from hearing about? Sample topics of interest might be:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0000ff"><ul><li>Making the business case for modeling<br></li><li>Modeling challenging or unusual projects or systems</li><li>Post-occupancy modeling tips, tricks and lessons learned</li><li>Emerging trends</li></ul><div>This conference has been an amazing event to learn, share and network. It's very much worth attending ... and of you present a topic part or all of your registration fee is waived (I should know that detail, but forgot and can't look it up right now.)</div><div><br></div><div>Registration is available NOW. Presentations are being solicited NOW. Find more information <a href="https://www.ashrae.org/membership--conferences/conferences/ashrae-conferences/2017-ashrae-building-performance-analysis-conference">HERE </a>- or feel free to call me and discuss a possible topic or other concern.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" 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"><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.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: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">
</p><p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#0000ff"></font></span></p><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Choice. It is perhaps the most distinct </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">and dignifying characteristic of humans. Consciously and with understanding, we </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">choose what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely … or otherwise. Like the </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">rest of humanity, my choices don’t always align with true, honorable, right, pure, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">and lovely, but I know those are what I set my sights upon. I choose them.</span></p></pre></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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