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mance-based design, have you ever wanted a library of simulation graphics to help you show off the value of energy and daylight modeling? The research committee recently launched the crowd-sourced Project StaSIO website to aggregate compelling, beautiful, and clear simulation output graphics.<strong>Learn more about the project and sign-up for their upcoming webinar on May 24th</strong>. </span><br><br><a href="https://ibpsa.us/news/see-how-you-can-contribute-project-stasio" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px">Read More.</span></span></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody class="gmail-mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnCaptionBlockInner" valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightContentInner" style="padding:0px 9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightImageContent" align="left" valign="top" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-summer-meeting-in-houston-ibpsa-usa-tickets-43616576354" title="" class="gmail-" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word"><img alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/47f3ef4a-0510-4484-b022-d268b8911030.jpg" width="264" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 400px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextContent" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9px;line-height:11.25px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>We Sold Out Chicago - Book Early and Save for Houston</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size:12px">IBPSA-USA cordially invites you to our 2018 Summer Meeting in Houston! Get your early-bird tickets now and save, since you'll most likely want to attend. Worried you might not make it?<strong>We offer a no questions asked cancellation policy with a full refund</strong>--if requested 10 days before the event.</span><br><br><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-summer-meeting-in-houston-ibpsa-usa-tickets-43616576354" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px">Register Now.</span></span></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody class="gmail-mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnCaptionBlockInner" valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightContentInner" style="padding:0px 9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightImageContent" align="left" valign="top" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://ibpsa.us/news/presidents-message-april-2018" title="" class="gmail-" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word"><img alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/5106e043-36ca-428f-960a-60a78311bbc4.jpg" width="200" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 200px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextContent" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9px;line-height:11.25px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>President's Message: A Nurturing IBPSA-USA</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size:12px">I’m dragging out the springtime theme again, this time as a season of nurturing. Here at my place, six chicks are getting their start on life and would like a little support. And at this same moment, there’s a brood of prospective simulationists out there who could also use our support. </span><br><br><a href="https://ibpsa.us/news/presidents-message-april-2018" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Read More.</span></span></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody class="gmail-mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnCaptionBlockInner" valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightContentInner" style="padding:0px 9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightImageContent" align="left" valign="top" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://ibpsa.us/news/member-spotlight-heather-beaudoin" title="" class="gmail-" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word"><img alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/8c415b48-a287-4017-9168-39d6f48ce44a.png" width="264" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 600px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextContent" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9px;line-height:11.25px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Member Spotlight: Heather Beaudoin</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size:12px">Now and then we highlight one of our members and ask them to share with our community insights about themselves, their careers and the present and future state of energy simulation as they see it. This month's Member Spotlight is<strong>Heather Beaudoin</strong>, professional engineer (PE) at Grumman/Butkus Associates.</span><br><br><a href="https://ibpsa.us/news/member-spotlight-heather-beaudoin" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px">Read More.</span></span></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextContent" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9px;line-height:11.25px;text-align:left;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h2 class="gmail-mc-toc-title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;display:block;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:26px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:20.8px;letter-spacing:-0.75px;text-align:center;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Other News:</h2></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:300px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextContent" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9px;line-height:11.25px;text-align:left;padding:0px 18px 9px"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://ibpsa.us/news/2nd-call-papers-american-modelica-conference-2018" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">2nd Call for Papers: American Modelica Conference 2018</a><br><br><a href="https://ibpsa.us/news/energy-department-releases-updated-versions-energyplus-and-openstudio-building-energy-1" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">DOE Releases Updated Versions of EnergyPlus and OpenStudio Building Modeling Tools</a><br><br><a href="https://ibpsa.us/news/share-your-ideas-leed-call-propos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