<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.22em;font-size:small"><span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-m_-1225960268594920087gmail-m_-3911985265148838809gmail-m_3464750111780012809gmail-m_7297765529072748707gmail-m_-1922356669842796373gmail-il" style="font-weight:400"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-m_-1225960268594920087gmail-m_-3911985265148838809gmail-m_3464750111780012809gmail-il"><span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-m_-1225960268594920087gmail-il"><span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-il">LAST</span></span></span><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-m_-1225960268594920087gmail-m_-3911985265148838809gmail-m_3464750111780012809gmail-il"><span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-m_-1225960268594920087gmail-il"><span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-il">CALL</span></span></span><span> </span>!!!<span> </span></b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">These workshops begin</span><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span> </span>NEXT WEEK !</b><br></span></span></span></p><p style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.22em"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.22em;font-size:small">Big Ladder Software would like to remind everyone that we are leading o</span><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">ur </font></span></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight:400"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://bigladdersoftware.com/training/index.html#energyplus-for-practitioners" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em"><i style="line-height:1.22em">EnergyPlus</i> for Practitioners</a><font size="2">,<span style="font-style:normal"> </span><a href="https://bigladdersoftware.com/training/#energyplus-ems-controls" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal"><i>EnergyPlus</i><span> </span>EMS Controls</a>,<span style="font-style:normal"> </span><a href="http://bigladdersoftware.com/training/#openstudio-launch-pad" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal"><i>OpenStudio</i><span> </span>Launch Pad</a>, and<span style="font-style:normal"> </span><a href="http://bigladdersoftware.com/training/#advanced-openstudio" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal">Advanced<span> </span></a><i><a href="http://bigladdersoftware.com/training/#advanced-openstudio" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">OpenStudio</a></i> </font><span style="font-style:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.22em">worksho</span></font><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.22em">ps </span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px">in<span> </span><b><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Salt</span></span><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Lake</span></span><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">City</span></span></b><b style="line-height:1.22em">!</b> These workshops </span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400;font-size:12.8px">will be held on<span> </span><b>June 18 - 22</b> </span><span style="font-style:normal;font-size:12.8px">in collaboration with<span> </span><b>The University of Utah</b>.</span></p><p style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="font-style:normal;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></p><p style="tex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r:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Georgia"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"></b></p><p></p><p></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline"><div style="font-size:12.8px;display:inline"><a href="http://bigladdersoftware.com/training/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px">See our upcoming workshops in Baton Rouge and Chicago</a></div></div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Georgia"></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://bigladdersoftware.com/training/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://bigladdersoftware.com/t<wbr>raining/</a></div></div></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><br clear="all" style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Georgia;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:xx-large;font-family:arial,sans-serif">EnergyPlus for </span><span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-m_-2794718871424529182gmail-m_4767749229176341089gmail-m_-6897873943737471253m_608263582891823034gmail-m_8500045385658711075gmail-m_3739902792132298022gmail-m_-860580868997532517gmail-m_-2725221518723336701gmail-m_-4163095483211229409m_-3062436278288125312m_1109439795106096506gmail-il" style="font-size:xx-large;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.22em">Practitioners</span><br></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.22em;font-size:13px"><div style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px"><div style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px"><div style="line-height:1.22em"><b style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px"><font size="4" style="line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"></font></b></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><b style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px"><font size="4" style="line-height:1.22em">Workshop Description</font></b><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em">- Have you ever wanted to truly understand how to use <i style="line-height:1.22em">EnergyPlus</i> at the text level?<br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em">- Have you been using <i style="line-height:1.22em">OpenStudio</i>, <i style="line-height:1.22em">DesignBuilde<wbr>r</i>, or another GUI and had the need to peek under the hood to debug a problem or implement a measure or workaround?<br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><b style="line-height:1.22em">This workshop should be a prerequisite for anyone planning to work with <i style="line-height:1.22em">EnergyPlus</i> regardless of what user interface you choose.</b><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><br style="line-height:1.22em">In this <span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-m_-2794718871424529182gmail-m_4767749229176341089gmail-m_-6897873943737471253m_608263582891823034gmail-m_8500045385658711075gmail-m_3739902792132298022gmail-m_-860580868997532517gmail-m_-2725221518723336701gmail-m_-4163095483211229409m_-3062436278288125312m_1109439795106096506gmail-m_-5391970261972256589gmail-m_-558210114440006131gmail-m_-7687794045031729782gmail-m_1031493538508323390gmail-m_7378210207447848730gmail-m_6649267146879529293gmail-m_-5400263273206866198gmail-m_-5270431660349212403gmail-il" style="line-height:1.22em">two</span>-day workshop we focus on the needs of the energy modeling <span class="gmail-m_4031426068301186386gmail-m_-2794718871424529182gmail-m_4767749229176341089gmail-m_-6897873943737471253m_608263582891823034gmail-m_8500045385658711075gmail-m_3739902792132298022gmail-m_-860580868997532517gmail-m_-2725221518723336701gmail-m_-4163095483211229409m_-3062436278288125312m_1109439795106096506gmail-il" style="line-height:1.22em">practitioner</span> in order to get you up to speed and highly productive with <i style="line-height:1.22em">EnergyPlus</i> as quickly as possible. We cover the fundamentals of <i style="line-height:1.22em">EnergyPlus</i> such as geometry and internal loads while rapidly ramping up to advanced topics such as HVAC systems and controls. We guide you through the complexities of the <i style="line-height:1.22em">EnergyPlus</i> syntax, input/output files, documentation, and essential software tools including the <i style="line-height:1.22em">OpenStudio</i> (legacy) plugin for <i style="line-height:1.22em">SketchUp</i>. Most importantly, we teach you how to use the available resources to teach yourself going forward. Demonstrations and hands-on exercises are used extensively throughout. By the end of the workshop, you should be comfortable with creating, running, and debugging <i style="line-height:1.22em">EnergyPlus</i> models.</div><div style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px"><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="6">EnergyPlus <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_2416001298362766069gmail-m_-1790287443894555441gmail-il">EMS</span> <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_2416001298362766069gmail-m_-1790287443894555441gmail-il">Controls</span></font><br><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="4"><br></font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="4">Workshop Description</font></b><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">This one-day workshop covers the Energy Management System (<span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_2416001298362766069gmail-m_-1790287443894555441gmail-il">EMS</span>) capability of <i>EnergyPlus</i>, which allows implementation of custom <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_2416001298362766069gmail-m_-1790287443894555441gmail-il">control</span> strategies and calculation routines that override standard modeling processes within <i>EnergyPlus</i>. We cover the <i>EnergyPlus</i> Runtime Language (Erl) that is used to describe the custom <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_2416001298362766069gmail-m_-1790287443894555441gmail-il">control</span> programs, how to create <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_2416001298362766069gmail-m_-1790287443894555441gmail-il">EMS</span> components (sensors, actuators, output variables, etc.), and how to debug execution of <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_2416001298362766069gmail-m_-1790287443894555441gmail-il">EMS</span> programs. Lecture topics include how to create advanced HVAC <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_2416001298362766069gmail-m_-1790287443894555441gmail-il">control</span> sequences, how to override default HVAC operation (flow rate, setpoint temperature, capacity, etc.), how to abort a simulation when operational faults occur, and how to use outputs to generate trend data. Demonstrations and hands-on exercises are used extensively throughout.</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Previous experience with <i>EnergyPlus</i> is recommended but not required. </b></span></div></div><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em"><font size="6" style="line-height:1.22em"><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-m_4165217580765973391m_-3062436278288125312m_1109439795106096506gmail-m_-5391970261972256589gmail-m_-558210114440006131gmail-m_-7687794045031729782gmail-m_1031493538508323390gmail-m_7378210207447848730gmail-m_20129951801441488m_7154638859193569436gmail-m_-7839851450157622034gmail-il" style="line-height:1.22em"><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-m_4165217580765973391m_-3062436278288125312m_1109439795106096506gmail-m_-5391970261972256589gmail-m_-558210114440006131gmail-m_-7687794045031729782gmail-m_1031493538508323390gmail-m_7378210207447848730gmail-il" style="line-height:1.22em"><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-il">OpenStudio</span></span></span> <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-il">Launch</span> <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-il">Pad</span></font><br style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px"></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em"><b style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px"><font size="4" style="line-height:1.22em">Workshop Description</font></b><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em"><span style="line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em"><span style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="font-size:12.8px">This one-day workshop aims to quickly <span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-il">launch</span> you into the world of the </span><i style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em"><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-m_4165217580765973391m_-3062436278288125312m_1109439795106096506gmail-m_-5391970261972256589gmail-m_-558210114440006131gmail-m_-7687794045031729782gmail-m_1031493538508323390gmail-m_7378210207447848730gmail-il" style="line-height:1.22em"><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-il">OpenStudio</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.8px"> graphical user interface for </span><i style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em">EnergyPlus</i><span style="font-size:12.8px">. We cover the major features and capabilities of the interface including creating and editing geometry using the full </span><i style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em"><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-m_4165217580765973391m_-3062436278288125312m_1109439795106096506gmail-m_-5391970261972256589gmail-m_-558210114440006131gmail-m_-7687794045031729782gmail-m_1031493538508323390gmail-m_7378210207447848730gmail-il" style="line-height:1.2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l-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-m_-701368299335784535gmail-m_1031493538508323390gmail-m_7378210207447848730gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.22em"><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-il">advanced</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:normal"> plant systems, use best practices for debugging energy models, and include thermal bridging effects in energy models. </span><i style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.22em"><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-m_-701368299335784535gmail-m_1031493538508323390gmail-m_7378210207447848730gmail-il" style="line-height:1.22em"><span class="gmail-m_7975844023143158231gmail-m_2760616182634041997gmail-m_-3497470232929330954gmail-m_5419387812020519840gmail-il">OpenStudio</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:normal"> measure writing is not covered. Demonstrations and hands-on exercises are used extensively throughout.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.22em"><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.22em"><b style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.22em">Previous experience with <i style="line-height:1.22em">EnergyPlus</i> is recommended but not required. </b></b></span></div></div><br></div><div style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:12.8px">Regards,</div></div></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="4">Aaron Boranian</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a value="+18284822088" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">808 895-1741</a></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div><img src="http://bigladdersoftware.com/images/logo_med.png" width="96" height="37"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"></div><div>Big Ladder Software LLC</div><div>1624 Market Street, Suite 304</div><div>Denver, CO 80202</div><div><a href="http://www.bigladdersoftware.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bigladdersoftware.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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