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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Last 2 days to get your competition entry for Project StaSIO in!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Deadline for Submissions in July 31st, 2019!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">About Project StaSIO</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">For energy analysts, one of the most difficult challenges is condensing a great deal of data into an intelligible format so architects can
understand it. For architects, one of the challenges in working with analysts is not knowing what performance-related questions can be asked and answered. A solution that connects both of these is
</span><a href="https://projectstasio.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">IBPSA USA’s Project Stasio</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">, a crowd-sourced, public
website that connects performance questions with graphics from simulation outputs that succinctly answers the question.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">In 2018, the Project StaSIO team organized a
</span><a href="https://projectstasio.com/new-page-4/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">competition</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> in conjunction with
</span><a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/news/2018-building-performance-analysis-conference-and-simbuild"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA’s Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">.
Over 60 entries were received and an esteemed jury of architects, energy analysts and mechanical engineers selected the winners of the competition. Building on the success of the 2018 competition, the StaSIO team is launching another competition this year.
Check out Project StaSIO’s </span><a href="https://projectstasio.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">new website</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> and details
of the </span><a href="https://projectstasio.com/2019-competition/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">2019 competition</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Deadline for Submissions : July 31st, 2019</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Evaluation from Judges : August 1st - August 31st, 2019</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Winner’s Notified: September 15th, 2019</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Project StaSIO Team</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kjell-anderson-aia-csba-leed-ap-aa5a7010/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kjell Anderson</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
LMN Architects</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-dunn-1347b925"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jacob Dunn</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">
ZGF</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandramenchaca"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alejandra Menchaca</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
Thornton Tomasetti</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsawford"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michael Sawford</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
EDSL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amarpreet-sethi-88747422/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Amarpreet Seth</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">i,tk1sc</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amansinghvi/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Aman Singhvi</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
AECOM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rushyan-yen-2a574640/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Rushyan Yen</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
LMN Architects</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakha/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Tarek Rakha</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
Georgia Institute of Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/supriya-goel-03138414"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Supriya Goe</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6DC6DD">l</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
PNNL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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