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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">We’re excited to announce a new offering of
</span><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/environmental-technologies-in-buildings"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1155CC;background:white">Sustainable Building Design</span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">
on edX, <b>June 23 - September 22, 2020</b>! The cours</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background:white">e is a free online version our introductory course on bioclimatic design, daylighting and energy use in buildings at MIT. During the first
run we had over 16k participants. Please share with your colleagues and others who might be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><img border="0" width="378" height="224" style="width:3.9375in;height:2.3333in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D64310.278DF200" alt="Sustainable Building Design"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">By the end of the course, you will:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">understand and apply the scientific principles underlying the thermal and luminous behavior of buildings,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">learn to evaluate the pros and cons of a range of technologies for creating comfortable indoor environments,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">conduct a series of design analysis workflows regarding climate, building energy use and daylighting,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">acquire the knowledge required to critically discuss/present the environmental concept of a building.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">A downloadable
</span><a href="http://courses.edx.org/asset-v1:MITx+4.464x+2T2020+type@asset+block@Course_timeline_Summer_2020.png"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1155CC;background:white">timeline</span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">
and </span><a href="http://courses.edx.org/asset-v1:MITx+4.464x+2T2020+type@asset+block@Sustainable_Building_Design_Syllabus.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1155CC;background:white">syllabus</span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">
are available as well. For those of you that have audited the course in the past, please note we have changed the assignment due dates to be more flexible.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">We look forward to working with some of you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333;background:white">Christoph and the SBD Team</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Christoph Reinhart
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Professor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Department of Architecture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">77 Massachusetts Ave, Rm 5-418, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">t: 617 253 7714, f: 617 253 6152,
<a href="mailto:creinhart@mit.edu"><span style="color:black">creinhart@mit.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#ED7D31"><a href="http://mit.edu/SustainableDesignLab/"><span style="color:#ED7D31">MIT Sustainable Design Lab</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">|<span style="color:#ED7D31">
<a href="http://www.solemma.com/"><span style="color:#ED7D31">Solemma</span></a> </span>
|<span style="color:#ED7D31"> <a href="http://www.buildingtechnologypress.com/"><span style="color:#ED7D31">Building Technology Press</span></a>
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#ED7D31"><a href="http://www.urbanmodeling.net/"><span style="color:#ED7D31">Urban Modeling Interface</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
|<span style="color:#ED7D31"> <a href="http://www.mapdwell.com/"><span style="color:#ED7D31">Mapdwell</span></a>
</span>|<span style="color:#ED7D31"> <u><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/environmental-technologies-in-buildings"><span style="color:#ED7D31">MOOC on SustainableBuilding Design</span></a></u><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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