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s of contributions specific to that award).</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">c. Nominee’s CV in PDF format.</p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:22px;line-height:27.5px"><strong>Award Details</strong></h2> <h3 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:20px;line-height:25px"><a id="gmail-dist" name="dist" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration-line:underline"></a>IBPSA-USA Award for Distinguished Achievement in Building Simulation</h3><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">This award recognizes an individual who has a distinguished record of contributions to the field of building performance simulation, over a period of 15 or more years.</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Considerations:</p><ul><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Influence and impact</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Innovation</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Quality of contributions</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Quantity of contributions</li></ul><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Typical types of contributions:</p><ul><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Research and development of models and methods</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Software development</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Policy development</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Development of reference and educational material</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Teaching</li></ul><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Nominees are not expected to have made contributions in all areas</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><strong><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GFJG363" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal">Click to submit your nomination for the Distinguished Achievement Award</a></strong></p><h3 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:20px;line-height:25px"><a id="gmail-practice" name="practice" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration-line:underline"></a>IBPSA-USA Outstanding Practice (or Practitioner) Award</h3><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">This award recognizes an individual, group or firm, who has made significant contributions to the effective application and/or advancement of building simulation in practice.</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Considerations:</p><ul><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Contribution to software development/improvement</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Contribution through sharing knowledge: presentations, papers, sharing of experience</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bridging gap between academia and industry</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Innovative and influential projects</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Expanding use of simulation in building industry</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Entrepreneurship </li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Novel applications of simulation</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Length of time of contribution</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Participation in IBPSA-USA</li></ul><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Nominees are not expected to have made contributions in all areas.</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3ZRST3N" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,124,137)">Click to submit your nomination for the Outstanding Practice (or Practitioner) Award</a></p><h3 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:20px;line-height:25px"><a id="emerging" name="emerging" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration-line:underline"></a>IBPSA-USA Emerging Contributor Award</h3><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">This award recognizes an individual at the beginning of their career who has demonstrated potential for significant contributions to the field of building simulation.</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Considerations:</p><ul><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Innovation</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Quality of contributions</li></ul><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Typical types of contributions:</p><ul><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Research and development of models and methods</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Software development</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Policy development</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Development of reference and educational material</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Novel applications of simulation</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Participation in industry societies</li></ul><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Nominees are not expected to have made contributions in all areas</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/36YCXRD" target="_blank" style="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