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ass="gmail-mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:4px 18px 5px"><table class="gmail-mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:1px solid rgb(153,153,153)"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></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:11px;line-height:13.75px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:22.5px;letter-spacing:-0.5px">IBPSA-USA Events:</h3><br> </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.ibpsa.us/demo-common-bim-bem-workflows-using-gbxml-and-new-gbxml-validator" title="" class="gmail-" target="_blank" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/b1f1c372-d170-89dc-2999-82a0387f6bc1.png" width="264" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: 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"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>May 19: A Demo of Common BIM to BEM Workflows Using gbXML and the New gbXML Validator</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size:12px">This webinar is targeted toward energy modelers, energy auditors, engineers, architects, software vendors, and generally anyone who is interested in learning about Building Information Modeling (BIM) to Building Energy Modeling (BEM) workflows utilizing gbXML and the new gbXML validator.</span><br><br><a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/demo-common-bim-bem-workflows-using-gbxml-and-new-gbxml-validator" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(96,96,96)"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Learn 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-mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></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-mcnCaptionLeftContentOuter" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnCaptionLeftContentInner" style="padding:0px 9px"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnCaptionLeftImageContentContainer" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnCaptionLeftImageContent" align="left" valign="top" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/ibpsa-usa-denver-chapter-student-presentations-2021" title="" class="gmail-" target="_blank" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/b1dc2e31-9a6a-cdc3-4a72-6bdc9acc1f75.png" width="264" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 600px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-mcnCaptionLeftTextContentContainer" align="left" 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"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>May 20: IBPSA-USA Denver Chapter: Student Presentations 2021</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size:12px">Research into the next generation of simulation tools and techniques is being carried out at universities, but much of this information is not transferred to the practitioners. For this SimClub event, graduate students from the University of Colorado-Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines will give short summaries of their current research projects.</span><br><br><a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/ibpsa-usa-denver-chapter-student-presentations-2021" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(96,96,96)"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Learn 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-mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></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.ibpsa.us/emerging-simulation-techniques-across-industry-and-academia-ibpsa-usa-boston-chapter" title="" class="gmail-" target="_blank" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/effae97c-fd0b-bc50-c5ae-f8bb868d40ba.jpeg" width="264" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: 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"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>May 25: IBPSA-USA Boston Chapter: Emerging Simulation Techniques Across Industry and Academia</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size:12px">In this presentation, Krista Palen of Transsolar and Christoph Reinhart of the MIT Building Technology Program will discuss emerging simulation techniques across industry and academia, including applications of daylight, thermal, and natural ventilation simulation.</span><br><br><a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/emerging-simulation-techniques-across-industry-and-academia-ibpsa-usa-boston-chapter" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(96,96,96)"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Learn 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-mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></tabl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he way buildings are designed and engineered. In this talk, researchers at Autodesk will present two projects that make use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and a third project involving multi-agent simulation, to explore the potential benefits of these detailed modeling techniques in the face of infectious diseases and climate change.</span><br><br><a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/design-covid-19-and-beyond-new-use-cases-computational-fluid-dynamics-and-multi-agent-simulation" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(96,96,96)"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Learn 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-mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></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:11px;line-height:13.75px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:22.5px;letter-spacing:-0.5px">Other Events & Training:</h3><br> </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-mcnCaptionLeftContentOuter" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnCaptionLeftContentInner" style="padding:0px 9px"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnCaptionLeftImageContentContainer" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnCaptionLeftImageContent" align="left" valign="top" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/bsug-event-weather-normalization-and-climate-design-tools" title="" class="gmail-" target="_blank" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/7313ebdb-679a-f020-e9f2-b4841e69d5c3.png" width="264" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 600px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-mcnCaptionLeftTextContentContainer" align="left" 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"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>May 19: BSUG May Webinar - Weather Normalization and Climate Design Tools</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size:12px">This presentation will cover the resources that Integrated Design Lab uses to find, filter, and format both typical and historical weather data for any location. We will cover a variety of free data repositories and technologies available to design professionals.</span><br><br><a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/bsug-event-weather-normalization-and-climate-design-tools" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(96,96,96)"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Learn 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-mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnCaptionBloc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