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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="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="color:#333333;background:white">We are running another version of
</span><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/environmental-technologies-in-buildings"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Sustainable Building Design</span></a><span style="color:#333333;background:white"> on edX starting
<b>May 25 - August 14, 2021</b>. This free course is based on a residential MIT course. Please share the information with your students, interns and/or others who might be interested.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="386" height="230" style="width:4.0166in;height:2.3958in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D74D51.149C5B40" alt="A picture of a computer model of a typical New England home, with colors highlighting solar panels, a daylight modeling snapshot of the second floor, and an energy meter"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">By the end of the course, you will:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="background:white">understand and apply the scientific principles underlying the thermal and luminous behavior of buildings,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="background:white">learn to evaluate the pros and cons of a range of technologies for creating comfortable indoor environments,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="background:white">conduct a series of design analysis workflows regarding climate, building energy use and daylighting,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="background:white">acquire the knowledge required to critically discuss/present the environmental concept of a building.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<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="color:#333333;background:white">A downloadable
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-JWNc67oKl8xFFH_-L3lqjQA-FZI-P2nRA-1lXNOHlY/edit"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">timeline
</span></a><span style="color:#333333;background:white">is available as well. For those of you that have audited the course in the past, please note we have changed assignment due dates to be more flexible.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">We look forward to working with you, and thank you for your interest in sustainable buildings!</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="color:#333333;background:white">Alpha, Christoph, Rowan and Portia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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