<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Hello all,</span><div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/resources/request-for-qualifications/">IBPSA-USA</a> currently has active <a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/resources/request-for-qualifications/">Request for Qualifications (RFQs)</a> for upcoming opportunities this year. The project topics range from certification, to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), to building energy modeling (BEM) training. </span></div><div><ol><li><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b>Certification
Framework - Due May 5, 2023<br></b></span></li><ol><li><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The IBPSA-USA Certification Committee seeks to evaluate whether building energy modeling (BEM) use cases such as code compliance and above-code analysis would benefit from formalized certification and/or accreditation programs for software tools, energy modelers, training providers, and/or energy model reviewers.<br></span></li><li><span style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><font color="#000000">Anticipated budget: $20,000</font></span></li></ol><li><font face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Training Resources - Due May 15, 2023</b></span></font></li><ol><li><font face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14px">The IBPSA-USA DEI Strategic Plan encompasses four objectives: Training, Safe Space/Affinity, Industry advocate/Networking, and Internal operations/IBPSA Committees. This project will focus on training activities to provide a foundation to work more directly on the other objectives in the future. It will implement training that focuses on creating awareness and providing tangible actions individuals or organizations can take to address social inequity.<br></span></font></li><li><font face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14px">Anticipated budget: $15,000</span></font></li></ol><li><font face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>BEM Training Workshop - Due May 15, 2023</b></span></font></li><ol><li><font face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14px">This project is implementing a major overhaul of the Building Energy Modeling Training Workshop, a 6-hour training course on BEM fundamentals and current best practices. Originally developed by RMI in 2010 under contract with IBPSA-USA, it has been updated piecemeal in the years since. With about ten rotating instructors, the training has been presented dozens of times to more than 1,000 attendees, most often in partnership with the ASHRAE Learning Institute<br></span></font></li><li><font face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14px">Anticipated budget: $20,000</span></font></li></ol></ol></div><div><font face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:14px">For more information and the full RFQs, please visit our RFQ <a href="https://www.ibpsa.us/resources/request-for-qualifications/" style="">webpage</a>. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. Thank you. <br></span></font><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Christine</font></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Christine Do</b></div><div>Executive Director</div><div>IBPSA-USA</div><div>Mobile (714) 654-9000</div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://www.ibpsa.us/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img width="96" height="34" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yfL-w0tQDat-vUIVQpQTpc48lOqI-v5mNEany2ASCXj8bNQ2yYFSNsK-1-pHNLJo6pa80MUc0"></a></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i>Fostering better building performance through simulation. </i></div></div></div></div></div>