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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Jason,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’m not sure whether I can commit to helping, but I think the outcome of such a survey will be very insightful. Keep me posted and I’ll help if I can.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There is a lot of diversity in how simulation is applied depending on where you are in the world. It will be interesting to see how the eco-system has evolved in the last 10-15 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Speaking from my own narrow experience, many that I know use tools and possess skillsets with applications well beyond their day jobs. For example, my day job is 90% certification which is boring, but makes reasonable money. There are initiatives toward more meaningful use of simulation, but these tend to be in the minority and the work carries more risk than certification (commercial, technical, and professional).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There have been some major changes since your 2010 survey. BIM has grown, but seems yet to bring about the changes it’s promised. AI is a new “big” thing and average users may be more aware of coding now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Bldg-sim <bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mansour Alhazmi via Bldg-sim<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 16, 2023 1:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> bldg-sim@onebuilding.org; Jason Glazer <jglazer@gard.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] Help design a survey for modelers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Hi Jason, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Recently I conducted a survey that was similar to what you are asking for such as the simulation tools, and metrics used throughout the building lifecycle. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>However, the survey I have conducted has more focus on anthropogenic heat emission from the building compared to energy consumption. I have recently presented the paper last week at IC2UHI and should be available online very soon. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>You can find a copy of the paper attached. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Mansour. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Bldg-sim <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> on behalf of Jason Glazer via Bldg-sim <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 14, 2023 11:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@onebuilding.org</a> <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@onebuilding.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Help design a survey for modelers</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I recently came across a reference in a paper to a survey we <br>conducted in 2010 on building simulation and programming<br><br><a href="https://gard.com/SimProgSurvey2010-Results.pdf">https://gard.com/SimProgSurvey2010-Results.pdf</a><br><br>at the time, I was very interested in encouraging modelers <br>that knew how to program to get involved in open source <br>projects related to building energy modeling. Here is the <br>original message:<br><br><a href="https://onebuilding.org/archive/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org/2010-March/010744.html">https://onebuilding.org/archive/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org/2010-March/010744.html</a><br><br>No, the link to the survey doesn't work anymore :-)<br><br>While I'm still interested in the intersection of modeling <br>and programming, I'm also interested in finding out how <br>often modeling is used throughout the building lifecycle, <br>what kind of measures are used, what metrics are used, and <br>the resources modelers use. Of course, limiting the number <br>of questions is important to encourage as many responses as <br>possible.<br><br>If you would like to help out in designing the survey please <br>let me know.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Jason<br><br><br>-- <br>Jason Glazer, P.E., BEMP, GARD Analytics, 90.1 ECB chair<br>Admin for onebuilding.org building performance mailing lists<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bldg-sim mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>