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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Perhaps we’re all working a lot harder and have little time for frivolous forum posting!<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 happy to continue on this forum. I posted on here in September last year and it was very helpful - many thanks to those who responded. I thought that there might be a forum out there that’s more active for this subject, specifically. <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’s a need for something general such as bldg-sim. A new generation of modellers is coming through, and they seem to be making all the same mistakes that we made. They should be moving on to bigger and better things!<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’ve benefited of being able to get one-to-one mentoring more recently. This has been relatively informal (e.g., paying with Paypal) but has helped me get up to speed in areas that I either have no experience, or am rusty in. I’m lucky to have the network to do this. <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'>Perhaps bldg-sim is a good B2B place to seek out (informally paid) mentoring relationships for those subjects that are niche to us, but everyday for other professionals?<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/ 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 style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> David S Eldridge <deldridge@grummanbutkus.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> 05 January 2025 18:35<br><b>To:</b> chris.malcolm.yates@gmail.com; bldg-sim@onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Bldg-sim] go-to forum for LEED<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’m all for this forum in general, but seems to be dwindling. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>There was also a discord server setup by Allen Mei. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>For LEED specific questions there is also the subscription service for LEEDuser.com that I still use from time to time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>David S. 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style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> Bldg-sim <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Yates via Bldg-sim<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 3, 2025 9:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] go-to forum for LEED<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Happy new year bldg-sim’rs! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve bagged the first post of 2025 <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We used discuss a lot of 90.1 and LEED on this forum, but it seems that this isn’t the hottest place on the subject anymore.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can anybody make any recommendations? Do I join the eQuest group, even though I don’t use eQuest!? Or, do I finally log into my dormant unmet hours account?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you in advance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FFCC00'>CAUTION: </span></strong><em><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FFCC00'>This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe.</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>