<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p>Hello everyone,</p><p>I’m part of the new generation of modelers (2023 graduate) and recently joined this list (around November, if I’m not mistaken). This is my first time participating in a discussion here, so I hope I’m doing this correctly! I’ve been part of other forum formats before, but mailing lists are new to me. If this message doesn’t appear correctly in the thread, I apologize in advance.</p><p>I’ve been working on connecting with as many platforms and organizations as possible. In the past, I’ve used LEEDuser to find answers to specific questions, though it often feels a bit impersonal—almost like shouting into the void. I tend to search and read through threads rather than asking questions right away.</p><p>In my experience, the Ladybug forum has been the most helpful so far, as it allows users to share files, troubleshoot issues, and post solutions. However, I often hesitate to ask questions there, worried they might seem too basic, so I usually try to figure things out on my own—which can be a slow process. Because of that, I haven’t yet felt fully integrated into the broader modeling community.</p><p>Joining the BLDG-SIM mailing list was a step toward changing that. I’m excited to learn from everyone, and start contributing to the conversation.</p><p>Viviana</p><div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El mié, 8 ene 2025 a las 16:18, Jason Glazer via Bldg-sim (<<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>I wanted to hear other suggestions before I chimed in. Chris and
David are right, BLDG-SIM has been dwindling in usefulness. Last
year, it only had 58 posts for the entire year. I haven't looked
at LEEDuser in years but maybe BLDG-SIM is still the best thing
available. BLDG-SIM has over 2200 subscribers so I would guess
that if you have a question about LEED and modeling, you will
probably get an answer. And people are still joining. </p>
<p>I look and participate at unmethours regularly but it is only for
questions and answers and doesn't really handle announcements or
discussions or surveys or random thoughts and in my opinion
(hopefully this won't offend anyone) it has a weak "community
feel" compared to BLDG-SIM in its heyday. I looked for a while at
changing BLDG-SIM to use Discourse which is what Ladybug uses but
it seems high maintenance compared to a mailing list and I
personally don't have the bandwidth for it on a regular basis.
I've also considered changing the BLDG-SIM mailing list hosting
software (Mailman) to a newer version that makes the archive more
searchable and usable but that would still be an email mailing
list. For a while I thought LinkedIn was enough since it
essentially can do the "announcement" part but it doesn't do the
discussion or community aspect, at least very well.</p>
<p>I really think a new generation of modelers would probably
benefit from a good forum and I would be glad to help foster that.
To me the trick is having something that both the young modelers
and the experienced (nice way of saying older) people both use.
I'm not sure what that is but it probably not a mailing list or at
least not exclusively a mailing list. <br>
</p>
<p>Members of this mailing list, if you are just starting out in
doing building performance modeling, what type of forum or
mechanism would you prefer to be able to ask questions and stay
informed?</p>
<p>For us "experienced" members, please reach out to the the newest
and least experienced modelers that you know and ask them the same
question and report back to us.</p>
<p>Maybe we can bootstrap something new that is BLDG-SIM-like into
existence that can help the entire modeling community.</p>
<p>Jason<br>
</p>
<p><br>
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<div>On 1/6/2025 11:08 AM, Vikram Sami via
Bldg-sim wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I have to
admit, nowadays I manage a team, and have not been doing
hands-on modeling for a while. Getting rusty.
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">That
being said, I have always enjoyed perusing this forum, and
would love to see it get active again. The peer mentoring
thing cannot be overstated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Happy New
year everyone. May 2025 bring good things!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
Bldg-sim <a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank"><bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Yates via Bldg-sim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 6, 2025 3:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'David S Eldridge'
<a href="mailto:deldridge@grummanbutkus.com" target="_blank"><deldridge@grummanbutkus.com></a>;
<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] go-to forum for LEED<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Perhaps we’re all
working a lot harder and have little time for frivolous
forum posting!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cheers/ Chris<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
David S Eldridge <<a href="mailto:deldridge@grummanbutkus.com" target="_blank">deldridge@grummanbutkus.com</a>>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 05 January 2025 18:35<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:chris.malcolm.yates@gmail.com" target="_blank">chris.malcolm.yates@gmail.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Bldg-sim] go-to forum for LEED<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m all for this forum in general, but
seems to be dwindling.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was also a discord server setup by
Allen Mei. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For LEED specific questions there is also
the subscription service for LEEDuser.com that I still use
from time to time.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
Bldg-sim <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">bldg-sim@onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] go-to forum for LEED<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Happy new year
bldg-sim’rs! <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I’ve bagged the first
post of 2025 </span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank you in advance<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Chris<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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