<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><font color="#000000" style="">Dear building simulation community,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:red"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:red">BauSIM
conference 2026 in Zurich</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
and IBPSA DACH cordially invite you to BauSIM2026. The 11<sup>th</sup> BauSIM
will take place from 9<sup>th</sup> to 11<sup>th</sup> of September 2026
in Zurich, Switzerland. Thereby, cutting edge topics from research, building
design and construction are presented, making BauSIM an ideal discussion forum
for mutual exchange between experts from science and industry. On the evening
of the second conference day you are kindly invited to the traditional evening
event.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red">Call For Abstracts</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Scientists, engineers and architects from science and industry are welcome
to contribute to the conference. To ensure the scientific quality of the
contributions, they will be reviewed by a double-blind-review procedure. The </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">conference contributions can be submitted in
both German and English. For more information about submission, please visit </span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></span><a href="http://www.zhaw.ch/bausim2026" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica">www.zhaw.ch/bausim2026</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica">The accepted peer-reviewed papers will be published in
the IBPSA Conference Proceedings. In addition, there is the possibility of
technical articles for publication in the ZHAW Digital Collection.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red">Main topics</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 1.5pt 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">1 Energy-efficient building
and district modelling</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 1.5pt 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">2 Indoor climate – user
interactions</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 1.5pt 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">3 Acoustic simulations in the
building sector</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 1.5pt 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">4 Building physics simulations
at component level</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 1.5pt 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">5 BIM-based planning tools and
integration approaches</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 1.5pt 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">6 Modelling and simulation in
the life cycle of buildings and districts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 1.5pt 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">7 Numerical Solutions,
Optimization and Implementation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 1.5pt 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">8 Monitoring of buildings and
neighborhoods</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(226,8,24)"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red">Dates and Deadlines</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red"></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica">Abstract submission:
28.02.2026</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica">Draft paper
submission: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica">1.4.2026 </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica">Final paper submission: 1.6.2026</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica"></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica">Project Reports applying simulation methods: 1.5.2024</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica">Poster with short presentation: 1.5.2024</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">We are glad to welcome you to BauSIM in September 2026 in Zurich!</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">With kind regards from Zurich</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Organization team BauSIM2026</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red">Contact: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Email: </span><a href="mailto:bausim2026@zhaw.ch" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica">bausim2026@zhaw.ch</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> <span lang="EN-GB"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red">Conference chairs</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Prof. Dr. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Andreas
Witzig</span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"></span></p>
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