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EARLY BIRD RATE ENDS THIS WEEK - eSim Building Simulation Conference
1-4 May 2012. <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://esim.ca/"
target="_blank">http://esim.ca</a> (<b>early bird rate until March
31</b>)
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<div>The 2012 eSim Building Simulation Conference in
Halifax, Canada is hosted by Dalhousie University and
features an exciting slate of speakers, social events,
workshops, and tours. Major themes include: building
performance modeling, innovative technology control
methods, simulations tools, and quality control
approaches. We invite you to explore our new website
which contains all the information <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://esim.ca/"
target="_blank">http://esim.ca</a>.</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">We have received well over 50
research papers, forming a full two-days of parallel
technical sessions (a detailed schedule is available
under <i>Conference Information</i> at </span></font><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://esim.ca/"
target="_blank">http://esim.ca</a>)<span
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<div><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Several
exciting features of the eSim conference are (complete
descriptions at </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://esim.ca/" target="_blank">http://esim.ca/</a><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px">):</span></div>
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<li><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Conference venue is the
Pier 21 Immigration Museum on the Halifax
Waterfront where over a million immigrants
entered Canada.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Keynote speakers are
Christoph Reinhart (MIT Architecture) and Mark
Riley (former Sustainable Buildings Director at
CanmetEnergy).</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Technical tour of the
NSCC Centre for the Built Environment (LEED
Silver)</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Social events at the
Seaport Farmers Market (LEED Platinum) and
banquet at the historic Waterfront Warehouse.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Half and full-day
workshops on modeling and simulation,
communities, and certification tools.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Reduced
rate accommodations at the Westin Hotel are
within a 10 minute walk from all events.</span></font></li>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px"><b>Schedule overview of
eSim 2012:</b></span></font></div>
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<div><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><b>Keynote
speakers of eSim 2012:</b></span></div>
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style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">Christoph
Reinhart is an Associate Professor of Building
Technology in Architecture at MIT. He has
built design tools such as DIVA-for-Rhino and
Daysim. Dr. Reinhart's address is titled </span><em
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-weight:bold">Building
Performance Simulation – From Evaluating Performance
To Suggesting New Forms.</em></p>
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style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:8px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:8px"><span
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">Mark
Riley was the S&T Director of the Sustainable
Buildings and Communities Group within CanmetENERGY.
He now consults on projects related to sustainable
housing, buildings and communities. Mr. Riley's
address is titled </span><em
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-weight:bold">Housing
for a Changing World: A Sustainable Housing
Technology Roadmap for Canada.</em></p>
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<div><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><b>Workshop
overview of eSim 2012:</b></span></div>
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<div><span
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and sponsors of eSim 2012:</b></span>
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<div><b
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the eSim 2012 Conference:</b>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">eSim brings together
professionals, academics and students interested in
building performance simulation advancements and
applications. The 2012 conference is hosted by
Dalhousie University in collaboration with Natural
Resources Canada. It will be held in the beautiful
port city of Halifax, Canada on May 2 and 3, 2012,
with workshops held one day pre and post the
conference. Themes of the eSim conference surround
the modeling and simulation of processes and
performance of the built environment. This includes
all aspects of building simulation ranging from the
simulators themselves to results of unique and
innovative models. Coverage includes modeling
physical processes (energy, occupant comfort,
daylighting, etc.), control methods, community
energy systems, building simulator tools, use of
tools with building code/incentive programs, and
performance visualization/validation.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">We hope you will join us for
the 2012 eSim Building Simulation Conference on 1-4
May. We invite you to explore our website at </span></font><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://esim.ca/"
target="_blank">http://esim.ca/</a>.</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Dr. Lukas Swan and Prof.
Richard Kroeker</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Dalhousie University -
Faculties of Engineering and Architecture</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Halifax, NS</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Canada</span></font></div>
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