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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#2A2A2A;background:white">Dear All,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#2A2A2A"><br>
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<span style="background:white">The IBPSA DC national chapter meeting is coming up and it would be lovely to see and meet people in the DC area who are interested and or work in building simulation. The details for the meeting are below:</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">IBPSA – DC National Chapter Quarterly Meeting</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Thursday November 1st, 2012, 6pm – 7pm</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Ebert and Baumann Offices, 734 15th Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20005, USA</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">The topics for discussion will be:</span><br>
<span style="background:white">1. DoE plans for simulation now and in the future.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">2. Case studies from local firms that work extensively with simulation to help inform design.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Speakers:</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Amir Roth – Department of Energy</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Amir Roth is the Technical Development Manager for building energy modeling (BEM) tools in the DOE's Building Technologies Program (BTP). BEM is used in building design and in the development of building energy efficiency codes
and ratings, and increasingly in code compliance, building certification, building diagnostics and fault detection, building control system development, and dynamic building control. Among the projects Amir manages are EnergyPlus, DOE's industry-leading whole
building energy modeling engine, and OpenStudio, DOE's BEM productivity, interoperability, and utility middleware.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Roger Chang – Westlake Reed Leskosky</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Roger Chang is the Director of Sustainability at Westlake Reed Leskosky and Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of America. His research experience includes work at NIST, collaboration with the Harvard School of Public
Health, and the first research study of a LEED Platinum building in the world, the Philip Merrill Environmental Center. He has experienced LEED from its infancy to what it has become today and regularly speaks at conferences on integrated design and high-performance
buildings.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Annie Marston – Ebert and Bauman Consulting Engineers</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Annie Marston is the head of the Building Performance Group at Ebert and Baumann Consulting Engineers and Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of America. She works on all types of simulations, from daylighting through
to energy modelling and CFD.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:navy">Dr. A. Marston, Ph.D. LEED® AP BEMP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Head of the Building Performance Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Ebert & Baumann Consulting Engineers, Inc.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#999999;letter-spacing:2.6pt">An Enterprise of the Ebert-Consulting Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">734 15<sup>th</sup> Street, NW
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">Suite 1000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">Washington, D.C. 20005, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Tel +1.202.608.1334</span></b><b><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Fax +1.202.544.1434<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><a href="mailto:a.marston@eb-engineers.com" title="blocked::mailto:o.baumann@eb-engineers.com"><span style="color:navy">a.marston@eb-engineers.com</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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