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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Very cool Nick. Great work team!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
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901 King Street West, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3H5<br>
<b>T:</b> (519) 823-1311 ext 2052 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 23, 2016 3:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] eQUEST team strikes again for the 2016 Lowdown Showdown!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I want to share some happy news with our community! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This year, a team of eQUEST/doe2-centric volunteers joined forces to participate in the Lowdown Showdown building energy simulation competition. After months of coordination and outstanding efforts from everyone involved, we presented
our efforts towards the close of the SIMbuild 2016 conference in a condensed 15 minute presentation. The audience/judges together voted and determined that, once again, the team representing our platform deserved an award! This year we took home the “<b><u>Best
Teamwork</u></b>” award. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All the participating teams presented very interesting and divergent takes on tackling the same challenge: Pushing an outpatient healthcare facility in Omaha, Nebraska down to a source EUI of Zero. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We had 17 active participants (many are recognizable active participants here on the lists), making us one of the larger teams this year:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Arunabha Sau<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">David Griffin II<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Drew Morrison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Seventhwave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Greg Hildner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Greg Swiss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cyclone Energy Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Iyabo lawal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Jeremy Lerond<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Joe Huang<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">White Box Technologies, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kevin Madison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Bright Power, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Matt Garlick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">TBC, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Mrigesh Roy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Beyond Efficiency Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Nick Caton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Schneider-Electric<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Russell Knudson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Samuel Mason<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Encompass Energy LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sasikant Suddapalli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Surabhi Joshi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">NORESCO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is a recent article published by IBPSA-USA covering the results:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ibpsa.us/news/review-lowdown-showdown-simbuild-2016">http://www.ibpsa.us/news/review-lowdown-showdown-simbuild-2016</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is another writeup on ASHRAE’s conference website – here you can find/download a copy of our team poster:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ashrae.org/membership--conferences/conferences/ashrae-conferences/2016-ashrae-lowdown-showdown-results/best-teamwork">https://www.ashrae.org/membership--conferences/conferences/ashrae-conferences/2016-ashrae-lowdown-showdown-results/best-teamwork</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, here is a link to a page containing more of the details/context for the Lowdown Showdown event, if anyone is curious to learn more:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ashrae.org/membership--conferences/conferences/ashrae-conferences/2016-ashrae-lowdown-showdown">https://www.ashrae.org/membership--conferences/conferences/ashrae-conferences/2016-ashrae-lowdown-showdown</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Great work to everyone involved!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">~Nick<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3A7A46">Nick Caton, P.E.</span></b><span style="color:#3A7A46"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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