<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7412"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7411">Congrats to all you youngsters. You should have tried doing DOE-2.1A back in 1984..</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7410"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7409"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7408">BTW, with our program's new found notoriety, NOW can we get an automatic VRF system in eQuest?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7409"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7409"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7611">PLEASE ??</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7409"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7409"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7775">John R. Aulbach, PE</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7409"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472009847062_7769">Still shuffling along..</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 12:07 PM, via Equest-users <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv3166376535"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv3166376535WordSection1"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal">I want to share some happy news with our community! </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal">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. </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal">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. </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal">We had 17 active participants (many are recognizable active participants here on the lists), making us one of the larger teams this year:</div><table class="yiv3166376535MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none;"><tbody><tr style="min-height:29.25pt;"><td style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#A8D08D;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:29.25pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;">NAME (alphabetical)</span></b></div></td><td style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#A8D08D;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:29.25pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;">AFFILIATION</span></b></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Arunabha Sau</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Independent Contractor</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">David Griffin II</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Arch|Nexus</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Drew Morrison</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Seventhwave</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Greg Hildner</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Schneider-Electric</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Greg Swiss</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Cyclone Energy Group</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Iyabo lawal</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Texas A&M</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Jeremy Lerond</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Madison Engineering PS</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Joe Huang</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">White Box Technologies, Inc.</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Kevin Madison</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Madison Engineering PS</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Manalee Jayant Nabar</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Bright Power, Inc.</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Matt Garlick</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">TBC, Inc.</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Mrigesh Roy</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Beyond Efficiency Inc.</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Nick Caton</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Schneider-Electric</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Russell Knudson</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Strang Inc.</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Samuel Mason</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Encompass Energy LLC</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Sasikant Suddapalli</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">University of Florida</span></div></td></tr><tr style="min-height:15.0pt;"><td nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Surabhi Joshi</span></div></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#E2EFD9;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt;min-height:15.0pt;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">NORESCO</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal">Here is a recent article published by IBPSA-USA covering the results:</div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ibpsa.us/news/review-lowdown-showdown-simbuild-2016">http://www.ibpsa.us/news/review-lowdown-showdown-simbuild-2016</a></div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal">Here is another writeup on ASHRAE’s conference website – here you can find/download a copy of our team poster:</div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" 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></div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal">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:</div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" 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></div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal">Great work to everyone involved!</div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal">~Nick</div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:#3A7A46;"><img border="0" width="722" height="9" id="yiv3166376535Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:qhUYejomx9DRWgnF4Ze7"></span></div><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:#3A7A46;">Nick Caton, P.E.</span></b><span style="color:#3A7A46;"></span></div><table class="yiv3166376535MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="724" style="width:543.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><tbody><tr><td width="230" valign="top" style="width:172.3pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv3166376535MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:#626469;"> Senior Energy Engineer</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><br></span><span 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