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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I can say I have worked in government/commercial/military contracting for about 12 years now and what I’ve noticed with regard to energy modeling and analysis
is a lack of will to move over from “the dark side”. On the gov/military side of things, they need it more than ever before with many 60-70 year old buildings and district steam systems that were built during the cold war. There are exceptions, but no perceived
need to go green to the extent that something like a LEED certification is perceived as beneficial. The only reason we pursued LEED certification on our military project was for our own bragging rights and to get the experience to pursue it in the future
if the need should arise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">But when it came to working on the LEED portion of this major renovation project we received zero support and actually ate a good bit of the project just to try
and get it certified. But I digress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">For LEED and certifications like it to be taken more seriously there has to be some kind of incentive to pursue that certification past the point of just upgrading
existing infrastructure to be more energy efficient. Because energy efficiency is a major consideration on the gov side when it comes to upgrading existing infrastructure. But only to the extent that the government can save money on maintenance and energy
costs – primarily, in the short term.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">What I’m hoping to see is Trump understand business well enough to know that America can ignite its own path forward in this arena to the extent that it can be
almost a new industrial revolution and a huge economic boost. But it has to be a concerted effort on all fronts by all parties. We’ll see what the future holds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">There is much work to do.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Because of my background I think of energy efficiency more in terms of how existing facilities can be upgraded. And there is plenty of infrastructure that needs
fixing – that’s for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Chris Baker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">CCI Alliance of Companies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Fort Wainwright, Alaska<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John Aulbach via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 20, 2017 12:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nicholas Caton via Equest-users <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Impacts of the elections on the Energy Modeling/Analysis industry?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NIck:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Your assessment was eloquent. Perhaps YOU should run for President. Cooler scientific heads rather than lawyers and businessmen. I agree with you that many call outs will never
happen. Look at Mr. Obama and Gitmo. Never happened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">You might keep me in your thoughts and prayers. My left knee was assessed as having little cartilage. Cannot do any yard work nor long walks. Currently using a walker. Knee
operation in two months, after I lose some weight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">On Friday, January 20, 2017, 7:58:13 AM PST, Nicholas Caton via Equest-users <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cross-posting to [bldg-sim], for inclusiveness.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This isn’t really a political forum (and neither are these communities isolated to the USA), however since historically these are professional / civil groups &
there’s enough “politically neutral” ground to cover where this could impact our broader “industry,” I think there’s some space for a constructive discussion if others are interested. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">It’s good navigating into such a discussion / prompt to keep in mind that “we” as a co-supporting community are a very diverse group. Some of us enjoy relatively
direct ties to different sides of the construction industry (and buildings are always getting built, regardless of the broader political/economic situation), while other valued contributors’ grants, careers, and employers depend on federal and state funding
sources, so I have no doubts some folks’ livelihoods could be much more directly impacted than others.
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Personally I feel most reported developments in this election cycle concerning our industry have been sensationalized to a point that it’s difficult to tell what
(if any) impacts we can realistically expect for our day-to-day. It’s too easy for any speculation to turn deconstructive, in my humble opinion, so I’m abstaining from making any predictions.
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I am however keen to learn more about some specific recent developments – I’ll provide a couple links where others can learn more and develop independent, educated
assessments:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Short/Long-term impact of policies which will support / redirect the renewables industry & other facets of our power infrastructure.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">a.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The momentum of change is afoot for many of our utilities across the nation, independent of anything our government does to intervene in the markets. The costs of renewables and alternatives
to traditional fossil fuels are a moving target, and the need for transmission/infrastructure to support our power grid isn’t going anywhere. Utilities will continue to bear the burden of accommodating these strains – who knows where we’ll be in 10 years?
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">b.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">That said, policies enacted in the next few years at the federal level could have large repercussions on regional energy costs & volatility for better/worse.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">c.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I’m expecting to see some changes come about in response to water infrastructure (Flint, MI) and air quality / pollution concerns across state lines. Granted, these don’t typically work
into your average building energy simulation, but these are national/regional issues we’ll need to stay abreast of for appropriately engineering / architect-ing (?) the built environment.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The politicization of climate change & the implicit consequences that may have on our community of weather scientists & maintained weather resources</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">a.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The landscape of hosting/repositories for TMY, Historical (AMY), Live, and Future (Forecast model) weather data may be changing – stuff easy to acquire now may be hard to acquire later</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">b.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Data that has been “free” (to the end user) in years past might require a budget in years to come.
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">c.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The number of federal dollars awarded to support careers/projects concerned with weather science may diminish.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">3.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Recent EPA & DOE appointees:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">a.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The DOE and EPA are tied in many ways to the first 2 points, and to the administration/furtherance Energy Star, LEED, and similar programs.
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">b.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The EPA is to be led by Scott Pruitt, attorney general of Oklahoma:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">i.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pruitt" target="_blank">Scott Pruitt on Wikipedia</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">ii.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-epa-idUSKBN13W2HE" target="_blank">Reuters article on this appointment</a> (which seems relatively neutral – not as bombastic as most
outlets & provides some opposing viewpoints)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">iii.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A Senate confirmation hearing occurred Wednesday of this week.
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">iv.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Watching the whole thing will require nearly 6 hours, but I intend to piece through this myself before jumping to any pundits’ highlight reels. What I’ve seen so far in the first couple
hours has left me more comfortable with Mr. Pruitt’s appointment than where I started.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:2.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Scott Pruitt Round #1:
<a href="https://youtu.be/e7cFeauiqTE" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/e7cFeauiqTE</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:2.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Scott Pruitt Round #2:
<a href="https://youtu.be/iX0Rw-3Ndw8" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/iX0Rw-3Ndw8</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">c.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The DOE is to be headed by Rick Perry, governor for the state of Texas:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">i.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Rick_Perry_Energy_+_Oil.htm" target="_blank">Rick Perry on Energy & Oil</a> (ontheissues.org)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">ii.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Rick_Perry_Environment.htm" target="_blank">Rick Perry on Environment</a> (ontheissues.org)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">iii.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">At a republican primary debate (notably, 6 years ago), he simultaneously cited the DOE as one of 3 government agencies he wanted to eliminate entirely, and also forgot its name (department
of energy). This may signal large changes are afoot for the agency responsible for energy efficiency standards, R&D grants for renewables, and the development of programs the energyplus engine.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">iv.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Governor Perry has been consistently vocal skeptic on the science of climate change, which must be at least unnerving for some of our county’s climate scientists.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">v.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">His senate confirmation hearing is was Thursday of this week. I haven’t personally had time to watch any of it yet, but I’m looking forward to piecing through the whole thing myself & am
avoiding other pundits’ opinions/articles/highlight-reels: <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?421782-1/energy-secretary-nominee-rick-perry-testifies-confirmation-hearing" target="_blank">
https://www.c-span.org/video/?421782-1/energy-secretary-nominee-rick-perry-testifies-confirmation-hearing</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">vi.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The DOE’s ongoing funding for development of the energyplus engine/platform was not brought up to my knowledge in any recent political exchanges or on the campaign trails, but with new leadership
there is some potential this substantial amount of funding might shift upward/downward or spread in new directions:
<a href="https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/energyplus-0" target="_blank">
$2.5M in FY2016 and $72.5M to-date</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">vii.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There was <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/energy-department-balks-team-trumps-climate-witch-hunt" target="_blank">
a news item in wide circulation</a> concerning a “witch hunt” request from the Trump transition team of the DOE to provide a list of staffers involved with international climate change agreements & climate change science,
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/14/trump-transition-says-request-for-names-of-climate-scientists-was-not-authorized/?utm_term=.9da754f2b8ba" target="_blank">
though that request has since been rescinded</a>. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/questions-posed-by-president-elect-trumps-transition-team-to-energy-department-officials/2143/?rtef&tid=a_inl" target="_blank">
I’ve sourced the original query text</a> (see item #13 in the document) and it seems to me this was just a political gaffe blown out of proportion – to my eye it’s exactly the sort of request one would make to help get someone fully caught up on the state of
such issues.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">d.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">It will be these appointees’ job to execute/implement the president’s agenda, which may conflict with their personal agendas in some areas. If anything, I feel that makes things less predictable
for our industry. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">4.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">New leadership within other federal agencies (GSA, DoD) could make new moves with respect to requirements for more or less of the likes of meeting specific energy standards and/or LEED certification
for their construction contracts.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msolistparagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">5.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Speaking specifically to citizenship & nationalities: the diversity of our energy simulation community around the world and within the USA is something I think we all celebrate and mutually
benefit from in a multitude of direct & indirect ways. A lot has been said on the campaign trail to merit concern for families and individuals who do not hold full citizenship status. I’m personally vested and hopeful to observe this rhetoric toned down
in the months to come.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Despite these areas of concern, skillsets in building energy simulation will
<b><u>absolutely</u></b> remain of concrete value in years to come. I don’t think we’re in any pending danger of unlimited/free energy sources or political heads otherwise rendering such expertise obsolete! I also wouldn’t read much into the ebbs/flows of
job postings on the onebuilding.org lists. These really are not job boards, and when I’m hiring to fill a specific seat it’s not my first preference to hit up such a huge audience with such a wide range of qualifications/experience. I much prefer a more
targeted candidate search based on my own networking. I’m sure that’s true of most folks in similar positions.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Any expressed political opinions are my own thoughts, and not necessarily those of my employers. I would assume that to be true of any other responses to this
thread unless explicitly stated otherwise.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">~Nick</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3A7A46">Nick Caton, P.E., BEMP</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Deepak Vaidya via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 10, 2017 3:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Impacts of the elections on the Energy Modeling/Analysis industry?</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hope you guys are doing great. I want to start a conversation here (basically to fill myself in with some info) to understand what impacts will be there on the
energy analysis/modeling industry after January 20. Will there be less jobs in the market or things will come back to the normal situation again? I remember seeing Job position on this eQuest group every other day almost 6 months back (and before that) but
now I don't see any job postings here. In fact, there are very less jobs in the market currently which makes me wonder if the energy efficiency industry already reached it's peak (in terms of opportunities & jobs) & things will go down from here? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv5498888525msonormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I also want to apologize if this "out of the topic" question offends you & brings another spam in your emails but I am just curious here. Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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