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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CEPT (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEPT_University">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEPT_University</a>) has a great program on building science (<a href="http://cept.ac.in/faculty-of-technology/master-of-technology-in-building-energy-performance">http://cept.ac.in/faculty-of-technology/master-of-technology-in-building-energy-performance</a>)
& it’s students made it to the finals this time for DOE’s “Race to Zero” competition by DOE.
<a href="https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/us-department-energy-race-zero-student-design-competition">
https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/us-department-energy-race-zero-student-design-competition</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The students are looking for some support from the engineers like us here:
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/race-to-zero-competition">https://www.gofundme.com/race-to-zero-competition</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any small contribution can be helpful for them to visit USA & present their work.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to contact Prasad Vaidya (<a href="mailto:berkeleyprasad@gmail.com">berkeleyprasad@gmail.com</a>), head of the program, for more info on this competition & the master’s program at CEPT. Thanks,
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<p class="MsoNormal">PS – sorry in advance if some folks think this is not the platform for such emails. I just thought of helping out these students through this user group.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">Harshul Singhal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#5F5E5F">Building Energy Modeling Analyst</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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