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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://projectstasio.com/2019-competition/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="624" height="293" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D51949.B897C9C0" alt="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/cyLOcFF6D6mSOGiifO41xDLnCv2WVcpaYkrYIzK4GditcmueixqVgvjiHkyMY9BuQt7t-5mPdrIMueOSeytv05kKTC_5NRf6qynWWBQsgOg1ezJmkACJrv8UVgulTDLMu8KsCiKh"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Project StaSIO’s 2019 competition to produce actionable simulation graphics is now open, with winners to be announced at</span><a href="https://www.ashrae.org/conferences/topical-conferences/2019-ashrae-building-performance-analysis-conference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">
 ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> this year.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">For energy analysts, one of the most difficult challenges is condensing a great deal of data into an intelligible format so architects can
 understand it. For architects, one of the challenges in working with analysts is not knowing what performance-related questions can be asked and answered. A solution that connects both of these is
</span><a href="https://projectstasio.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">IBPSA USA’s Project Stasio</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">, a crowd-sourced, public
 website that connects performance questions with graphics from simulation outputs that succinctly answers the question.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">In 2018, the Project StaSIO team organized a
</span><a href="https://projectstasio.com/new-page-4/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">competition</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> in conjunction with
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA’s Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild<span style="color:#222222">. Over 60 entries were received and an esteemed jury of architects, energy analysts and
 mechanical engineers selected the winners of the competition. Building on the success of the 2018 competition, the StaSIO team is launching another competition this year. Check out Project StaSIO’s
</span></span><a href="https://projectstasio.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">new website</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> and details of the
</span><a href="https://projectstasio.com/2019-competition/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">2019 competition</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Deadline for Submissions : July 15th, 2019</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Evaluation from Judges : July 15th - August 15th, 2019</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Winner’s Notified: September 1st, 2019</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Project StaSIO Team</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kjell-anderson-aia-csba-leed-ap-aa5a7010/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kjell Anderson</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
 LMN Architects</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-dunn-1347b925"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jacob Dunn</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">
 ZGF</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandramenchaca"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alejandra Menchaca</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
 Thornton Tomasetti</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsawford"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michael Sawford</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
 EDSL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amarpreet-sethi-88747422/">Amarpreet Sethi</a><span style="color:#606060">, tk1sc</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amansinghvi/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Aman Singhvi</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
 AECOM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rushyan-yen-2a574640/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Rushyan Yen</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
 LMN Architects</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakha/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Tarek Rakha</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
 Georgia Institute of Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/supriya-goel-03138414"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Supriya Goe</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6DC6DD">l</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
 PNNL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Supriya Goel</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Energy Research Engineer</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Building Energy Regulatory Analysis</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">970 Baker Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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