From sayala81 at gmail.com Mon Jan 11 13:54:36 2021 From: sayala81 at gmail.com (Steven Ayala) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:54:36 -0800 Subject: [Ibpsausa] Winter Meeting Tickets Selling Fast, Get Yours Today Message-ID: View this email in your browser *IBPSA-USA cordially invites you to our 2021 Winter Meeting* Come have some fun, get caught up, meet new people! *4:00 - 4:30 Ice breaker / Socializing* *4:30 - 5:00 Meeting * - Sponsor 3 min talks - Introduce new board members (and re-elected) - Call for members - StaSIO announcement - Business Update *5:00 - 6:00 FUN & GAMES - Simulation pictionary* - 5 mins intro - 55 mins breakout rooms *6:00 Spin the Wheel Raffle* - Give away -- memberships, etc. 2 yr free membership, 1 yr free membership, *swag* Register Now *Copyright ? 2021 IBPSA-USA, All rights reserved.* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sayala81 at gmail.com Mon Jan 25 09:32:41 2021 From: sayala81 at gmail.com (Steven Ayala) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:32:41 -0800 Subject: [Ibpsausa] IBPSA-USA January 2021 Newsletter Message-ID: View this email in your browser January 2021 Newsletter *Table of Contents:* - *News * - *Events * - *Job Board * Thank you to our sponsors for their continued support! Become an IBPSA-USA sponsor. See all of our sponsors. Platinum Gold Silver IBPSA-USA News *Fun and Games at Our Biannual Winter Meeting 2021* The semiannual meeting of IBPSA-USA was held online January 14, 2021 across three time zones. The night kicked off with an ice breaker followed by introductions of our newly elected Board Members. This announcement was followed by a rousing game of Energy Simulation Pictionary. Read More. *DOE Publishes Research and Development Opportunities Document for Building Energy Modeling* In November, the DOE's Building Technologies Office (BTO) published the final version of its Research and Development Opportunities (RDO) document for Building Energy Modeling (BEM). This publication completes a nearly 5 year process that included the release of 2 draft documents and 2 public comment periods that generated over 800 separate responses totaling nearly 200 pages. The IBPSA-USA Advocacy Committee and its leadership collected feedback on the DRAFT BEM RDO document and for continued dialogue with BTO to help address industry and community concerns. Read More. ------------------------------ *Sponsored Content - New Software Released: IESVE 2021* *IESVE 2021* is available for download and includes a range of new features including automation for ASHRAE Standard *90.1-2016 PRM* (Florida Certified); an annual/hourly Thermal Comfort Tool for ASHRAE Standard 55-2017; a new Heat Pump model and visual upgrades for Spatial Daylight Autonomy (sDA). Read More. ------------------------------ See All News Upcoming Events *Jan. 28: A Delicate Balance: Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality in the COVID19 Era - IBPSA-USA Research Committee* In this talk, Van Den Wymelenberg will briefly illustrate historic relationships of buildings and health, present novel research on techniques to conduct indoor microbial surveillance, and elaborate on the relationship between layered disease transmission risk mitigation strategies, energy consumption, and to some extent building simulation. *Approved for 1 AIA Learning Unit.* Learn More. *Feb. 11: IBPSA-USA Research Committee Monthly Meeting* The IBPSA-USA Research Committee meets every 2nd Thursday from 12pm-1pm Pacific. Check the IBPSA-USA Calendar for any updates or changes. Please join us for our next meeting on February 11, 2021, from 12pm-1pm Pacific. Learn More. *Feb. 19: IBPSA-USA Education Committee Monthly Meeting* The IBPSA-USA Education Committee meets every 3rd Friday at 10am-11am Pacific. Check the IBPSA-USA Calendar for any updates or changes. Please join us for our next meeting on February 19, 2021, from 10am-11am Pacific. Learn More. IBPSA-USA Job Board Below are just a few of the jobs available now. Browse current open listings on our job board, and sign-up to post your own: *https://jobs.ibpsa.us/* Senior High Performance Building Engineer/Analyst - Codes & Standards at NORESCO Building Performance Analyst / Engineer at P2S Inc. Building Performance Engineer at Ambient Energy *Copyright ? 2021 IBPSA-USA, All rights reserved.* unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mwetter at lbl.gov Mon Feb 8 07:03:12 2021 From: mwetter at lbl.gov (Michael Wetter) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 07:03:12 -0800 Subject: [Ibpsausa] Job openings in Modelica-based tool development and in MPC for building energy systems Message-ID: Berkeley Lab?s Simulation Research Group has multiple job openings for modeling and tool development for building and district energy systems, and for MPC. Scientific Engineering Associate and Post-Doctoral Fellow with Focus on Modelica and Energy System Modeling We are looking for researchers with a strong background in software and in thermofluid flow systems and controls, who enjoy combining modern computing technologies for modeling and simulation of HVAC and control systems, integrating these technologies in large software packages, and working with teams that deploy them to the building industry. You will conduct research, develop, and deploy new generation computing tools for building design and operation based on the Modelica and FMI standards. Research will be for the Modelica Buildings Library in support of Spawn of EnergyPlus and OpenBuildingControl. You will participate in projects such as the Modelica Buildings Library , Spawn of EnergyPlus , OpenBuildingControl and the IBPSA Project 1 . To apply visit: ? Principal Scientific Engineering Associate . ? Post-Doctoral Fellow . As this post-doctoral position is in the same team as the one below, we suggest you only apply to the one that best matches your interests. Post-Doctoral Fellow with Focus on MPC We are also looking for a talented researcher familiar with HVAC systems and theories in optimization, control, and machine learning in addition to the use of available software. This position will conduct research and develop, implement, and evaluate MPC tools (Modelica-, FMI- and Python-based) for building HVAC and district energy systems. - Post-Doctoral Fellow . As this post-doctoral position is in the same team as the one above, we suggest you only apply to the one that best matches your interests. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sayala81 at gmail.com Tue Feb 16 10:19:53 2021 From: sayala81 at gmail.com (Steven Ayala) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:19:53 -0800 Subject: [Ibpsausa] IBPSA-USA February 2021 Newsletter Message-ID: View this email in your browser February 2021 Newsletter Thank you to our sponsors for their continued support! Become an IBPSA-USA sponsor. See all of our sponsors. Platinum Gold Silver IBPSA-USA News *Ask a Modeler: How do You Effectively Communicate with Architects and Engineers Who May be Resistant to Giving Up Control?* This month Bill Sommer, Project Manager at Sain Engineering Associates, replies: *"Dear Teacher, In the Northwest, I?d probably use a craft beer. California? Wine, of course. Here in the Southeast, bourbon does the trick. You are part of a team, so you need to be a team player. Teamwork is a mental discipline. Understand the roles, responsibilities, and most importantly, the influences driving your teammates decision making..."* Read More. *Challenges with Early-Design Analysis* What do you think? Hello from the IBPSA-USA Architectural Simulations Research Committee! Our primary goal is connecting architecture practitioners with simulation experts. To help prioritize our goals for 2021, we would like your feedback on understanding your challenges with early design analysis. With this feedback, we hope to tailor our deliverables towards what is most needed e.g. webinar series, introducing faster, simpler tools, generating guidelines, or aggregating resources. Click To Have Your Voice Heard *A Delicate Balance: Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality in the COVID-19 Era - IBPSA-USA Research Committee Webinar Recording* In this talk, Van Den Wymelenberg will briefly illustrate historic relationships of buildings and health, present novel research on techniques to conduct indoor microbial surveillance, and elaborate on the relationship between layered disease transmission risk mitigation strategies, energy consumption, and to some extent building simulation. View the Video on Our Youtube Channel See All News Upcoming Events IBPSA-USA Events: *Feb. 23: Full Building Energy Modeling in Grasshopper and Honeybee - IBPSA-USA Boston Chapter* This presentation -- featuring Chris Mackey and Mingbo Peng from Ladybug Tools LLC -- will cover a newly developed Grasshopper toolset -Ironbug- that allows designers and engineers to set all possible parameters for customizing and creating various HVAC configurations in a more automated way, cutting down modeling time from weeks to days. Learn More. *Feb. 25: A Room with a View: Simulating Daylight and Outdoor Space in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings with Balconies - IBPSA-USA Research Committee* In this talk, Dr. Terri Peters will briefly identify key building performance and liveability challenges in contemporary Multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) design, summarize the results of novel simulation based research on the influence of balcony typologies on daylighting, present current work on the development of design guidelines for daylight, balcony design, and elaborate on new directions for simulation and design for liveability in MURB. Learn More. Other Events: *Feb. 23: DesignBuilder Webinar - Design Optimization: Making Rigorous Cost-Benefit Simulations a Reality* If you would like to understand how design optimization can be applied to real-world projects to both improve your design and reduce your design risk, then this free webinar is for you. The webinar will illustrate in simple terms how you can use design optimization to undertake rigorous cost-benefit analysis and ultimately design better buildings in less time. Learn More. Committees and Working Groups We encourage all members to participate in our BEM Community. Our wide array of Committees offer members the opportunity to participate in important work, meeting new friends and feel great about moving our industry forward. All committee meetings are open and we encourage everyone to drop in anytime. *See our meeting calendar for all upcoming meeting dates and times.* - Research - Next Meeting: March 11, 2021 at 12pm-1pm Pacific - Education - Next Meeting: February 19, 2021 at 10am-11am Pacific - Communications - Finance and Development - Building Data Exchange - Chapters - Next Meeting: March, 12, 2021 at 2pm-3pm Pacific IBPSA-USA Job Board Below are just a few of the jobs available now. Browse current open listings on our job board, and sign-up to post your own: *https://jobs.ibpsa.us/* Central Plant Optimization Modeling Engineer at Johnson Controls Job openings at Berkeley Lab in Modelica-based Tool Development & in MPC for Building Energy Systems Senior High Performance Building Engineer/Analyst - Codes & Standards at NORESCO *Copyright ? 2021 IBPSA-USA, All rights reserved.* unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Know More and Get Involved!* The Committee Members Recruitment party is a fun interactive event where you can learn more about *the diverse committees of IBPSA-USA *. At this event members can build upon their professional network, support a cause/event that they are passionate about, expand their knowledge base, and develop some new personal relationships. In brief 5 minute presentations Committee chairs will introduce the goals and objectives of their respective teams ? and we would love to hear your ideas and discuss your input. If you are so inspired please feel free to join a committee and you will be added to their email register. This is a great opportunity for members to become leaders within the IBPSA-USA community. We look forward to seeing you there! *Date & Time: *Tuesday, March 23 from 10-11AM PST Register Now *Copyright ? 2021 IBPSA-USA, All rights reserved.* Want to change how you receive these emails? 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Read More. ------------------------------ *Sponsored Content: High-Performance in Healthcare ? from ASHRAE209 to ASHRAE 170* *TLC Engineering Solutions* used ASHRAE Standard 209 for ?Energy Simulation Aided Design? on a 1M ft2 Healthcare facility to optimize fa?ade design and align air flow rates with ASHRAE 170 in this architecture-integrated Building Energy Modeling (BEM) case study. See how they were able to save energy, water and cost. Read More. ------------------------------ See All News Upcoming Events IBPSA-USA Events: *Mar. 24: IBPSA-USA Wisconsin Chapter Event: Passive House Alliance ? Wisconsin* The goal of this presentation is to introduce the audience to the passive building concept, standards, principles, benefits, and discuss commonly used design tools in the industry. Learn More. *Mar. 25: Re-thinking Daylight Metrics - IBPSA-USA Research Committee* As daylight availability seeks even distribution of daylight over time for the whole space, it is still confusing what metrics should be used for daylight availability or what threshold should be adopted for a specific daylight metric. This study tests a new hypothesis for daylight metric and offers a new statistical model to calculate daylight availability which presents an even distribution of daylight. Learn More. Other Events: *Mar. 24: How High Can You Go?: Simulation Study on High-Temperature Cooling for Radiant Systems* In this Building Simulation Users Group presentation, we will go over a simulation study where we investigated the potential of eliminating the refrigeration cycle from the primary cooling system design in various US climates. We created single zone EnergyPlus models that use a high thermal mass radiant system (HTMR) as the primary cooling system and meet the climate zones? energy code requirements. Learn More. Committees and Working Groups We encourage all members to participate in our BEM Community. Our wide array of Committees offer members the opportunity to participate in important work, meeting new friends and feel great about moving our industry forward. All committee meetings are open and we encourage everyone to drop in anytime. *See our meeting calendar for all upcoming meeting dates and times.* - Research - Education - Communications - Finance and Development - Building Data Exchange - Chapters IBPSA-USA Education on Demand New Videos Added Full Building Energy Modeling in Grasshopper and Honeybee - IBPSA-USA Boston Chapter A Room with a View: Simulating Daylight and Outdoor Space in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings with Balconies - IBPSA-USA Research Committee IBPSA-USA Job Board Below are just a few of the jobs available now. Browse current open listings on our job board, and sign-up to post your own: *https://jobs.ibpsa.us/* HVAC Modeling Team Leader at Integrated Environmental Solutions Job openings at Berkeley Lab in Modelica-based Tool Development & in MPC for Building Energy Systems Building Codes Fellow at Energy Solutions Thank you to our sponsors for their continued support! Become an IBPSA-USA sponsor. See all of our sponsors. Platinum Gold Silver *Copyright ? 2021 IBPSA-USA, All rights reserved.* unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Sean at sustainablesolutionscorporation.com Thu Mar 18 12:58:34 2021 From: Sean at sustainablesolutionscorporation.com (Sean Casey) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:58:34 +0000 Subject: [Ibpsausa] HELP WANTED: Energy Modeling Analyst Message-ID: Greetings onebuilding's IBPSA Community! My team is looking to grow our energy modeling capabilities and have immediate need for an eQUEST expert to join us. If interested, please reach out to me directly with your resume. Here is the description in case the description does not come through as an attachment: Job Description The Project Manager: Energy Modeling Analyst will be responsible for managing projects for our diverse and prominent client base. Through sustainable operations and building performance improvement, the Energy Modeling Analyst directly enables clients to lead their markets by meeting sustainability objectives, reducing costs, and decreasing environmental impacts. The Energy Modeling Analyst uses real-world building data and technology data to inform product development, system/application design, and end user experience. The Energy Modeling Analyst will lead exciting projects by implementing our world-class services including Energy Efficiency Analysis and Energy Modeling; Building Conditions Assessments; LEED Certification; ENERGY STAR Benchmarking; and Green Building Design. Role Overview and Responsibilities The primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to: * Performing energy modeling analysis of new and existing buildings for various typologies (e.g. commercial, pharmaceutical, laboratory, manufacturing) using whole building analysis programs (e.g. eQUEST, EnergyPlus) * Collecting building design data, building energy models and performing simulations to satisfy program requirements (e.g. LEED, P4P, NYSERDA) * Writing reports communicating energy analysis findings, reports design recommendations for improved energy performance and calculates associated LEED benefits or other relevant metric systems * Evaluating building conditions, efficiency of building operations, and energy efficiency (HVAC, Renewable Energy Systems, Stormwater Management, Sustainable Materials, and Water Efficiency) to perform Building Design/Building Performance Improvement Services * Performing ASHRAE Level I and Level II Energy Audits at a variety of facility types * Supporting LEED for Existing Buildings and ENERGY STAR Analysis, Feasibility, Documentation, and Certification - Utilize Excel, ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, and LEED Online to document building performance improvement * Developing schematics for green building design projects using AutoCAD * Applying programs and policies to specific buildings resulting in improved building performance * Presenting results to clients in person and/or in written reports * Interacting with building materials and products manufacturers to obtain product data * Researching and applying for grants, incentives, and rebates that are relevant to project (including New Jersey Pay for Performance) * Communicating with owners, architects, and subcontractors to support project goals * Developing client relationships, ensure quality and customer satisfaction * Ensuring that projects are managed and completed accurately, on time, and on budget * Manage and train interns Minimum Qualifications * B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field * Experience with energy modeling, including proficiency in eQUEST software * Proficiency with modeling HVAC systems (e.g. DOAS, AHU, MAU), building sciences, an interest in energy efficiency and a desire to perform highly detailed analysis * Applicable knowledge of principles of sustainable development and Green Building Standards * Competency in AutoCAD * Aptitude for intelligence gathering, research analysis, and problem solving * Data management experience: Ability to collect, manage, and analyze data from clients * Excellent customer service skills: Meet clients' needs, resolve issues, keep clients informed and satisfied * Demonstrated experience in project management and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize numerous tasks effectively * Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, and the ability to interface with clients at all organizational levels Preferred Qualifications * One to three years of sustainability consulting experience * M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field * Experience with LEED and ENERGYSTAR certification processes * Experience in energy modeling of pharmaceutical, laboratory, or manufacturing facilities * Experience conducting ASHRAE energy audits * Professional certifications such as: Professional Engineer (PE), Engineer in Training (EIT), Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP), Certified Building Energy Simulation Analyst (BESA), Certified Energy Manager (CEM), LEED AP/GA Thanks, Sean Casey Vice President of Operations Sustainable Solutions Corporation Phone: +1 610-569-1047 x125 | Fax: 610-569-1040 Website: www.SustainableSolutionsCorporation.com We're Growing! 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