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<DIV>Hello IBPSA-USA members,</DIV>
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<DIV>At each biennial SimBuild conference, IBPSA-USA gives two awards to
outstanding contributors in the area of building simulation. We are now
soliciting nominations for the SimBuild2012 conference to be held in Madison,
Wisconsin on 1-3 August. Please consider any colleagues you consider to be
deserving recipients of these awards. One award is for long term
“Achievement” in the field and one award is for “Outstanding Practice”.
Achievement awards are normally considered for simulation software developers
and researchers/model developers (government or university), while the practice
awards are normally given to a person or firm that has contributed significantly
in the application of simulation tools in building design and/or building
performance monitoring. A description of the awards is shown below along
with previous awardees. These awardees should be considered ineligible for
any nomination. To avoid any future disappointments, please do not inform
the person you are nominating.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please send your nomination to me, <STRONG>NO LATER THAN 20
July</STRONG>. The IBPSA-USA board will make a determination from the list
of nominees, and make the awards in Madison.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you very much for your participation in this important IBPSA-USA
function.</DIV>
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face=Tahoma><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=#215868>IBPSA-USA Recognition
Awards:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT color=#006699> IBPSA-USA Award for Achievement in Building
Simulation: </FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>Place Nominee’s name here and
return to me by 20 July:
__________________________________</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Tahoma>This award recognizes an individual who has a distinguished record
of contributions to the field of building performance simulation, over a long
period. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Tahoma><FONT color=#006699> IBPSA-USA Outstanding Practice Award:
<FONT color=#ff0000>Place Nominee’s and Firm’s name here and return to me by 20
July:
_______________________________________</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Tahoma>This award recognizes an individual, group or firm, who has made
significant contributions to the effective application and/or advancement of
building simulation in practice.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Tahoma><STRONG>If you wish to add details, include a brief statement that
gives the history of involvement with building performance simulation, which
might include:</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Tahoma><STRONG>Service to the field of building performance
simulation;</STRONG></FONT></SPAN>
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face=Tahoma><STRONG>Development/ contribution to development of building
performance simulation tools;</STRONG></FONT></SPAN>
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face=Tahoma><STRONG>Furthering knowledge in the field of application of
building performance simulation.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
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face=Tahoma><FONT color=#006699> Past Recipients:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2004 (at SimBuild2004, Boulder):</FONT></FONT></P>
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</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Achievement: Fred Winkelmann, LBNL</FONT></FONT></P>
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</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Practitioner: Dan Nall, <EM><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Kurtz</FONT></SPAN></EM></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2006 (at SimBuild2006, Boston):</FONT></FONT></P>
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</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Achievement: Larry Degelman, Texas A&M
University</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2008 (at SimBuild2008, Berkeley):</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">·</FONT></FONT><SPAN
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</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Achievement: Godfried Augenbroe, Georgia
Tech</FONT></FONT></P>
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</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Achievement: Joe Huang, White Box Technologies (formerly
LBNL)</FONT></FONT></P>
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</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Practitioner: Joe Deringer, </FONT></FONT><SPAN
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color=#222222><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Su-Per-B</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2010 (at SimBuild2010, NYC):</FONT></FONT></P>
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</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Achievement: Sandy Klein, University of
Wisconsin</FONT></FONT></P>
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</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Practitioner: Charles Eley, Architectural Energy
Corporation</FONT></FONT></P>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000">===============================<BR>Larry
O. Degelman, P.E., HBDP, BEMP<BR>Professor Emeritus of Architecture<BR>Texas
A&M University<BR>College Station, TX 77845<BR>(H)979-307-1746,
(C)979-324-5265<BR>===============================</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>