<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templatePreheader" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="" style="padding-top:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class=""><tr><td valign="top" class="" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:390px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11px;line-height:13.75px;padding:0px 18px 9px">IBPSA-USA is pleased to offer up to 10 scholarships for SimBuild2016.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:210px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11px;line-height:13.75px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><a href="http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/*%7CDEFAULT:ARCHIVE%7C*" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(96,96,96)">View this email in your browser</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateHeader" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class=""><tr><td valign="top" class="" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="" valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px"><a href="http://ibpsa.us/" title="" class="" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word"><img align="left" alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/290a9911-1a5f-4e1d-b45f-0af7632d2533.png" width="564" class="" style="border: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 674px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline !important;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateBody" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class=""><tr><td class="" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class=""><tr><td valign="top" class="" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="" valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.ashrae.org/membership--conferences/conferences/ashrae-conferences/ashrae-and-ibpsa-usa-simbuild-2016-building-performance-modeling-conference" title="" class="" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/3ac03cf8-9d6e-4364-aaff-f2267b5e35f7.png" width="300" class="" style="border: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 300px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline !important;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class=""><tr><td valign="top" class="" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;text-align:center;padding:0px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