<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;max-width:600px!important;width:600px!important;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" id="templatePreheader" style="border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom: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(101,101,101);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;padding:0px 18px 9px">Abstracts due Aug. 17, 2016.</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(101,101,101);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><a href="http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd&id=a2101a6db8&e=[UNIQID]" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(101,101,101)">View this email in your browser</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="templateHeader" style="border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><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="http://ibpsa.us/" title="" class="" target="_blank"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/290a9911-1a5f-4e1d-b45f-0af7632d2533.png" width="564" class="" style="border: 0px; height: auto; 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><tr><td valign="top" id="templateBody" style="border-top:0px;border-bottom:2px solid rgb(234,234,234);padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:9px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><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(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:26px;line-height:32.5px;text-align:center"><img align="center" alt="BS2017Logo_medium.jpg" height="151" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/3E_FbxZ6XlBaWmEgnbnNsG4vofDi994YDxenkmE7SKzD8lIc5ntrGYqefZXSyJh_WQEZU1SgS9Dp6TNhtBIk53XJCFmnERVYYgln2DS9AZyvtjsMUucsV4DHZGlQrlzqcaUAS8GM" width="400" style="border: 0px; height: 151px; outline: none; width: 400px; margin: 0px;"><br><br>Call for Abstracts</h1><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">One-page abstracts are sought for peer-reviewed papers to be presented at Building Simulation 2017 in San Francisco, California, August 7-9, 2017. This is the 15th biennial conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA).<br><br>You are encouraged to submit abstracts of papers on any aspect of building-related performance modeling and associated software techniques.</p><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:26px;line-height:32.5px;text-align:center">Abstract Due Date: August 17, 2016</h1><div style="text-align:center">Paper Due Date: November 30, 2016</div><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">Abstracts will be judged primarily based on scientific soundness of the applied methods and the degree to which the contribution advances the state of the art. Authors of accepted abstracts may submit 4-10 page manuscripts that will be double-blind reviewed. Papers that are accepted and presented will be published in the citable conference proceedings.<br><br><strong>Submission details and conference information:</strong><a href="http://www.buildingsimulation2017.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)"><strong>www.buildingsimulation2017.org</strong></a><br><br>Non-paper oral presentations will be solicited later in 2016 -- that format may be appropriate for case studies or application examples.<br><br>The mission of IBPSA is to advance and promote the science of building simulation in order to improve the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of new and existing buildings and urban developments. The U. S. regional affiliate, IBPSA-USA, is the host of Building Simulation 2017. More information is found at <a href="http://www.ibpsa.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)"><strong>www.ibpsa.org</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.ibpsa.us/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)"><strong>www.ibpsa.us</strong></a>.<br><br><a href="http://ibpsa.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)"><img align="none" alt="IBPSA Logo with words.JPG" height="85" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p2tN4fONITFfLdWk4PlCZV4PwjdxoGAcWVVSjDaQnAP-1amvor0qVi5uG_OFk9Bo3pr0vGk9Hsta-CssXIQwtzZ8XAN0D2jQvoLEMxh-xgjIcN1cMWYHtzqe8X3jiYQIx8W-vCoO" width="175" style="border: 0px; height: 85px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 175px; margin: 0px;"></a><br><br>Conference Platinum Sponsors:<br><br><a href="http://www.autodesk.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)"><img align="none" alt="autodeskLogo.png" height="150" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/F6B-MwG8nXQ3UOFxtDpRYk4sq3wCAARCAfZqKHKxZbe0btkq9mI4Xl9NUaFgBxqr0xG6oG_7OL-GmmXaP9e_XhDq_geRBiLE8yvJK8l1cjC4WCxwWvIPD7J-5E_F9pShMdkmgTkx" width="150" style="border: 0px; height: 150px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 150px; margin: 0px;"></a><a href="http://www.pge.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)"><img align="none" alt="PG&E logo.png" height="150" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_iI5uqWXgzXFO0M_ZqkvHZdxwhhi2H-FGpx5Nzir2TErPNNUO_9MZGDnS8C7S9nHCSQRKrArgbXM3EtAo3A2PoVdLergZOGT0jf46lgQOINpv-185aIf16FmhoQzZjG01hvMFxBa" width="150" style="border: 0px; height: 150px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 150px; margin: 0px;"></a><a href="http://energy.gov/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)"><img align="none" height="148" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd/images/b105fc0d-66be-4cb2-8ce4-a9e859bbb130.png" width="150" style="border: 0px; height: 148px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 150px; margin: 0px;"></a><br><br>For information on sponsorship opportunities, please see <strong><u><a href="http://www.buildingsimulation.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(43,170,223);font-weight:normal">www.buildingsimulation.org</a></u></strong></p></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%;table-layout:fixed!important"><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:2px solid 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-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(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px">Follow Building Simulation 2017 on Facebook and Twitter:</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 align="center" valign="top" class="" style="padding:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top:9px;padding-right:9px;padding-left:9px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="" style="padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/buildingsimulation2017/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-96.png" alt="Facebook" class="" width="48" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 48px; max-width: 48px; display: block;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="" style="padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:9px"><a h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