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*Visualizing a New Perspective on Building Simulation*

Attend the *2018 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild

*and
learn how to make better decisions during the simulation and modeling
process of an entire building life cycle.

*Note that early-bird pricing ends on August 11, 2018.*

*The full conference program will be posted online soon!
*

Register Now

Member (IBPSA-USA or ASHRAE) $575 | Non Member $650

Not a member? Join IBPSA-USA now for $45 and save $75 on conference
registration .

Speaker $400 | Student $375

Virtual Conference Member $129 | Virtual Conference Non Member $179

Hotel reservations can be made at the Conference Hotel. The conference
hotel is the Hilton Chicago located at 720 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL.
ASHRAE has a block of rooms available at the negotiated group rate of $199+
tax per night. *Prior to August 31, make a group reservation

to
receive the discounted rate. *

Your registration includes the following:

- Evening Reception on Wednesday, September 26
- Light breakfast, lunch and breaks on Wednesday, September 26
- Light breakfast, lunch, breaks and a reception on Thursday, September
27
- Light breakfast and break on Friday, September 28

Access the Virtual Conference for up to 18 months after the conference.
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*Keynote Speakers *

*Brandon Andow*
Modeling Spectrally Selective Fenestration for Indoor Environmental Quality

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*About*
Buildings are increasingly designed with large areas of integrated
plantings as a key environmental component whether for biophilia, indoor
air quality, building integrated agriculture, or to meet the new health and
wellness standards requirements. Fenestration which supports the mixed
occupancy of people and plants has potentially conflicting challenges with
respect to the spectral transmission of daylight. Spectrally selective
glass coatings require co-optimization of transmitted radiation which
impacts the rate of photosynthesis, solar heat gain, electric lighting and
cooling energy use, visual comfort, and supplemental grow lighting energy
use. PAR workflows from recent projects are detailed including The Amazon
Spheres, Tianjin Juilliard School, and Longwood Conservatory.

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*Arpan Bakshi*
Communication

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*About*
Industry trends in 2018 point to a future that expands the definition of
building performance simulation beyond buildings. The rapid growth of
cities, mobility and new technology introduces exciting new opportunities
for building performance professionals, who can leverage their simulation
expertise into new markets and emerging disciplines. This presentation
endeavors to provide a glimpse into the future.

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*Billie Faircloth*
Yours, Mine and Ours: The Domain of Models and the Dogma of Professions

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*About *
In search of better building energy models, KieranTimberlake architects
attempted to break down the energy modeling workflow. Working with energy
modelers, they asked: What is the real purpose of an energy model? Who owns
it? Why are energy modeling practices so difficult to change? And, what
should we do about it now? They dissected the energy modeling workflow,
looked for inefficiencies, and put the process back together again. Their
task did not appear farfetched or unrealistic. They did, after all,
accomplish a similar feat for life cycle assessment, an equally complex
workflow. To date, KieranTimberlake's dream of a shared energy modeling
workflow for designers and energy modelers remains unrealized.
KieranTimberlake Partner and Research Director Billie Faircloth will
recount her firm's attempt to prove that integrated energy modeling
matters.

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*Vivian Loftness*
High Performance Buildings and the Internet of Things (IoT)

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*About*
Will light switches be obsolete? Will every air diffuser be ours to
control? Will our windows talk to us? The Internet of Things is finally
making it to our workplaces, and it can dramatically improve air quality,
visual quality, thermal comfort and desktop energy management. Integrated
practices have a strategic advantage by incorporating the Internet of
Things (IoT) to significantly advance indoor environmental quality for
human health and productivity as well as for energy savings. This
presentation will showcase innovations for enclosure, HVAC, lighting and
plug load systems ? with advanced controls that surf the environment and
bring humans-in-the-loop ? key to the enduring quality of buildings.
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*Conference Program*

The 2018 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild will feature
more than 60 presentations and approximately 120 papers by leading industry
practitioners and academic researchers. Some of the selected presentations
include application of virtual reality for daylighting design, designing
for thermal nirvana, metrics and methods for carbon-neutral and net-zero
building design, automated calibration techniques and modeling standards
and strategies with the recently released ASHRAE Standard 209 on simulation
aided design.

*Check on the full program here soon
*
!

*Learn More
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*LowDown Showdown
*

The conference will also feature the fourth annual *ASHRAE LowDown Showdown
*.
The focus of the year's competition is for teams to go beyond just
achieving an energy efficient building, and use their ingenuity to include
elements of conference themes into their design and analysis. The
competition has 13 teams participating, a new conference record!
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*Pre-Conference Workshops
*

On Monday, September 24 and Tuesday, September 25, software companies and
educators are conducting full-day or half-day workshops at the Chicago
Hilton hotel prior to the start of the conference. You can register for
these pre-conference workshops through the online registration portal.

Separate registration is required. These workshops and courses are
*not*included
with the conference and will *not* be included in the virtual conference.
For full course descriptions, *click here
*
and
click the "pre-conference course" tab.
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*Certification*

*Apply by Sept. 7* to sit for an ASHRAE Certification exam in *Building
Energy Modeling (BEMP)
*
on *Friday, September 28 at 12:30 p.m.* to take place at the headquarters
hotel, the Hilton Chicago.

Recognized by over 35 national, state and local government bodies and with
over 2,750 certifications earned, ASHRAE's six certifications - including
the BEMP - increasingly have become the must-have credential for
built-environment professionals.

*Note:* Conference attendees may pay the Certification application fee when
registering for the Conference. A separate Certification application will
be requested.
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*Sponsors*
*Thank you to our Sponsors!*

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