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December 2020 Newsletter
*Table of Contents:*
- *News
- *Events
- *Ask A Modeler
- *Education On Demand Videos
- *Job Board
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*Voting Has Begun for the Annual Board of Directors Election for the
2021-2023 Term*
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*Ask a Modeler: How can I Get as Much Use as Possible Out of One Model?*
This month Demian Vonder Kuhlen, Senior Associate, Building Performance
Team Leader at Guttmann & Blaevoet, replies: *"Dear Recycled, The road to
energy model reuse is fraught with potholes. The zen of model recycling
nirvana is close at hand, but your mileage may vary depending on your
software, your experience, the scope of work, and the level of model detail
needed to produce the requested results..."*
Read More.
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Upcoming Events
*Dec. 18: IBPSA-USA Education Committee Monthly Meeting*
The IBPSA-USA Education Committee meets every 3rd Friday at 10am-11am
Pacific. Check the IBPSA-USA Calendar
Please join us for our next meeting on December 18, 2020, from 10am-11am
Pacific.
Learn More.
*Jan. 14: Semiannual Winter Social*
Come have some fun, get caught up, meet new people!
- *4:00 - 4:30 Ice Breaker*
- *4:30 - 5:00 Meeting *
- *5:00 - 6:00 FUN & GAMES *
- *6:00 - Spin the Wheel Raffle*
WIN GREAT PRIZES, NEW IBPSA-USA SWAG...
Learn More.
*Jan. 14: IBPSA-USA Research Committee Monthly Meeting*
The IBPSA-USA Research Committee meets every 2nd Thursday from 12pm-1pm
Pacific. Check the IBPSA-USA Calendar
Please join us for our next meeting on January 14, 2021, from 12pm-1pm
Pacific.
Learn More.
*Jan. 19-21: Three day workshop: Model Cities Anywhere ? Pathways towards a
Net Zero Urban Building Stock*
The Sustainable Design Lab at MIT has developed a new web app called
UBEM.io to streamline the creation and analysis of urban building energy
models (UBEMs). The resulting urban models can be directly used within
MIT?s Urban Modeling Interface (UMI) to calculate operational building
energy use. During this free, three day remote workshop we are looking for
teams who want to develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction plan
for their jurisdiction.
Learn More.
*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.
IBPSA-USA Education On Demand
New Videos Added
Technologies and Considerations for HVAC Systems in a Pandemic - IBPSA-USA
NYC Chapter
Municipal Scale Energy and Carbon Reduction Strategy Modeling - IBPSA-USA
Education Committee
URBANopt: An Open-Source Software Dev Kit for Community/Urban District
Energy Modeling - 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/*
Help Wanted ? EnergyPlus/Python at GARD Analytics
Applications Engineer at Rebound Technologies in Colorado
Researcher - Building Energy Modeling at International Energy Research
Centre in Ireland
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