Dear Bldg-Sim Group,
You are invited to the Symposium on Weather and Building Simulation,
organized by IBPSA (International Building Performance Simulation
Association) -USA Boston Chapter. This event is Part 2 of 3 in our "Big
Uglies" series, investigating the major unknowns in energy modeling.
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*Symposium on Weather and Building Simulation *
*July 12, 2011 7:30-9:30pm*
*Room 111 Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
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*With Live Webcast*
The evening will include presentations and an open discussion on current
best practices. Presenters include:
· Drury Crawley of Bentley Systems
· Charles Khuen of Weather Analytics
· Seth Holmes of Harvard Graduate School of Design
Topics include:
· Design conditions and different types of hourly weather data
· Where to obtain this data
· The limitations of each type
· What to do when there's no nearby data
· The Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) dataset
· Simulation with future climate-change data
Refreshments will be provided. For more information on IBPSA-USA Boston,
visit: http://ibpsa-boston.com/ For directions to the event please visit:
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/admissions/visiting/ Participates unable to make
it to Cambridge can join us via the internet. Details to follow. However, in
order to create a lively discussion, we request that local participants join
us in person if possible.**
*PLEASE RSVP by sending an email with the subject "RSVP In-Person" or "RSVP
Remote" to **ibpsa.boston at gmail.com*
forward this invitation to anyone you think may be interested.
Best,
Holly W. Samuelson
