[BLDG-SIM] IBPSA-USA Quebec City Meeting Reminder

[Ellis, Peter]

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IBPSA
International Building Performance Simulation Association
USA Affiliate

IBPSA-USA invites you to join us in Quebec City, Canada for our Summer 2006 meeting!


Meeting Highlights: 
                    SimBuild Conference planning and discussion
                    Update by Dru Crawley on EPAct 2005

IBPSA-USA MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Dinner RSVP requested (see below)
4 PM, Saturday, June 24, 2006 
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada


Location:     Meeting (4:00-6:00) at:
                                                         Delta Hotel Lauzon Room (first floor)
 
                    Social hour, dinner, and after-dinner talk (6:00-9:00) at:
 
                                                           Delta Hotel Wolfe/Montcalm Room

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM    Meeting Topics:  
                                                           - SimBuild Conference planning and discussion
                                                           - Update by Dru Crawley on EPAct 2005

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM    Social hour with cash bar

7:00 PM    Dinner, cost $40 (US dollars)
                 Menu:  Barbeque format, choice of salads, appetizers, veal citrus skewers, salmon en papillotte,
                             baked potato and rice, garden vegetables, dessert, and coffee

8:00 PM (approx)    After-dinner talk:
                                                            Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, IBPSA-Canada, CANMET Energy Technology Centre
 
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison will speak about recent simulation activities at CANMET Energy Technlogy Centre of Natural Resources Canada. He will specifically focus on recent work related to the simulation of renewable energy technologies and non-conventional power generation systems for buildings. 
 
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison is the head of building simulation research at the CANMET Energy Technology Centre of Natural Resources Canada. He has been involved in the development of such simulation tools as EE4, HOT2000,
HOT3000, and BASECALC. Ian has researched and published widely on the topic of building simulation, on such aspects as internal surface convection, indoor air flow, ground heat transfer, validation, and fuel-cell cogeneration. Ian holds B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. degrees from the University of Waterloo and a Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde (UK). He is a very active member of ASHRAE's Technical Committee 4.7 on Energy Calculations, has chaired its subcommittee on Simulation and Component Models, and sits on its committee that develops the ASHRAE Method of Test for the Evaluation of Building Energy Analysis Computer Programs. Ian is the Operating Agent for the International Energy Agency's Annex 42 on The Simulation of Building-Integrated Fuel Cell and Other Cogeneration Systems. In 2001 he received IBPSA's Young Contributor Award and sits on IBPSA's board of directors since 2004.

Reservations:      To make a reservation contact Peter Ellis < peter_ellis at nrel.gov> via email by June 20, 2006, 5 PM (MDT).  Confirmation of reservations will be sent via email (if you do not receive a confirmation within two business days, please resend your reservation request).  Please note that IBPSA-USA will be charged for any no-shows. We ask that you consider a reservation as a financial commitment to the dinner cost.  

For the latest information about IBPSA-USA, please visit our web site: http://www.ibpsa. <http://www.ibpsa.us> us

We look forward to seeing you there!

Michael Brandemuehl                        Peter Ellis
Acting President, IBPSA-USA            Secretary, IBPSA-USA 
 


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