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Job Opportunity in Canberra, Australia

Exergy Australia is seeking a building simulation specialist to join its team in Canberra to conduct simulation work across a wide range of high profile projects.

Exergy Australia is one of Australia’s leading energy efficiency consultancies. We specialise in commercial/institutional energy efficiency and work extensively on both new and existing buildings. Our Canberra based team is highly specialised, with internationally recognised skills in energy efficiency. Exergy has a friendly collegial office culture in which everyone is keenly motivated to learn and to create better, more environmentally friendly and energy efficient buildings.

We are dedicated to promoting simulation as a key part of the design or refurbishment process so that it becomes an analysis tool used from concept development to operational building. Thermal modelling results are carefully examined from a practical viewpoint and integrated with lighting and acoustic simulations to provide a rigorous scientific understanding of expected building performance.

Due to expanding workload and changes in software we are looking for a simulation specialist with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in using TAS. In line with company policy, the successful applicant will be provided with broad-based training in all aspects of company work, including site-work, energy auditing and broader ESD consulting.

Correspondingly, the successful applicant will be expected to assist in the development of training and support materials for other staff working with simulations.

An attractive salary package including relocation costs if required will be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Applicants should provide a copy of their CV and brief responses to the following selection criteria by 14 March 2008:
• Experience in using the TAS building simulation package
• Experience in building simulation generally
• Understanding of HVAC systems
• Broader experience in the commercial buildings sector

Applications should be sent to: Paul Bannister, Managing Director, Exergy Australia, PO Box 546 Belconnen ACT 2616, email: paul@xgl.com.au. Ph: 02 6257 7066.

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New Building Simulation Journal

We would like to take this opportunity to make you aware of the brand new IBPSA Journal of Building Performance Simulation (JBPS) ; the first issue is going to be published in March.

Information about the journal - including instructions for authors and email contents alerting - is available at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/19401493.asp

(Note that the discounted IBPSA member subscription rate of US$ 49 is not yet included on the website.) We invite you to submit high quality papers for future issues.

Sincerely,
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison and Jan Hensen Co-editors of the IBPSA Journal of Building Performance Simulation

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2008 Conferences

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IBPSA Australasia Board

Dear IBPSA Australasia Members

It is my pleasure to announce that the nominees for the new IBPSA
Australasia Board have received full support, and therefore the new
IBPSA Australasia Board is as follows:

President: Paul Bannister, Exergy Australia (paul@xgl.com.au)
Vice President: PC Thomas, Team Catalyst(pc.thomas@teamcatalyst.com.au)
Membership/Web Site Coordinator: Quentin Jackson, eCubed Building
Workshop (quentin@e3bw.co.nz)
Immediate Past President: Veronica Soebarto

We don't have nomination for the Secretary/Treasurer, and I would be
happy to serve that role at least until we have a new secretary/treasurer.

I apologise for the delay in announcing this, and for lack of
communication, information and activities in the past 11 months. I
guess after organising the first IBPSA Australasia double-refereed
last year I felt so exhausted, plus I was then swamped by the regular
teaching, research and other admin tasks at the University.

I believe under the new leadership of Paul Bannister and PC Thomas
IBPSA Australasia will be more active, and will play an important role
in industry, and linking research with practice.

Congratulations to the new President and Vice President. I would also
like to thank Quentin Jackson for his support and continuing
commitment in maintaining the IBPSA Australasia web site.

Best regards
Veronica Soebarto

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Job Opportunity in Auckland, New Zealand

Albany – Senior & Intermediate mechanical building services engineers

e Cubed Building Workshop is leading the way in low energy sustainable
design for building services engineering throughout New Zealand.
Striving for long term sustainability and the protection of our
environment has been at the core of our activities for over 5 years.
We are at the leading edge of integrated, sustainable , building
design and relish the challenge of influencing the architectural
language of buildings to achieve enhanced energy performance. We are
passionate about design and enjoy tackling complex projects. We
embrace the latest analytical software – integrating 3D design skills
and visualisation into our design process.

In return for your expertise and enthusiasm e Cubed Building Workshop
can offer you:
- A highly competitive salary
- Flexible & friendly working environment
- Encouragement and generous support for your professional development
- An opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects ranging from
hospitals, commercial offices, car show rooms, sports stadium and
arenas, retail, outdoor activity complexes, luxury residential
developments, and the list goes on.

You will need to be self motivated, committed and want to join a busy
vibrant team that works together to achieve continued growth of the
practice. You will have relevant qualifications and experience in
building services and knowledge of one or more of the following: IES,
TAS, Carrier E-20, Hevacomp. TRACE, AutoCAD.

For further information or to apply, contact Jay Doo (jay@e3bw.co.nz)
at our Albany office.

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Job Opportunity!

CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Urban Systems Program (located in Highett, Melbourne) has a vacancy for a research scientist to continue the development of building energy performance models (residential and commercial) from a whole of life cycle perspective. Applicants should have a PhD or equivalent related to energy, ventilation and indoor environment performance in buildings, experience in using building energy modeling tools and in building services design, knowledge of fluid dynamics and modeling of air flows in buildings, experience in developing computer models of building indoor environments, and software development skills in an object-oriented environment, preferably .net.

For selection documentation and details on how to apply, visit www.csiro.au/careers. Position reference number is 2006/1465.

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IBPSA Australasia Chatlist Online

This chatlist will contain discussion and information on Building Simulation. It is a great chance for all of us simulators out there to share our knowledge, trials and tribulations.

Visit here (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ibpsa-australasia) to join up. Once you join you will get an email telling you how to post messages which will then be sent to all members of the chatlist.

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IBPSA Australasia 2006 Conference

'Investigating the roles and challenges of building performance
simulation in achieving a sustainable built environment'

20-21 November 2006
The University of Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia

IBPSA Australasia is an affiliate of IBPSA Central (website), a non-profit international society of building performance simulation researchers, developers and practitioners. IBPSA was founded to advance and promote the science of building performance simulation in order to improve the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of new and existing buildings worldwide. IBPSA aims to provide a forum for researchers, developers and practitioners to review building model developments, facilitate evaluation, encourage the use of software programs, address standardization, accelerate integration and technology transfer.

In the last thirty years the practice of building performance simulation has played an important role in the building industry. This includes the use of simulation in the design process of new buildings including the building heating, cooling and ventilation systems, lighting and daylighting, noise control and the building acoustics. Simulation can help to minimize the operating costs of new buildings as the performance of the buildings can be predicted before construction commences. Simulation is also used in assessing the performance of existing buildings and investigating energy saving measures. Toward the end of the last century, simulation has also been used in evaluating the compliance to standards and codes for new buildings.

The IBPSA 2006 conference invites researchers, academics, and practitioners to participate and present their work in addressing the conference theme.

It is expected that the conference will provide useful outcomes to government bodies, industry and practitioners, such as building regulators and code officials in developing building codes and standards; city planners in assessing planning development using building performance simulation; engineers, building architects and designers in improving the design of the built environment; and researchers in understanding the complex issues surrounding people and the built environment.

Conference website here...

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The 2005 IBPSA Australasia Seminar was held in Wellington NZ on Wednesday 16 November, in conjunction with the ANZAScA (Australia and New Zealand Architectural Science Association) Conference.

Read more about the events that unfolded...

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Building Simulation 2005 International Conference will be held in Montreal, CA in August.

For information, visit: www.ibpsa.ca/bs2005

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The 2004 IBPSA Australasia Conference was held in conjunction with the Australia and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) Conference (hosted by the School of Architecture, University of Tasmania) in Launceston on 10–12 November 2004. The papers submitted were fully refereed by the IBPSA Technical Committee and the selected papers were presented in IBPSA sessions during the ANZAScA Conference.

The topics of the papers included:
- simulation tools
- energy and thermal simulation
- daylighting and solar shading
- acoustical simulation
- ventilation
- human factors
- weather and urban environment
- simulation in teaching
- simulation in building industry

Further information about the conference is available from the ANZAScA Conference Web site: www.arch.utas.edu.au/anzasca2004

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2004 Esim Conference

Esim 2004 Conference was in Vancouver, British Columbia June 10th and 11th, 2004 (pre-conference workshops June 9th, 2004) at the downtown campus of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).

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2004 IBPSA-USA Conference

IBPSA-USA Conference,Building Performance '04 Aug. 4-6, 2004.

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The 2003 IBPSA Australasia Seminar was held at the University of Sydney on October 31, 2003, in conjunction with the ANZAScA (Australia and New Zealand Architectural Science Association) Conference. Several topics were presented and discussed:

• Paul Bannister, Exergy Australia, ACT, "Lies, damned lies and simulations: Use and abuse of simulation in the marketplace".
• PC Thomas, Senior Specialist at Arup, Sydney, “"A Dynamic Simulated Reality!?"
• Quentin Jackson, Building Workshop, NZ, “Use of simulations for architectural practices”
• Dirk Schwede, University of Sydney"Integrated Simulation of Physical Processes to predict the Occupants' Comfort Perception in and Energy Efficiency of Buildings - A computational Model to Support Architectural Design in its Early and Advanced Stages".

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Building Simulation 2003 International Conference was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14 (http://www.bs2003.tue.nl/). All proceedings from Building Simulation Conferences are available from IBPSA Central Member Services Officer, Dr Jeff Haberl (jhaberl@esl.tamu.edu).

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II Workshop IBPSA-Brasil

The II Workshop IBPSA-Brasil was held in Curitiba November 5-7, 2003 .

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