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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>I'm starting my PhD into zero-energy buildings for hot, dry climates. Yes, of course I will focus on energy conservation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>a. I would appreciate contacts with good folk who have been working on this issue in climates with no diurnal temperature changes - that is hot days And nights - and 24/7 cooling loads.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>b. My advisor suggests I do the modeling work (there will be test cell monitoring in the future) with EnergyPlus. This is completely new to me and I would appreciate communicating with someone who has used it along with a graphic interface like sketchup or autocad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>c. Do you know of folk who have put straw bales into EnergyPlus?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Alex </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Alex Cicelsky <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Center for Creative Ecology | Kibbutz Lotan 88855 Israel <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>+972-54-979-9009 | alex@klotan.co.il | alex.cicelsky@gmail.com | www.facebook.com/alex.cicelsky | www.linkedin.com/in/alexcicelsky<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>www.KibbutzLotan.com <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>