Professor Qingyan Chen received the Award for Distinguished Service to Building Simulation from the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA). This award recognizes an individual who has a distinguished record of contributions to the field of building performance simulation, over a long period. IBPSA selects only one individual every two years for the prestigious award. The award was presented to Professor Chen on August 27, 2013 during IBPSA’s 13th Building Simulation conference in Chambery, France.