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Theme : Design & Retrofit
May 22nd 2025
Chaos Open House Boston 2025

Attending AIA 2025 in Boston next month? Make sure to join IES & Chaos for an exclusive Open House at the Chaos Boston office! What you can expect: Meet Chaos CEO Stephan...

May 22nd 2025
VE User Award – Academic Winners: Stephanie Perez-Ocaranza and Belina Nguyen, Cal Poly Pomona

Congratulations to Stephanie and Belina, who were chosen as Academic Winners for VE User of the Year in North America.   The overall task for Cal Poly Pomona (CPP) was...

May 21st 2025
Using IESVE for Green Mark Compliance

The Green Mark 2021 framework supports Singapore’s vision of achieving 80% of buildings certified green by 2030, and reaching net-zero emissions in the longer term. Achieving...

May 19th 2025
VE Tech Tips - Using Python within the VE

The VE empowers users to automate processes, harvest data and create bespoke reports by using the built-in VE Script Python Editor.  In this VE Tech Tip, we explore how to...

May 13th 2025
IESVE & Pollination: Streamline Revit & Rhino Model Imports

IES’s partnership with Ladybug Tools makes importing Revit and Rhino models into IESVE via Pollination easier and more efficient than ever before.  The need for Pollination,...

May 13th 2025
VE User Award – Global Winners: Juraj Rusnak and Thomas McGovern from Mace

Congratulations to Juraj and Thomas, who were chosen as Global Winners for VE User of the Year 2024.  The judges were impressed with the experience and knowledge shown in...

May 12th 2025
LEED Energy Modelling & Commissioning for Bausch + Lomb's Largest Production Facility

Comprising over 55,000m2, Bausch + Lomb’s Waterford city campus stands as a hub for innovation and manufacturing excellence in the region. Today, the site has grown to be the...

May 8th 2025
How much do we really know about EV charging behaviour—and are current energy models getting it wrong?

Most energy models rely on assumptions rather than real-world data, leading to inaccurate predictions about EV charging demand. Our latest study analyzes real charging data from...

May 7th 2025
LEED v5 Raises the Bar on Building Performance

It’s been over 10 years since the last major LEED version change, with the launch of LEED v4 in 2013. Much has changed technically, digitally and socially in those years, as has...

May 2nd 2025
How Arup is Enhancing Interoperability with IESVE and Pollination

As an early adopter, Arup has been utilising the Pollination Revit to IESVE plug-in since its official release. Arup’s implementation of the plug-in has transformed its modelling...

May 2nd 2025
Introducing: VE Model Checking Service

At IES, we understand the value of accuracy, credibility, and trust. That’s why we’ve launched our VE Model Checking Service. This is more than a quality check – it’s a...

Apr 29th 2025
VE Tech Tips - Using SunCast to Optimise PV Panel Placement

The VE allows users to optimise the placement of PV panels, by evaluating solar exposure within SunCast, at any stage of the design process. This VE Tech Tip explores how to use...

Apr 28th 2025
The IESVE HVAC Wizard: A Streamlined and Accurate Approach to System Sizing & Design

The HVAC Wizard in IESVE guides engineers through the HVAC system sizing & design process with an intuitive four-step workflow. The goal is to model, size, and analyze HVAC...

Apr 23rd 2025
CaGBC Building Lasting Change Conference 2025

We are delighted to be exhibiting at CaGBC's Building Lasting Change conference this year, taking place from 18th - 20th June in Vancouver, BC.  Stop by our booth for a chat...

Apr 22nd 2025
VE User of the Year Award 2024: And the winners are…

We are delighted to announce the winners of our annual VE User of the Year Awards for 2024. These awards seek to find the most innovative use of the VE on a project, either...

Apr 15th 2025
AIA Conference on Architecture 2025

We're delighted to be exhibiting at the AIA'25 Conference on Architecture & Design from 4th-7th June, in Boston. Stop by booth #2471 to meet our experts and...