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Theme : Energy & Renewables
Aug 26th 2024
Heat Networks & HNTAS: Bringing the Heat

Amidst growing climate change concerns, the United Kingdom finds itself at a pivotal moment in its heating landscape. At present, heating our buildings makes up nearly a quarter...

Jul 9th 2024
TwinERGY Project Showcases Application of IES Digital Twin Technology for Demand Response Optimisation

As the EU Horizon 2020 funded project, TwinERGY, draws to a close, IES R&D are excited to share some final outputs from the project, which has empowered citizens across four...

Jul 4th 2024
Python in the VE: VE Scripts – Benchmarking consumption data CBECS (USA)

Our latest Python in the VE series instalment covers benchmarking consumption data.  What? In this article we look at a script that uses publicly available data (CBECS) on...

Jun 19th 2024
Morrisons’ food production arm pioneers digital path to decarbonise food manufacturing with IES

Morrisons' 49,000 sq. ft. site in Winsford, Cheshire, operated by Myton Food Group, has become the UK’s first large-scale food production facility to deploy innovative digital...

Jun 14th 2024
IES energy audits uncover 50% potential energy savings across Tifco Hotel Group portfolio

IES Consulting were commissioned to conduct energy audits for 9 properties across the Tifco Hotel Group portfolio, producing a series of energy action plans with the potential to...

Jun 10th 2024
Building energy modeling crucial to delivering US Department of Energy’s national definition of a zero emissions building

Following the release of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building, we highlight the crucial role of building energy modeling in delivering...

Jun 3rd 2024
IES Digital Twin Technology Selected for Glasgow Airport Living Lab Showcase

IES are pleased to have made it to Phase One of Connected Places Catapult and Glasgow Airport’s Digital Twin Living Lab competition, a new initiative aimed at enhancing operations...

May 31st 2024
IES and Mott MacDonald set to lead country’s largest local area energy plan

IES are excited to be working alongside Mott MacDonald on an ambitious scheme to meet Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire’s net zero targets, after the newly formed East Midlands...

May 21st 2024
Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) Optimisation Studies

Heat networks are fundamental when it comes to clean and cost-effective decarbonisation of UK heat to meet current net-zero targets. They can make use of energy that would...

Apr 9th 2024
Interview with Chris Anton, Perth & Kinross Council - Performance Modelling: Our Journey So Far

Building performance modelling is playing an increasingly important role throughout the building lifecycle. Particularly as building owners, operators and tenants strive to...

Feb 6th 2024
High-Performance Building Design and IESVE

High-performance buildings (HPBs) stand as a testament to the evolutionary strides made in architectural and engineering practices, transitioning from traditional construction...

Jan 29th 2024
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Phase 3 – Project Partner Opportunities

Today [29th January, 2024] marks the launch of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Phase 3 Spring competition window. If you operate an industrial site or data centre...

Dec 11th 2023
BERDO 2.0: Decarbonizing Boston

As part of its 2019 Climate Action Plan strategy and following suit from Local Law 84 (LL84) in New York City, the City of Boston introduced an ordinance applying energy...

Dec 1st 2023
IES partners with edie to release new Net-Zero Report

As COP28 enters full swing, IES have partnered with edie to release a new business report encapsulating all things net-zero and how global efforts to...

Nov 23rd 2023
What 3 things should manufacturers prioritise to accelerate their net-zero plans in 2024?

As global net-zero targets loom ever closer, with the interim target of achieving a 43% reduction in emissions by 2030 against 2019 levels now just 6 years away, few sectors are...

Nov 16th 2023
The technology powering commercial real estate’s net-zero strategies

The following article, written by award-winning independent journalist Tim Smedley, is an extract from a recent insight report ‘The role of technology in decarbonising...