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Theme : Race to Zero
Sep 16th 2026
A Decarbonisation Roadmap for the City of Turin

IES VE software was used to build a community-level digital twin covering 192 buildings across a Turin city district, delivering a phased decarbonisation roadmap that projects an...

Sep 4th 2026
IES VE 2026: One release. Four ways to own your most important workflows.

IES VE 2026 has been built on a straightforward premise, the platform removes friction from the key building performance and HVAC design workflows that matter most, without ever...

Sep 2nd 2026
Sisk HQ Office retrofit to achieve LEED v4 Energy Modelling & Commissioning

Working in partnership with IES Consultants, the Sisk Dublin Head Office retrofit project delivered a remarkable 49.92% total energy cost saving over the ASHRAE 90.1 baseline, one...

Aug 26th 2026
KVA Green Consultancy: GBI Platinum Energy Modelling for Malaysia's first certified-green public hospital

Hospitals present some of the most demanding conditions in building energy modelling and the Cyberjaya Hospital in Selangor, Malaysia is no different. Around-the-clock operation,...

Aug 14th 2026
INTEGRALE Ingénierie: Using IESVE for natural ventilation and thermal comfort for a school in a tropical climate

Specialising in the engineering of buildings in tropical environments including the Indian Ocean and Africa, Integrale Ingenierie used IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) software to...

Aug 11th 2026
LEED v5 and the MBCx shift: Why commissioning has to start earlier than you think

LEED v5 is the most significant structural change to the rating system in over a decade. Where earlier iterations focused on design intent, modelling what a building should do,...

Aug 4th 2026
Data Centre Onsite Generation & Waste Heat: How Dynamic Simulation Can Mitigate Grid Connection Delays

As power availability becomes increasingly constrained and operators seek to reduce their reliance on the grid, on-site generation and distribution strategies are gaining...

Jul 24th 2026
TM59:2026 is here. What does it mean for Overheating Assessments?

CIBSE has just published TM59:2026 – Overheating Risk in Dwellings: A Design Stage Methodology, and it's the biggest shake-up to residential overheating assessments since the...

Jul 21st 2026
Efficiency, Sustainability & Compliance: De-risking High-Performance Data Centres with Dynamic Simulation

Across the globe, there’s a sustained push for greater efficiency in every sector. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) indicates the ICT sector must deliver a 42%...

Jul 14th 2026
Data Centre High Density Loads Are Reshaping Traditional Design Logic

Eoin Kane is an Operations Director with Ethos Engineering who brings vast experience leading teams on numerous complex projects with demanding simultaneous schedules – all from...

Jul 6th 2026
Data Centre: Liquid Cooling Momentum is Growing – But Solutions Outpace Industry Practice.

Pua Ching Tian has vast experience within Sustainability and Energy Efficiency on MEP systems, as well as MEP modelling in HVAC cooling systems for commercial, pharmaceutical,...

Jun 25th 2026
Operational Resilience & Cooling Innovation: De-risking High-Performance Data Centres with Dynamic Simulation

The data centre has fundamentally changed. AI and high-density workloads are significantly increasing thermal and electrical loads, requiring more robust cooling and power...

Jun 23rd 2026
RJC Engineers: Passive House Comfort Modeling for West Richmond Pavilion

Putting occupant comfort at the centre of Passive House designRead Jones Cristoffersen Engineers (RJC) is the building energy consultant for the West Richmond Pavilion in the City...

Jun 17th 2026
Rhodium Office Building, Budapest, Achieving BREEAM Certification with IESVE

IES Consulting was appointed by ML2S, an architectural company focused on sustainable solutions, to deliver a comprehensive BREEAM New Construction International V6 assessment for...

Jun 11th 2026
Data Centre Early Stage Modelling: Retrofit and Expansion Projects Need Faster Upfront Insight

Gary O’Keeffe is the Chief Growth Officer for Ethos Engineering – Ireland's largest Mechanical Electrical consultancy and one of Europe's leading experts in Data Centre...

Jun 9th 2026
Data Centres: How Dynamic Simulation can Enhance Static or CFD Only Approaches

There are many specific challenges facing data centres, but before we delve into the specific challenges across our blog series, let’s start by defining what we mean by dynamic...