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Nov 19th 2025
Decarbonizing Healthcare Without Blowing the Design Budget: New Whitepaper Launched Today!

Why Decarbonizing Healthcare Facilities Is So Challenging Healthcare facilities are among the most complex building types to decarbonize. With 24/7 operations, strict health and...

Nov 11th 2025
IES Launches New Guide: Using IESVE to Achieve Compliance Across Asia

Today, we’re delighted to announce the launch of our brand new guide, highlighting our well-structured workflow for using IES' Virtual Environment (IESVE) software to...

Sep 9th 2025
VE User Award – Asia Honourable Mention: Najib Bin Hanapi

Congratulations to Najib, who received an Honourable Mention in our VE User of the Year awards for this optimised housing design that works with the Malaysian climate to...

Jul 28th 2025
HLM Architects Optimise Building Performance with IESVE

As an innovative architecture practice with a thoughtful design ethos at its heart, HLM Architects believe in making every project as sustainable as possible. By adopting the...

Jul 14th 2025
Arup Uses IESVE to Help Deliver First Net-Zero in Operation Campus at Mynydd Isa

This pioneering Welsh school campus is a Net-Zero Carbon in operation (NZCio) facility. Designed with IESVE software by the Arup building physics team, it sets a new benchmark for...

Apr 9th 2025
Johan Haeberle on Focus Entreprises: Benefits of Dynamic Thermal Simulation

IES’ Johan Haeberle recently featured on Focus Entreprises, hosted by BFM Business, to discuss the benefits of dynamic thermal simulation (DTS) for improving energy efficiency and...

Mar 19th 2025
Optimize Building Performance with Suncast and RadianceIES

High-performance building design requires a strong understanding of solar radiation, daylight penetration, and their impact on energy efficiency, HVAC loads, and occupant comfort....

Jan 16th 2025
How Architects Leverage IESVE Building Performance Modelling

Q&A with Kevin Truss, Senior Architectural Technologist at Coombes Everitt Architects We recently caught up with Kevin Truss, Senior Architectural Technologist at Coombes...

Jun 26th 2024
Green Loop: Creating Colombia’s Energy Code with IESVE

Green Loop, based in Bogota and Medelin in Colombia, and Miami in the US, is a multi-disciplinary consultancy that optimises the delivery of cost-efficient green building...

May 7th 2024
VE User of the Year Europe: Riccardo Armari, RISE

Congratulations to Riccardo Armari, who impressed the IES judges with his in-depth use of modelling to help design a hospital HVAC system, using dynamic energy simulation IESVE...

Apr 11th 2024
VE User of the Year: Akief Hakim bin Azman, Malaysia

Congratulations to Akief, who won the academic category for VE User of the Year. An academic project for the Green Building graduate course The objective was to model KKTM Sri...

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 22nd 2024
CIBSE TM52, CIBSE TM59 & Part O: Overheating Assessments with IES

Overheating is an area of growing concern for building design, with global temperature rises presenting complex challenges when it comes to balancing occupant comfort, health and...

Aug 7th 2023
BAM Uses IESVE to Future-Proof UK Schools

BAM’s Design team (BAM Design) have been using IES Virtual Environment (IESVE or VE) for the past 10 years to carry out performance modelling on over fifty UK schools as part of...

Apr 3rd 2023
Model Validation Proves IESVE Predicts Real Building Performance

IES were asked through the University of Strathclyde to take part in an Empirical Whole Model Validation Twin House Experiment for the IEA-ECB Programme’s Annex 71 project. This...

Jan 31st 2023
Fife Council Uses IESVE to Optimise Care Home Design

Fife Council has been using the IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) to carry out detailed performance analysis on its new and existing properties to ensure they are designed and...