The 2023 ASHRAE Lowdown Showdown Competition recently took place in Austin TX at the annual Building Performance Analysis Conference. The highlight of the conference is the...
Data centres are the cornerstone of high value mission critical infrastructure in today’s data rich world. A data centre is a large space loaded with computer servers. The large...
According to the World Bank, currently 56% of the world’s population – 4.4 billion inhabitants – live in cities. This trend is expected to continue, with urban population more...
Congratulations to the designers from DLR Group who won the ASHRAE LowDown Showdown Design Competition at the 2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild (BPACS) in...
IES Consulting have been providing expert CFD services to support a series of hyperscale data centre campus masterplanning projects across Europe. As the reliance on digital...
When it comes to new developments, a crucial consideration is the impact your development might have upon the local microclimate. This is one area where Computational Fluid...
Glasgow Caledonian University has been teaching the IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) to its Building Service Engineer students for around 14 years. Being the leading tool used in...
Meet Miles Martschink; the North American regional winner of our 2020 VE User of the year competition. To celebrate Miles’ winning entry, we wish to highlight the impressive...
With various global targets now set, the clock is well and truly ticking on the race to net-zero. This joint blog from IES and SimScale considers what is needed to...
CFD Simulation is an important tool for designing ventilation systems in critical healthcare facilities. Given a typical Operating Room (OR), ‘ASHRAE Standard 170 - Ventilation of...
As building design & HVAC system operation continues to react to the virus responsible for the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, there has been an increased focus on the...
As governments around the world begin to ease lockdown restrictions and consider the roadmap back to “normal” life, it becomes increasingly clear that this will be no mean feat....
IES welcome the release of the BB101 guidelines published by the government following an extended period of consultation within the industry. BB101 provides guidance for...