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Oct 3rd 2023
ASHRAE Competition Winners: Stantec’s CO2 Crew

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...

May 2nd 2023
Data Centre CFD Analysis for Risk Mitigation

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...

Apr 25th 2023
Improving pedestrian comfort in the built environment using CFD simulation

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...

Sep 27th 2022
ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference Competition Winners: DLR Group

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...

Jul 21st 2022
IES CFD Analysis Services support Data Centre Campus Masterplanning projects across EU

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...

Aug 3rd 2021
IES Wind Microclimate Studies support Successful Planning Applications

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...

Jul 9th 2021
IESVE preferred teaching tool for Glasgow Caledonian University

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...

Feb 24th 2021
VE User of the Year Award, North American Winner – Miles Martschink: ASHRAE Loads, Automation by Python, and Airflow with CFD

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...

Dec 10th 2020
Simulate 2050: How to Achieve a Net-Zero Built Environment

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...

Dec 8th 2020
CFD Simulation for Hospital Operating Rooms (ORs)

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...

Sep 16th 2020
Simulating Ventilation Strategies to Reduce Risks of Indoor Infectious Disease Transmission

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...

May 22nd 2020
Adapting Workplaces to Life Post-Lockdown

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....

Jul 9th 2019
Building Bulletin 101: Guidelines on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools (BB101 2018)

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...