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Tag : Energy Efficiency
Nov 1st 2024
Optimisation: The Crucial First Step in Improving Existing Building Performance

When it comes to decarbonising existing buildings, even small changes can make a big impact. So, before you go rushing into building retrofits to “fix” a poorly performing...

Oct 24th 2024
IES Launches New Guide: Energy Modelling for Retrofit - A Best Practice Approach to Decarbonising Existing Buildings

Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of a brand new guide, exploring the vital role of energy models, data and dynamic simulation tools in improving the performance of...

Sep 25th 2024
LEED Energy Modelling, Daylight Modelling & Commissioning for An Post's Platinum Certified HQ

Comprising 17-storeys in total, the Exo Building in Dublin’s docklands currently stands as the city’s tallest office building. Offering panoramic views across the city, the...

Sep 17th 2024
Building Energy Resilience on Ukraine’s Dnipro River

As a member of Ro3kvit - a coalition of professionals who have united to create knowledge and methodologies for rebuilding Ukraine’s urban and rural areas and infrastructure - IES...

Aug 29th 2024
Designing for Impact: Enhancing Building Performance Through Early-Stage Analysis

As the global climate crisis intensifies, the performance of buildings has become a critical focus in efforts to reduce carbon emissions. The built environment currently accounts...

Aug 28th 2024
IES Partners with UKGBC to Advance Operational Building Optimisation

We are excited to share that IES has joined forces with the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) and several partner organisations to spearhead a new project initiative, centred...

Aug 1st 2024
Earth Overshoot Day 2024: Buildings Sector Must Step Up to #MoveTheDate

Today, 1st August 2024, marks this year’s Earth Overshoot Day. The day of the year on which humanity’s demand on nature exceeds the Earth’s annual biological capacity to...

Jul 25th 2024
Climate Change Committee Progress Report: When will we learn?

The latest Climate Change Committee Progress Report was released last week, and revealed some depressing yet not surprising findings. Yet again the UK is falling behind on...

Jul 15th 2024
Embodied carbon vs operational carbon: reducing building emissions

With the global building stock expected to double by 2050, the built environment has an important role to play in reaching net zero goals. Carbon emissions produced during...

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...

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...

Feb 13th 2024
Low Carbon Skills Fund: what you need to know before applying

More than 300,000 individual properties are covered by the UK Public Sector. With these buildings accounting for around 2% of the UK’s total emissions, the government introduced a...