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Content Type : Blogs
Mar 19th 2025
Optimizing Building Performance with IESVE: 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....

Mar 5th 2025
Beyond BMS: Five Ways IES Live is Transforming Energy Management

Are the days of traditional BMS and energy management systems over? Energy managers, facilities managers and sustainability leaders have a new opportunity to take: move beyond...

Feb 28th 2025
CFD in IESVE: Enhancing Building Performance with MicroFlo-CFD

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has long been a critical tool for optimizing airflow, heat transfer, and thermal comfort in buildings. Traditionally, implementing CFD analysis...

Feb 19th 2025
From Buy-In to Monitoring: Executing the Plan for a Long Lasting Successful Retrofit

Did you miss our recent retrofit masterclass with edie? The session is now available to watch on demand. Last week, IES joined forces with edie for a live masterclass as part of...

Feb 12th 2025
Accurate Load Calculations: Importance in Designing High-Performance Buildings in Canada

Have you ever stepped into a building that felt freezing in the summer or overheated in the winter, despite a seemingly sophisticated HVAC system? More often than not, this stems...

Feb 7th 2025
The Importance of Accurate Geometry in Building Performance Modeling

Geometry is one of the foundations of any building performance simulation. It defines how heat moves through a space, how sunlight enters a building, and how HVAC loads are...

Jan 29th 2025
IESVE Australasia Summer School: Answering Your Questions

Late last year, IES ran a series of lecture-style sessions covering key analyses that can be undertaken using IESVE. With over 100 questions submitted across the sessions,...

Jan 16th 2025
How are Architects Leveraging Building Performance Modelling with IESVE?

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

Jan 15th 2025
Using IESVE for ASHRAE 90.1 Compliance: Answering Your Questions

During our recent session "Using IESVE for ASHRAE 90.1 Compliance", common themes emerged within the questions asked by attendees. To tackle these questions, we turned to Mithi...

Dec 5th 2024
Case Study Spotlight: Decarbonising Existing Buildings

To reach net-zero, rethinking what we do with existing buildings is a non-negotiable. From simple operational optimisation interventions, to more in-depth retrofit upgrades and...

Dec 2nd 2024
Data and Metering Strategies for Implementing Digital Twins: Part 2

Following on from part one of this two part Q&A series, Mark Gifford tackles more of your questions around Data & Metering strategies for Digital Twin development,...

Nov 29th 2024
Ensuring Retrofit ROI: The Role of Ongoing Monitoring & Performance Tracking

While retrofitting has an important role to play in decarbonising our existing building stock, it’s important to recognise that retrofitting alone won’t get your existing building...

Nov 25th 2024
Post-Retrofit Handover & Commissioning: Closing the Performance Gap

Have you ever implemented a building retrofit? Then you’ll know that even the most well executed projects can fall short of their potential without a robust handover and...

Nov 20th 2024
Data and Metering Strategies for Implementing Digital Twins: Part 1

The concept of the Digital Twin has seen a surge in popularity in recent years. So, it’s no surprise that our exclusive Defining Digital Twins session, held in partnership with...

Nov 18th 2024
On-Demand Webinar: Net-Zero Needle-Movers - Making Decarbonisation a Reality

Did you miss our Chief Operating Officer, Ruth Kerrigan, speaking at edie’s Net-Zero Carbon Action Sessions recently? You can now catch the session on demand. Now in its sixth...

Nov 15th 2024
COP29 and the Built Environment: The Unheeded Imperative

At the midway point of COP29, it is my hope that the world leaders, climate advocates, and industry experts gathered in Baku are making progress in negotiating a path back to the...