Trial / Demo
We are delighted to announce the winners of our annual VE User of the Year Awards for 2024. These awards seek to find the most innovative use of the VE on a project, either commercial or academic, and we were delighted to receive some brilliant entries.
Our judges had some tough decisions to make, however after much deliberation they have selected our VE User of the Year Global & Academic Winners alongside several regional prize winners.
Our congratulations to:
Global Winner: our ‘VE User of the Year’ - Juraj Rusnak, Thomas McGovern - MACE Energy Group - Office Retrofit study, Manchester Anchorage
Academic Project Winner - Stephanie Perez-Ocaranza - CPP (Cal Poly Pomona) - Griffith Steam Magnet Middle School, East LA, California
Best North American Entry - Yiyu Chen - Zeroenvy - Lincoln Plaza North, Sacramento, California
Best European Entry - Ulysse Taste - Deerns - Maybourne Riviera Hotel, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Best Asian Entry - Anil Jaswani - Design2Occupancy - Ranin Ratnavati Gils' School, Jaisalmer, India
Special congratulations to Juraj Rusnak and Thomas McGovern from MACE Energy Group, our Global Winners, crowned VE User of the Year for 2024. The winning entry was an office retrofit project - Manchester Anchorage. The MACE duo developed a proof of concept for an innovative methodology integrating IESVE Compliance modelling with the CRREM decarbonisation tool. The project highlights the value of advanced modelling and automation to address industry challenges.
We’d like to thank all who submitted entries to the 2024 awards and offer congratulations to all of our prize winners. The competition was extremely high and showcased a variety of innovative ways in which the VE was used across several projects.
This year our judges also decided to give honourable mentions to the following:
Europe honourable mention - David Neylon - Delap & Waller – Heuston Station, Dublin Ireland
North America honourable mention - Te Qi – Mazzetti - UCSF Hospital, San Francisco, California
Asia honourable mention - Muhammad Najibb - Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi MARA (KKTM) Sri Gading - PPRT house Green Features Building Simulation, Ketereh, Malaysia
We will be publishing case studies on all our prize winners over the coming weeks and months, so watch this space.
Also, be sure to look out for the 2025 award applications opening later this year. Head over to www.iesve.com/ve-user-award to find out what’s involved.
