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Nov 11th 2025
IES Launches New Guide: Using IESVE to Achieve Compliance Across Asia

Today, we’re delighted to announce the launch of our brand new guide, highlighting our well-structured workflow for using IES' Virtual Environment (IESVE) software to...

Oct 30th 2025
IESVE Summer School

IES is delighted to announce our online IESVE Summer School will be returning from 2nd - 11th December. The Summer School is comprised of six lecture-style sessions, with our IES...

Sep 25th 2025
IESVE Learning Academy: Answering Your Questions

This summer, IES ran a series of live lecture-style sessions for our audiences in North and South America, covering key analyses that can be undertaken using IESVE software. Over...

Sep 9th 2025
VE User Award – Asia Honourable Mention: Najib Bin Hanapi

Congratulations to Najib, who received an Honourable Mention in our VE User of the Year awards for this optimised housing design that works with the Malaysian climate to...

Jul 28th 2025
HLM Architects Optimise Building Performance with IESVE

As an innovative architecture practice with a thoughtful design ethos at its heart, HLM Architects believe in making every project as sustainable as possible. By adopting the...

Jun 24th 2025
VE Tech Tip: The Impact of Translucent Shades in IESVE

When it comes to striking the right balance between solar gains, daylighting and energy efficiency, shading systems are critical. One powerful and often underused tool within the...

May 22nd 2025
VE User Award – Academic Winners: Stephanie Perez-Ocaranza and Belina Nguyen, Cal Poly Pomona

Congratulations to Stephanie and Belina, who were chosen as Academic Winners for VE User of the Year in North America.   The overall task for Cal Poly Pomona (CPP) was...

Mar 19th 2025
Optimize Building Performance with 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....

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 Architects Leverage IESVE Building Performance Modelling

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

Sep 25th 2024
An Post HQ: LEED Modelling for Platinum Certification

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...

May 1st 2024
VE User of the Year Australasia: Karan Sinsinwar, AECOM

Congratulations to Karan Sinsinwar from AECOM in Singapore, who won the Australasian VE User of the Year. Karan and the team at AECOM demonstrated in-depth modelling and great...

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...

Jan 31st 2023
Fife Council Uses IESVE to Optimise Care Home Design

Fife Council has been using the IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) to carry out detailed performance analysis on its new and existing properties to ensure they are designed and...

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...

Aug 4th 2022
ASHRAE HQ: Leading Net-Zero Energy Building Design

ASHRAE are one of the foremost industry pioneers in the decarbonization of the built environment and their new global Headquarters building in Atlanta, renovated to operate as a...