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Mar 11th 2024
Effective HVAC Mechanical Thermal Zoning and IESVE

This overview aims to explore the underpinnings, design considerations, and systematic methodologies pivotal to the effective implementation of zoning within HVAC...

Feb 28th 2024
VE User of the Year Award 2023: And the winners are…

Based on popular demand we’re delighted to have brought back our VE User of the Year award. The award sought to find the most innovative use of the VE on a project, either...

Feb 6th 2024
High-Performance Building Design and IESVE

High-performance buildings (HPBs) stand as a testament to the evolutionary strides made in architectural and engineering practices, transitioning from traditional construction...

Jan 31st 2024
ASHRAE Heat Balance Method Versus Radiant Time Series

The calculation of cooling loads in building and HVAC system design is a critical task that requires precision and understanding of thermal dynamics. This article presents a...

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...

Aug 7th 2023
IESVE used by BAM to future proof a number of UK schools for predicted Climate Change

BAM’s Design team (BAM Design) have been using IES Virtual Environment (IESVE or VE) for the past 10 years to carry out performance modelling on over fifty UK schools as part of...

Jun 6th 2023
UMC delivers outstanding energy modeling and analysis with IESVE

In the past three years, IESVE users at UMC have delivered some impressive results for their clients. By delivering a calibrated model for a large medical center to identify 45%...

Mar 30th 2023
A Deep Dive into the Water-Energy Nexus

The Water-Energy Nexus considers the interrelationship between water and energy. E.g. Power plants consume water for cooling systems, and Water plants consume power for treatment...

Feb 2nd 2023
VAV Systems in ApacheHVAC

A Variable Air Volume (VAV) system is one of the most common HVAC systems used in buildings. The basic concept is that the volume of the air entering the thermal zone changes as...

Nov 25th 2022
Python in the VE: VE Scripts - Working with ApacheHVAC

In our latest Python in the VE series article we look at working with ApacheHVAC. What? We create series of functions to help access VE ApacheHVAC component data. We use these...

Oct 13th 2022
Foster + Partners turns to IESVE to close performance-based design gap

Global architecture and engineering practice, Foster + Partners is using IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) to deliver the best environmentally friendly design outcomes for its...

Oct 3rd 2022
Affiliated Engineers Inc. used IESVE to carry out detailed energy modelling for mass timber construction project

Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) used the IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) to carry out detailed energy modelling for mass timber construction project - Anthony Timberlands...

Sep 27th 2022
Submetering in IESVE and Operational Economics: Santa Fe Senior Village

National Community Renaissance (National CORE) is a Developer/Builder of affordable housing, based in Southern California but with footprint reaching to other regions and States...

Mar 25th 2022
Understanding and Minimizing Unmet Load Hours – A User Guide - Part 4: Identifying problematic HVAC zoning and control issues using manual UMLH tests

Part 4: Identifying problematic HVAC zoning and control issues using manual UMLH tests This article describes the use and application of manual unmet load hour (UMLH) checks and...

Feb 23rd 2022
Understanding and Minimizing Unmet Load Hours – A User Guide - Part 3: How Unmet Load Hours are determined in the IES Virtual Environment

Part 3: How Unmet Load Hours are determined in the IES Virtual Environment   As described in Part 1 of this guide, an unmet load hour is any hour of any day of the year when...

Feb 11th 2022
Understanding and Minimizing Unmet Load Hours – A User Guide - Part 2: Spaces, Dates, and Hours subject to Unmet Load Hours tests

Part 2: Spaces, Dates, and Hours subject to Unmet Load Hours tests    As described in Part 1 of this guide, an unmet load hour is any hour when one or more zones in the...