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INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL

SOLUTIONS
What can IES do?
Integrated Environmental Solutions Virtual
Environment (IES VE) is a suite of building
performance analysis applications that are
used to design energy efficient buildings. It
uncovers hidden costs, energy and carbon
savings, the technology supports smarter
energy-efficient choices across new building
investments, building operation and
refurbishment of existing buildings. Energy
performance analysis is embedded into the
design process and across the entire building
lifecycle. IES can significantly reduce the
impact that buildings and cities have on the
environment by minimising energy use and
making zero carbon targets achievable
Who can make use of IES VE?

 Architects
 Engineers
 Facilities
Managers
 Cost Consultants
 BREEAM Assessors

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MODEL BUILDING
ModelIT – The model building component of the virtual environment
• Full range of editing features
• Add shading surfaces
• Add windows, doors & holes
• Use at any stage of design process
Build from SketchUP plug Trace DXFs Create from

Revit plug in
scratch in from AutoCAD starter geometry
SOLAR
SunCast – Perform shading and solar insolation analysis & generate
images and animations
Powerful and accurate
evaluation of solar
energy
Reduce project cost by

optimising shading
Easy to convey results

to clients with images
and videos
Track solar penetration

throughout the
building interior &
calculate shadows
ENERGY & CARBON
 Advanced dynamic thermal simulation for testing design
options (buildings and systems)
 Simulation control for load calculations or energy modelling
 Optimise Façade design
 Assign constructions, gains, ventilation and room templates
 Custimization of energy meters, renewable energy
technologies, profiles and controls
ApacheSIM – Asses thermal performance &

share results and inputs from other VE apps
VIEWING ENERGY AND RESULTS
VistaPro – Tool to analyse results & produce reports
• View results from load calculations and dynamic simulations

• Data & images easily exported for client reports & presentations
• Visual & numerical analysis of an extensive selection of outputs
• Heating and cooling loads summary report
WEATHER
VE Gaia - Early-stage bioclimatic reports and
design priorities, solar optimization, site
airflow, master planning and psychometrics.
 Perform powerful early-stage analysis.
 Understand the bio-climatic responsive design

suggestions for layout and form.
 Review water availability – LEED, BREEAM and

Green Star approaches
 View graphical reports with interactive filters for

easy interrogation
REGULATIONS
Applications: VE-DSM, VE-SBEM, UK Dwellings & BER
Assessor
 Approved compliance calculations for new,

existing and mixed-use developments
 Unique navigator technology allows you to

take a step by step approach, ensuring
nothing gets missed.
 Generate compliance results and reports
 Use compliance model for additional

performance analysis
RATING
SYSTEMS
Achieve your target green rating scheme rating with IES
Software
 As LEED Automation Partners, IES have a range
of tools to help streamline the LEED certification
process
 Achieve a host BREEAM performance analysis

credits
 Credits can also be achieved for WELL, Green

Star, Greenmark and other international rating
schemes
OTHER APPLICATIONS
HVAC
Application: ApacheHVAC
HVAC Sizing for rooms, zones and central HVAC systems.
 Simple interface provides fast and
easy editing, customization and auto
sizing
 Compare system alternatives from

earliest stage of design
 Carry out and apply ASHRAE/CIBSE

detailed heat balance method calcs
 Extensive range of tables and graphs

produced for results analysis
AIR FLOW
Applications: MacroFlo & MicroFlo
Natural Ventilation, Overheating Assessments, CFD Airflow, mixed-
mode ventilation, Thermal Comfort, ASHRAE 62.1 & 170.
 Evaluate airflows into and through a building to locate windows,

louvres, design of atria and cross ventilation
 Incorporation of passive design approaches to provide

confidence in design
 Undertake internal or external air flow and thermal studies using

CFD
 Investigate natural and mixed mode ventilation strategies

DAYLIGHT
RADIANCEIES & FLUCSPRO - Daylighting for LEED & BREEAM,
electric lighting design, glare prediction, daylight harvesting,
daylight autonomy.
 Predict daylight and the appearance of

internal spaces prior to construction
 Analyse combined artificial and natural

light-levels for daylight harvesting
 Produce photo-realistic images for easily

conveying results to clients
 Quantify savings as a result of reduced

dependence on artificial lighting
EGRESS
Simulex - Elevator simulation, occupant evacuation and
movement simulation.
 Simulate and analyse occupant behaviour in the event

of a building evacuation
 Evaluate alternative fire evacuation escape routes
 Easily create a 3D movie with a single button-click
 Evaluate a wide variety of building types.ports, train

stations, large office buildings
LOADS CALCULATION & SYSTEM SIZING
PiscesPro & IndusPro - Design and sizing tools for pipework and
ductwork systems.
 Design and size piped heating/cooling networks including

single-pipe, two-pipe and reverse-return systems
 Design and size air-duct networks for supply and extract

systems
 Draft pipe and duct networks around a 3D model, over a

DXF drawing file or on a 'blank canvas‘
 Manually fix pipe and duct sizes for checking existing

systems
PARAMETRIC & MODEL OPTIMISATION
HONE & Parametric Tool - Reduce the time spent running simulations, test more
scenarios and quickly arrive at the design with the optimal performance.
 Independent analysis tools to allow parameterisation of VE models
 Optimise VE models and run parametric studies without locking up the VE
 Combine or link parameters for multiple changes in one simulation
 Optimisation worksheets can be created for quality and repeatability

OPERATION
ERGON - Import, manage and interrogate real building
profiles and use them in VE simulations.
 Simulate buildings using real metered data, down

to 1 minute time-steps
 Improve handovers and post occupancy operation
 Create libraries of benchmark data to help close

the Performance Gap
 Undertake Monitoring Based Commissioning LEED

v4 Credits
VALUE/COST
One Click LCA- Undertake Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life

Cycle Costing (LCC) and more through our partnership with
One Click LCA
 Connect to the One Cick LCA platform from IESVE
 Use One CLick LCA to attain BREEAM, LEED and other

VERs credits
 Attain over 50 BREEAM credits using IESVE and One Cick

LCALCA

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This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND

Build from SketchUP plug Trace DXFs Create from

Reduce project cost by

Easy to convey results

Track solar penetration

ApacheSIM – Asses thermal performance &

• View results from load calculations and dynamic simulations

 Perform powerful early-stage analysis.

 Understand the bio-climatic responsive design

 Review water availability – LEED, BREEAM and

 View graphical reports with interactive filters for

 Approved compliance calculations for new,

 Unique navigator technology allows you to

 Generate compliance results and reports

 Use compliance model for additional

 Achieve a host BREEAM performance analysis

 Credits can also be achieved for WELL, Green

 Compare system alternatives from

 Carry out and apply ASHRAE/CIBSE

 Extensive range of tables and graphs

 Evaluate airflows into and through a building to locate windows,

 Incorporation of passive design approaches to provide

 Undertake internal or external air flow and thermal studies using

 Investigate natural and mixed mode ventilation strategies

 Predict daylight and the appearance of

 Analyse combined artificial and natural

 Produce photo-realistic images for easily

 Quantify savings as a result of reduced

 Simulate and analyse occupant behaviour in the event

 Evaluate alternative fire evacuation escape routes

 Easily create a 3D movie with a single button-click

 Evaluate a wide variety of building types.ports, train

 Design and size piped heating/cooling networks including

 Design and size air-duct networks for supply and extract

 Draft pipe and duct networks around a 3D model, over a

 Manually fix pipe and duct sizes for checking existing

 Optimise VE models and run parametric studies without locking up the VE

 Combine or link parameters for multiple changes in one simulation

 Optimisation worksheets can be created for quality and repeatability

 Simulate buildings using real metered data, down

 Improve handovers and post occupancy operation

 Create libraries of benchmark data to help close

 Undertake Monitoring Based Commissioning LEED

One Click LCA- Undertake Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life

 Connect to the One Cick LCA platform from IESVE

 Use One CLick LCA to attain BREEAM, LEED and other

 Attain over 50 BREEAM credits using IESVE and One Cick

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