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 | | IES LAUNCHES FREE BUILDING ENERGY AND CARBON ASSESSMENT SOFTWARE: IES VE-WARE | | | IES Limited | | 03/06/2008 | | | Suitable for all building types across worldwide locations Also assesses performance against the US 2030 Challenge
With the launch of this free software tool, Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) today made a global commitment to the sustainable building design movement. IES’s VE-Ware, which is available to download for free online, gives limited but incredibly valuable access to its world leading Apache thermal analysis software. New and existing buildings can now have their energy and carbon emissions easily assessed for free.
VE-Ware will help increase the energy efficiency of the world’s buildings, both domestic and commercial, by giving instant feedback on a buildings energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions based on real geometry, and using international data on climatic conditions and the typical characteristics of different building, room and system types. It is ideal for use at early stages as it facilitates iterative design, allowing the comparison of different design, layout and system options.
Additionally in the USA, as a direct response to the Architecture 2030 Challenge, VE-Ware will assess how the building is performing against this benchmark. For example, does it meet the current Architecture 2030 50% energy reduction targets?
The data entry and outputs are managed for the user so that anyone can use VE-Ware to help reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of a building. For example, an architect, facilities manager or building owner can at the press of a few buttons undertake detailed energy and carbon assessments that can make a real difference to the green credentials of the building.
Initially only models exported directly from Autodesk’s world leading Building Information Modelling (BIM) Revit platform can be accepted by VE-Ware. However, over the coming months this will be expanded to include other options for inputting the geometry data. The goal is to make VE-Ware available globally to anyone who wishes to use it, regardless of vendor or system.
Dr Don McLean the Founder and MD of IES, and a keen advocate of the power of integrating performance analysis into building design and refurbishment, commented: “I expect VE-Ware to make a considerable difference in helping reduce the energy consumption of buildings throughout the world. As a direct response to the Architecture 2030 challenge and other international green building regulations, standards and codes, VE-Ware gives everyone the capability to get involved in mitigating climate change.”
VE-Ware is available to download from the website www.iesve.com/ve-ware.
So just how easy is it? Here’s a step-by-step guide to using IES’s VE-Ware:
1. Insert geometry data
2. Tell it where your building is in the world
3. Define your: building type, construction materials, heating and cooling system types and room types
4. Press a button – automatic detailed thermal simulation is performed for you
5. Get output on: energy consumption, CO2 emissions and US benchmark against the 2030 Challenge
6. You can then easily modify your building and assess different options
About the 2030 Challenge:
Architecture 2030 has issued The 2030 Challenge asking the global architecture and building community to adopt the following targets:
• All new buildings, developments and major renovations shall be designed to meet a fossil fuel, GHG-emitting, energy consumption performance standard of 50% of the regional (or country) average for that building type.
• At a minimum, an equal amount of existing building area shall be renovated annually to meet a fossil fuel, GHG-emitting, energy consumption performance standard of 50% of the regional (or country) average for that building type.
• The fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings shall be increased to: 60% in 2010, 70% in 2015, 80% in 2020, 90% in 2025 and Carbon-neutral in 2030 (using no fossil fuel GHG emitting energy to operate).
These targets may be accomplished by implementing innovative sustainable design strategies, generating on-site renewable power and/or purchasing (20% maximum) renewable energy and/or certified renewable energy credits.
About IES:
Established in June 1994, Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) Ltd. is headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, with offices in Dublin, Eire; Boston and San Francisco, USA and Melbourne, Australia. IES offers performance simulation tools that have been developed to address the issues faced when designing buildings that are energy efficient and comfortable, whilst also demonstrating that they comply with the required codes or regulations, including the requirement for EPCs in the UK. IES’s software product suite, called the , offers integrated building performance analysis tools for use throughout the design of new buildings as well as during refurbishments.
In addition, IES Consulting offers expert simulation analysis on a project basis. Its consulting team includes CIBSE Low Carbon Energy Assessors able to produce official EPCs for England and Wales, as well as BREEAM Assessors and LEED APs.
IES customers include Wal-Mart, BAA, DSSR, Kingspan, BNIM, Arup, Connell Wagner, Burt Hill, and Foster and Partners. The IES is fast becoming an industry standard, with several thousand users in commercial sites across the world, and many more users in academia. | |
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