Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES)

💡 Could your buildings be hiding significant energy savings?

📊 Queen Margaret University partnered with IES to identify potential annual savings of approximately £64,000 (around 11% of energy spend) through low and no-capex operational improvements, using IES Live, our cloud-based building performance and energy management platform.

By combining real-time BMS data with a live digital twin, IES helped uncover hidden inefficiencies, reduce energy waste, and build a roadmap for long-term decarbonisation.
✅ £14k/year from boiler optimisation
✅ £30k/year from better use of free cooling
✅ Additional savings through improved controls and scheduling

📖 Read the case study: https://bit.ly/3QAykoE

👉 Want to identify similar savings opportunities across your building portfolio? Get in touch with IES. https://bit.ly/4oHv33q

🌞 Free IESVE Summer School for Energy Modelling Teams 🎓

Looking to strengthen your team's building performance modelling expertise?
📅 17–21 August 2026, join the IESVE Summer School, a live online training series covering the essential analyses used by energy modelling professionals every day.
With practical guidance from IESVE experts, and dedicated Q&A sessions throughout.

Learn about each topic from 10:00am–12:30pm BST
📐 Mon 17th Geometry - Learn how to create and edit 3D building models
⚡ Tues 18th Energy Analysis & Load Calculations - Explore energy simulation & loads analysis
🌡️ Wed 19th HVAC Modelling - Design, size and optimise HVAC systems
☀️ Thur 20th Daylight & Sunlight - Perform daylight and sunlight assessments
🔍 Fri 21st Thermal Bridging & Parametric Simulation to compare multiple design scenarios.

🔗 Register for the IESVE Summer School today: https://bit.ly/4eDFpwY

🎯 Are your BREEAM projects on track?
📈 Track Project Progress of Evidence and Credits in Real Time with

Join our free webinar to see how IES TaP for BREEAM helps energy modelling teams streamline assessments, track credit progress, and collaborate more effectively throughout the certification process.
✅ Real-time credit and evidence tracking
✅ Live project dashboards and reporting
✅ Seamless team collaboration
✅ Faster, more efficient project delivery
🏅 Awarded the BRE Global BREEAM Badge of Recognition

📅 25 June 2026
⏰ 1:00–2:00pm BST

👉 Reserve your place today https://bit.ly/4uUhAqK

From compliance to competitive advantage 💡

The UK Government has released a significant update to the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for the non‑domestic private rented sector.
The MEES uplift isn’t just another regulation: it’s a strategic opportunity for energy modelling and compliance teams to lead from the front.

✅ Reduce operational costs
✅ Improve asset value
✅ Strengthen ESG credentials
✅ De-risk long-term investment decisions

With a clear timeline now in place, the question has shifted from whether to act… to how best to act.

The policy direction is now set. Organisations taking an evidence-based, performance-led approach today won’t just meet future standards, they’ll outperform in a more demanding, performance-driven market.

In our latest blog, IES’s Niall Gibson discusses how to turn compliance into competitive advantage. 👉https://bit.ly/4gv63dK

We’re hiring at IES - Are you ready to make an impact in the built environment? 🚀

We’re looking for an Account Executive to drive growth across North America, winning new business, managing key accounts, and helping clients cut energy use and carbon emissions.

🌱 Why join IES?
✔ Work with a global, collaborative team passionate about sustainability
✔ Flexible, supportive working environment
✔ Be part of cutting-edge innovation in building performance and analytics
✔ Help shape a more sustainable future

👉 Explore this role https://bit.ly/4vjAwjC
🔗For all opportunities see: https://bit.ly/43HN9sD

🚀 Achieving 99% Simulation Accuracy—Is Your Model This Close to Reality?

Energy modelling teams are under increasing pressure to prove performance, de-risk HVAC investment, and bridge the gap between design and operation.

RDT Engineers used IESVE to deliver a high-fidelity digital twin for a complex university facility—achieving within 1% accuracy against real-world data. By combining detailed HVAC modelling, real-time data alignment, and automation, RDT transformed theoretical design into a verified, operationally accurate digital twin.

✅ Validate HVAC performance with confidence
✅ Align simulation with post-occupancy reality
✅ Secure LEED, BREEAM & KREEAN certification
✅ Reduce risk across complex, multi-use environments

🔗 Read the full case study: https://bit.ly/4xvR75f

💡 The Load Calculation Standard Most Engineers Haven't Read (But Really Should)

ASHRAE Standard 183 is now referenced in IECC & ASHRAE 90.1, making it a minimum requirement, not just best practice.

⚠️ Are your current workflows truly aligned with the standard?
Traditional methods and tools may fall short of key requirements, including:
✅ 3D solar interactions across all surfaces
✅ Dynamic thermal mass effects
✅ Hourly occupancy and load profiles
✅ Full system-level load considerations

“The practical answer for most teams is not necessarily to abandon existing workflows entirely, but to understand where those workflows fall short relative to the standard, and to adopt tools that close the gap without requiring a wholesale change in how projects are delivered.” Nathan Kegel

📖 Read the full Engineered Systems News article to discover what Standard 183 really requires:
https://bit.ly/4uuhRjS

⚡ Are your early-stage models keeping pace with AI-driven data centre demand?

With AI-driven demand pushing data centres to new limits, traditional approaches simply aren’t enough — early-stage, whole-system modelling is becoming essential to reduce risk and accelerate delivery.

In this guest blog, Gary O’Keeffe of Ethos Engineering, shares a real-world perspective on why fast, credible insight at the earliest design stages is now critical:
✅ Align airflow, loads, and temperature behaviour in one model
✅ Eliminate non-viable design options earlier
✅ Make faster, more confident decisions under pressure
✅ Optimise upgrades and focus investment where it delivers for retrofits and expansion projects

📖 Read the blog: https://bit.ly/4vFr2iv