IES <Virtual Environment>
Monday & Tuesday, Aug. 9-10, 9 am – 5 pm
Cost: Single Day: $350; Both Days: $300/day ($600)
Maximum number of students: 27
The IES <Virtual Environment> offers detailed, comprehensive, and integrated dynamic simulation of daylighting, thermal loads, HVAC systems, controls, and building energy performance. With the VE-Pro applications, users can take a project from climate analysis and schematic 3D modeling through initial assessments of daylighting, energy, and carbon footprint and on to advanced daylighting analysis, detailed thermal-comfort and loads analysis for critical spaces, and finally to whole-building energy modeling and reporting for the LEED/ASHRAE-90.1 Performance Rating Method.
Fully integrated building and systems modeling capabilities range from natural ventilation, mixed-mode operation, and controls to detailed modeling of conventional and non-standard systems and configurations. These include customizable CV and VAV systems, underfloor air distribution (UFAD), displacement ventilation (DV), indirect-direct evaporative cooling (IDDE), dedicated outside air systems (DOAS), CO 2 -driven demand-controlled ventilation (DCV), radiant panels and hydronic slabs, passive and active chilled beams, desiccant dehumidification, double-skin facades, hot-water and chilled-water plants, heat pumps, absorption chillers, waterside free cooling, and much more.
IES will offer two full days of training at SimBuild 2010. For a detailed agenda of both days visit the IES website. These can be taken together or separately. A brief overview is provided below. Details are provided on the registration page:
- Day 1 – Intermediate 3D Modeling, Daylighting, Loads Analysis, and HVAC Systems: Introduction to version 6.1 of the IES <Virtual Environment>; Importing from SketchUp and Revit; Daylighting; Loads and HVAC system sizing; and Detailed modeling of ASHRAE 90.1 PRM systems and controls (Part A).
- Day 2 – Advanced and Building-Integrated Systems Modeling: Detailed modeling of ASHRAE 90.1 PRM systems and controls (Part B); Building-type-driven HVAC configurations; Build and run DOAS with active chilled-beams; Mixed-mode systems modeling and controls; Heat exchangers, indirect-evaporative cooling, energy recovery, heat pipes, runaround loops, and desiccant wheels; UFAD systems modeling.
Important Details
- A detailed agenda for the two-day workshop is posted on the IES website.
- All participants are expected to come prepared with a laptop computer, having downloaded and installed IES <VE> 6.1, and having obtained and initialized license keys (either purchased or trial keys) prior to the workshop.
- For more information on VE-Pro, please visit the VE-Pro homepage.
- For trial software downloads, go to the IES Free & Trial Software webpage.
- While not required for this intermediate to advanced workshop, prior experience with the <VE> is highly recommended.
