Access Virtual Environment Suite Tools
Access Virtual Environment suite tools
Click these buttons to link to VE-Ware, VE-Toolkits, VE-Gaia or VE-Pro.
VE-Ware
Click this button to launch VE-Ware
VE-Ware is free building energy and carbon assessment software, also contains Free VE-SBEM for UK regulation compliance.
VE-Toolkits
Click this button to launch VE-Toolkits
VE-Toolkits offer early stage analysis for quick iterative assessments covered by a range of Toolkits including Sustainability, LEED, Green Star and more.
VE-Gaia/VE-Pro
Click this button to launch VE with access to VE-Gaia and VE-Pro
VE-Gaia offers a step-by-step workflow analysis, iteration and reporting interface which weaves a clear route through the VE engine. VE-Pro is our most powerful, flexible and most in-depth suite of building performance analysis tools.
Help / IES VE Website:
Click to access the Help files, or to access the IES website [www.iesve.com]
Definitions Floors, roofs, walls:
- Ground Floor Slab: horizontal surface that is not in contact with a room below
- Roof: horizontal surface that is not in contact with any room above
- Upper floors: horizontal surface that is in contact with a room above
- Exterior Wall: vertical surface that is not in contact with any adjacent room
- Interior Wall: vertical surface that is in contact with an adjacent room
- Exterior Window: a window on an exterior wall
- Interior Window: a window on an interior wall or floor
- Skylights: a window on a roof
Definitions Windows / holes / doors:
- Door: a face drawn on another surface; opacity 100.
- Window: a face drawn on another surface with an opacity setting less than 1-99.
- Hole: a face “cut-out” or deleted from another surface; or an opacity of 0
NOTE: Exterior holes are treated as windows by the <Virtual Environment> suite of tools.