Never settle for a building that uses excessive energy, costs you more, and is pulling you away from your sustainability targets. It’s time to take control, reduce energy risk, increase resilience, unlock net-zero potential, and deliver healthy and comfortable spaces.
In this on-demand launch webinar, discover how IES Live delivers the next- generation of energy, carbon and comfort performance tracking and reporting, alongside intelligent improvement insights.
IES Live has been created to put the power of better building operation in the hands of your energy and facilities teams. Understand how your building performed in the past, is currently performing, and assess against how it should be performing as simulated by an IES Digital Twin. Make decisions on where to focus attention, keep the building running optimally, and ensure any investments in net-zero deliver on expected savings.
5. Why Focus on Building Operation?
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Cut Emissions
Business Resilience
Reduce Costs
Health & Wellbeing
Meet Targets
Stay on Track
6. What two areas of building operation
assessment are your greatest
challenge?
Audience Poll
7. IES Digital Twin
− Buildings are complex, dynamic systems
− The IES Performance Digital Twin
− Includes energy simulation
− Not just Digital Twin of BIM assets
− Real-time digital replica
− Responds & behaves like the real building
− Physical and functional characteristics
− Predicts impact of changes
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The Best of Physics, Data and AI/ML
Physics Enabled Simulation Real & Virtual Sensor Data
AI & Machine Learning
Performance Digital Twin
10. IES Live: Keep your Finger on the Pulse
of Operational Performance
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Energy Management
− Achieve energy standards promised at design
− Identify performance drift
− Understand energy impact of comfort settings
− Save energy from layout changes
− Stop HVAC performance degradation
− Identify savings linked to fixing broken or
faulty equipment
− Track savings from improvement projects
− Utilise - not waste - design energy models
12. Data vs Actionable
Information
− Collate data from all types/ages of systems
− Utility meters, BMS, IOT
− Right information at the right time
− Trusted information
− Effective decision making
− Encourage behaviour change
− Improve feedback loops
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13. IES Live: Keep your Finger on the Pulse of
Operational Performance
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Energy, Carbon &
Cost Reduction
Simulated Energy
Benchmark
Healthy &
Comfortable Spaces
Actionable
Insights
Single Pane Data
View
Net-Zero
Investment Tracking
14. What types of decarbonisation
projects are you involved with?
(select all that apply)
Audience Poll
15. − BMS optimisation of existing building:
− 33% reduction in heat energy
− 7% reduction in electricity use
− £50k-£100k annual savings
− New building performance gap reduction
− Using 20-50% more energy in operation
− Against IES Digital Twin benchmark
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Project Impacts:
Energy & Cost Savings
16. Project Impacts:
Energy & Cost Savings
Net-Zero Investment Tracking
− HVAC Refurbishment
− Verified savings of
− 23% reduction in energy
− £26.7k cost savings
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17. Project Impacts:
Comfort & Wellbeing
− Reduce comfort complaints
− Better indoor air quality
− Improved ventilation
− 8-11% increase in employee productivity
− Saves $7,500/person/year in productivity
− Positive impact on turnover & profit
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18. IES Live: Features
Energy & Carbon performance
− EUI, KWh, Cost, tCO2e
Actionable Intelligence
− Energy, cost & carbon savings linked
to improvement options
Net-Zero Investment Performance
− Verification of actual energy, cost,
carbon savings
Energy tracked against Occupancy
− Use/Cost per Occupant
Indoor Air Quality (IEQ) tracking
− CO2, temperature, humidity
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19. IES Live: Powered by
the IES Digital Twin
− Actual vs IES Digital Twin
− Energy Benchmark specific to building
− Rich data model
− Dynamic energy simulation
− How building should be operating
− Calibrated to match actual building
operation
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22. Which of the following business
sectors is your main area of
employment?
Audience Poll
23. IES Live: End-to-End Solution
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Architects, Engineers
& Construction
Education
Commercial Real
Estate
Healthcare Local Government
Manufacturing &
Industrial
24. Reduce Carbon Emissions
Track Net-Zero Projects
Shared Performance Data
Cut Energy Costs
Reduce Comfort Complaints
Informed Improvement
Decisions
IES Live: Who Benefits?
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Net-Zero Collaboration
Healthy & Comfortable
Spaces
Data Visability
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INTERIOR DESIGN
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IES Live: End to End
Solution
Ongoing value from IES Digital Twin
− Achieve design energy standards in operation
− Building-level software subscription
− Monitor & report on ongoing performance
− Stop building drifting from optimal
− Track and verify impact of improvements
− Re-engage at key intervention points
− Re-utilise models for future projects
27. Schedule a 1-to-1
Conversation
Discover IES Live
Schedule
Your Call
Book a 1-to-1 conversation with our sales team to discuss
implementing IES Live on your building.
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Editor's Notes
Energy is a top boardroom issue for 9 out of 10 companies
91% of respondents to Npower’s 2023 Business Energy Tracker survey said their board was either very or quite concerned about energy,
UKGBC Commercial Retrofit Report Jan 2024
Showed it was possible to achieve 37% Reduction in Building EUI (on average)
Operational Optimisation 26%
Light Retrofit 15%
Why focus on Building operation:
Mitigate Energy & Climate Risk
Cut energy costs
Cut carbon emissions
Meet sustainability objectives
Meet fast changing Net-Zero expectations from investors, employees, customers and other stakeholders
Ensure compliance with mandated disclosure obligations, and avoid costly fines
Increase business resilience
Manage your ESG reputation
Ensure Net-Zero investments deliver savings
Efficiency is a key Component of a Net-Zero Strategy - Critical first Step in Cost-Effective Decarbonisation
Measure & Verify Net-Zero Investments Deliver on Expected ROI
Ensure New Buildings Perform as Designed
Keep Optimised Buildings on Track - All buildings “drift,” meaning the performance of their systems—even those perfectly commissioned and tuned—degrades over time
Healthy & comfortable spaces
Buildings Use Energy in order to keep Internal Environment Conditions acceptable
Energy, Comfort, Health & Wellbeing are Interlinked
Please select the top 2 areas of building operation assessment that are the greatest challenge for you to address?
Monitoring post occupancy performance (new build & retrofit)
Identifying operational building performance issues/gaps
Developing existing building decarbonisation & energy reduction strategies
Meeting legislative energy performance requirements (MEES, EPCs, DECs etc.)
Voluntary performance standard monitoring (e.g. NABERS, BREEAM, LEED, WELL)
Buildings are complex, constantly changing, dynamic systems
Physical, meteorological, technological, and human components
The IES Digital Twin, as it’s a performance digital Twin, understands all these factors
So just to elaborate on the previous slide and how the IES Digital Twin works,
Is that we use both Physics enabled simulation, based on fundamental physics principles, and Real time data, which can be taken from electrical, gas and water utility bills, metering data, IoT sensors and BMS data and so on. This along side AI and Machine learning enables data driven predictions, fills data gaps and checks for anomalies.
Resulting in a as we have discussed, a real world Building Performance Model, Digital Twin of your assets.
Next-generation energy and carbon management
Net-zero investment tracking
Ongoing value from IES Digital Twin
IES Live unlocks the full potential of your building data to improve operational performance
Because data alone doesn’t always give you the information you need.
IES Live delivers the right information to the right people at the right time
Gain a comprehensive understanding of your building’s past and current performance against its optimal state
Make informed decisions on where to focus attention, keep the building running optimally, and ensure net-zero investments deliver on expected savings.
It empowers both sustainability and energy/facilities teams
Next-generation of energy, carbon and comfort performance tracking and reporting
Data connection to real building alongside IES Performance Digital Twin
Historic, current, predicated, future performance
Cloud-based
High energy design standards achieved at design are not always achieved during operation – performance gap
The changing nature of buildings and the fact they involve people means operation drifts
But in fact all buildings “drift” even those perfectly commissioned and tuned
Users change settings
HVAC performance degrades
Equipment breaks or becomes faulty
Energy models used at design but not in operation become a wasted digital asset
You can’t improve what you can’t measure
Too much data in too many places – but not the data you can trust to make effective decisions
When no view of data across multiple systems, unable to draw conclusions on how different systems impact on each other
In addition systems across multiple buildings all differ in type and age
Prevents key feedback loops between facilities managers, occupants and sustainability teams
Seeing the energy impact of actions, motivates changes in behaviour and helps prioritisation
Data Transparency & Visibility enables you to
Track & Report Operational Energy and Carbon Performance
Have trusted information that aids effective decision making
Create Robust Business cases
Motivate Behavioural Change
Reduce Comfort Complaints
Cut Energy & Carbon UsePerformance tracking, reporting and improvement insights
Healthy & Comfortable SpacesProactive maintenance of energy and comfort to reduce complaints
Simulated Energy Benchmark What performance should be according to an energy simulation calibrated to the actual building
Actionable InsightsSimulated energy, cost and carbon savings. Prioritise actions and create business cases.
Single Pane Data ViewThe information from your multiple data streams, that matters to you
Net-Zero Investment TrackingMeasure and verify that retrofits deliver expected savings
Motivate behavioural changeCreate feedback loops between facilities managers, occupants and sustainability teams
What types of decarbonisation projects are you involved with (select all that apply)?
New builds with high-energy standards
Retrofits with performance improvement targets
Creation of decarbonisation plans or pathways
Post construction or post implementation performance monitoring
HVAC plant replacement
Case study impacts/ROI figures
These two examples are Uni of Glasgow
case study impacts/ROI figures
M&V tracking example is from uni of Liverpool
Case study impacts/ROI figures
These are figures from industry reports
Energy & Carbon Performance
Track & report on key KPIs at a glance
All data in one place
EUI (kWh/m2/yr), Total Consumption, CO2 Emissions, Costs
Energy Benchmark specific to your building fabric, weather and use
Is the building using more or less energy than it should?
What are the carbon emissions?
Where there are the issues?
Electricity, Gas, Biomass, or other utility data
Main and sub meter breakdowns by fuel type
Adjustable date ranges – 48hrs, 30 days, 1 year, custom
Simulated Energy benchmark
Energy Benchmarks are often based on historic or normalised data. And so are not tailored to the actual building, local weather or surrounding environment
Comparison of actual consumption against the IES Digital Twin
Rich data model that can be used as a reliable energy/carbon benchmark
Current potential of your building
Tells you your building should be operating
Based on dynamic energy simulation
Calibrated to match actual building operation
Energy Benchmark specific to your building fabric, weather and use
Is the building using more or less energy than its should?
What are the carbon emissions
Where there are the issues
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Refurbishment Cycle
Design/Retrofit to commissioning/fine- tuning to Ongoing operation
Critical trigger points to ‘unlock’ higher levels of performance, are at:
End of tenant lease(s)
Vacant possession
Standard maintenance and refurbishment cycles of building fabric or systems
Externally imposed regulations such as MEES, Net-Zero Targets
Iterative, performance-based approach to Net-Zero investments:
Net-Zero & Operational Energy Modelling at Design
Effective Commissioning
IES Live Set-Up
Continued In Use Performance Evaluation
Make the Business Case for Improvements
Re-Commissioning after Retrofit Improvements
Measurement and Verification of Retrofit Performance
Continued In Use Performance Evaluation
Keep Optimised Buildings on track
Identify next round of Improvement Strategies
Energy & Carbon Performance
Track & report on key KPIs at a glance
All data in one place
EUI (kWh/m2/yr), Total Consumption, CO2 Emissions, Costs
Energy Benchmark specific to your building fabric, weather and use
Is the building using more or less energy than it should?
What are the carbon emissions?
Where there are the issues?
Electricity, Gas, Biomass, or other utility data
Main and sub meter breakdowns by fuel type
Adjustable date ranges – 48hrs, 30 days, 1 year, custom
Actionable Intelligence
Impact of pre-defined improvement scenarios
Energy, cost and carbon savings
Prioritise actions and create business cases
HVAC system settings & scheduling changes
Equipment repairs
Light retrofit scenarios
Best results when model calibrated to an hourly level
Evaluated daily against IES Digital Twin in the cloud
Predicted savings against actual building performance
Can include next day weather and occupancy predictions
M&V = Measurement and Verification.
It’s not fully IPMVP M&V but is in the style of that.
Measures actual savings against the simulated baseline from IES Digital Twin.
On a daily basis.
Where Occupancy Data is available
Building Capacity Tracking
Building Occupancy Tracking
Energy normalised against occupancy levels
Energy Consumption tracked against Occupancy
Energy Use per Occupant
Energy Cost per Occupant
Adjustable date ranges – 48hrs, 30 days, 1 year, custom
Comfort & Health
Indoor Air Quality (IEQ) performance tracking
Track internal conditions at sensor, room, area or floor levels
Arrange and zone spaces to suit your building
Quickly identify spaces outside of
CO2
Temperature
Humidity
Current conditions, min/max values. and graphs
Senor locations on floor plan
Adjustable date ranges – 48 hrs, 30 days, 1 year, custom
Refurbishment Cycle
Design/Retrofit to commissioning/fine- tuning to Ongoing operation
Critical trigger points to ‘unlock’ higher levels of performance, are at:
End of tenant lease(s)
Vacant possession
Standard maintenance and refurbishment cycles of building fabric or systems
Externally imposed regulations such as MEES, Net-Zero Targets
Iterative, performance-based approach to Net-Zero investments:
Net-Zero & Operational Energy Modelling at Design
Effective Commissioning
IES Live Set-Up
Continued In Use Performance Evaluation
Make the Business Case for Improvements
Re-Commissioning after Retrofit Improvements
Measurement and Verification of Retrofit Performance
Continued In Use Performance Evaluation
Keep Optimised Buildings on track
Identify next round of Improvement Strategies
Which of the following business sectors is your main area of employment?
Architecture/Engineering/Construction
Manufacturing/Industrial
Commercial Real Estate
University/Colleges/Healthcare
Local Government
Talk though how IES Live can be used by both consultants and end clients
AEC consultants can engage IES as a sub-contractor to deliver IES Live to any of their clients.
In the future there will be a tool/interface that consultants can use to deliver IES Live to their clients directly.
IES consultants will also work direct with building owners/operators to create IES DTs, and connect and deploy IES Live directly.
IES Live is available for annual subscription at the building level.
IES is actively operating in the following sectors.
Owners of individual or portfolios of buildings who have energy challenges or decarbonisation pathways
Do we need to add tenants to this for CRE?
Sustainability Teams
Track performance of actioned net-zero projects
Comprehensive overview of building performance data
Reduce Carbon Emissions
Energy/Facilities Managers
Cut energy costs
Reduce comfort complaints
Make informed improvement decisions
Tailor by market
IES Live offers an end-to-end consulting and software solution
Gain access to our team of Building Performance Experts