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Achieve Zero

Energy Building
IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) software can
Design with IESVE
help you to meet your Zero Energy Buildings Case Studies using
targets through: IES Software
– Energy efficient design.
– Building performance optimization.
– Detailed simulation of deep energy saving
strategies and high-performance systems.

Cyclone Energy Group: Alameda Creek Rocky Mountain Institute –


Walgreens Watershed Center PAE Engineers
Chicago, United States Sunol, California Colorado, United States
– Cyclone Energy Group used IES software – Newcomb Anderson McCormick, Inc. – PAE Engineers were the Mechanical
to help Walgreens build the first U.S. (a Willdan Company) used IESVE to Engineers, Electrical Engineers and Building
Zero Energy Buildings retail store. perform a whole building energy Energy Modelers for this Zero Energy
simulation of this 9,685 ft² building for Buildings, 16,000 square feet commercial
– IESVE was used as an energy modeling
LEED Energy compliance. office building.
and commissioning tool throughout.
– The team were contracted to promote – The building operates without cooling
– The commissioning team incorporated
energy efficient design and optimize systems and very little heating to maintain
energy modeling as a tool to validate the
building performance in terms of comfort.
design of the project from pre-design
sustainability, cost effectiveness,
through construction and ultimately – Certifications: Living Building, Passive
and occupant health and safety.
in operation. House, Zero Energy Buildings and
– Using IESVE, the consultants set out to LEED Platinum.
– The software has allowed Walgreens
determine the energy and cost savings
to see where the team could alter designs – PAE Engineers used IESVE software for
of the proposed design, using the design
to meet net-zero usage. comfort, airflow, shading and energy
documents to develop a baseline model
modeling, which all helped to inform the
– Certifications: Zero Energy Buildings of the building in accordance to ASHRAE
architectural design; resulting in the first
Certification by U.S. DOE standards, 90.1 – 2007 Appendix G.
cold-climate Net Positive Energy building.
and LEED Platinum, Living Building and
– Zero GBCI reviewer comments returned
Green Chill Platinum certifications.
on model results submitted for LEED.
– Estimated to use 200,000 kilowatt hours
– Estimated Annual Energy Use -
per year of electricity while generating
220,000 kilowatt hours per year.
100,507 kWh/yr. PLEASE CONTACT
– Annual savings - 43.65% predicted
– Using the powerful building operation E-mail liam.buckley@iesve.com
Energy Usage Intensity (pEUI) and
analytics tool, IES-SCAN, Cyclone Energy
43.16% costs. Call +1 617 426 1890
Group overseen the start-up of all systems
and worked to calibrate systems to match – Net Positive - Renewable generation
energy model performance characteristics. exceeds Zero Energy Buildings. www.iesve.com
– The store is continually being monitored EUROPE | NORTH AMERICA
to ensure it is running at net-zero. ASIA | AUSTRALIA

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