Course Overview

This course provides a practical overview of how the IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) supports key UK compliance requirements, technical memoranda, and industry guidance used in building performance analysis. It is designed for practitioners seeking a consolidated understanding of how UK regulatory standards and technical guidance documents are applied within VE workflows.

You’ll begin with an overview of UK building compliance regulations, including Part L 2021 and Part O, before exploring how overheating and thermal comfort assessments are carried out in IESVE. Through guided examples, the course demonstrates how to run analyses, review results, and understand compliance outcomes within the wider design process.

The course covers support for CIBSE TM52 and TM59 overheating assessments, as well as BB101 and BREEAM 2018 thermal comfort analysis. The emphasis is on understanding when each standard applies, how workflows are structured in IESVE, and how to interpret results to support clear, defensible compliance and design decisions.

What You'll Learn

This course covers the following key concepts, tools and workflows.

  • How Part L 2021 and Part O are applied within IESVE

  • How to run and review CIBSE TM52 and TM59 overheating analyses

  • How IESVE supports BB101 and BREEAM 2018 thermal comfort assessments

  • How to interpret results to support compliance and design decisions

Course curriculum

    1. Part L and O 2021 Update

    2. Notes: Part L and O 2021 Update

    1. Using the IES Virtual Environment to perform CIBSE TM59 Overheating Analyses

    2. Notes: Using the IES Virtual Environment to perform CIBSE TM59 Overheating Analyses

    1. Using the IESVE to perform CIBSE TM52 & TM59 Overheating Analysis

    2. Notes: Using the IESVE to perform CIBSE TM52 & TM59 Overheating Analysis

    1. Using the IESVE to perform BB101 and BREEAM 2018 Thermal Comfort Analysis

    2. Notes: Using the IESVE to perform BB101 and BREEAM 2018 Thermal Comfort Analysis

    1. Additional UK Compliance Technical Resources

About this course

  • Free
  • 9 lessons
  • 4 hours of video content

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • How long do I have access to the course?
    You will have access to this course for 3 months from the date you enrol, giving you plenty of time to complete the training at your own pace. If you would like to continue access after this period, you can simply re-enrol - your course progress and certificate will still be available.
  • Will I receive a certificate?
    Yes – an IES certificate of completion will be available once you have finished the course.
  • Any other questions?
    If you have any further questions, please contact the IES Training team at [email protected]