Getting Started with VE Gaia

This FREE series of videos will demonstrate how to use the VE Gaia navigator to consider the main aspects of sustainable design for your building: the building shape and form, the construction materials and embodied CO2, carbon emissions, renewable resources, energy, and water use, all within the context of the building location and climate.

Follow through the step-by-step process to logically sequence these decisions and tick them off when complete. Return to earlier steps and re-run the simulations to test the impact of different design options or different future weather-change scenarios for improved adaptation. Leave notes for others about your decisions.

This tool lets you seamlessly interface with the power of the VE, for quick and easy evaluations of your design.


VE Gaia Training Course

Building climate resilience from the early design stages


Your Instructor


IES Training
IES Training

Our On-Demand Learning courses have been designed by our IES Training experts, who have been training users of our software across the world for over 20 years.


Course Curriculum


  VE Gaia Training Videos
Available in days
days after you enroll

Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
Any other questions?
If you have any other questions please contact our training team via [email protected].

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