Weather & Profiles

This FREE course provides guidance and demonstrations on different actions that are applied across multiple tasks performed within the IESVE.

In the first series of lessons, you will see how to:

  • Set the project location
  • Select weather files
  • Create different types of profiles to use within the VE
  • Build up daily profiles into weekly profiles
  • Import daily, weekly or annual profiles

The additional lessons cover:

  • Examples of creating different profiles and where and how they may be used within the VE
  • A live example to demonstrate important factors in creating Multi Unit Residential Buildings (MURB) geometry, input data, HVAC systems and opportunities for energy savings.
  • IESVE features including comfort settings, comfort outputs, advanced air to air heat pump model, visualisation of dynamic lighting simulation results for multiple rooms, and a navigator for ASHRAE 90.1 2016


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


  Introduction to ApPro
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  Daily Profiles Part 1
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  Daily Profiles Part 2
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  Formula Profiles
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  Weekly Profiles
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  Annual Profiles
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  Compact Profiles
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  Import Profiles
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  Further Resources
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  Additional Demo: Creating profiles using the Apache Profiles Database
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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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