BOSTON—Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES), a provider of integrated performance analysis software for sustainable building design, announced the launch of VE-Gaia, a step-by-step smart navigation software solution that offers a complete analysis workflow environment designed to guide the user through the process and facilitate analysis understanding. VE-Gaia is composed of a series of navigators which increase productivity, reduce the potential for human error and change the way analysis is undertaken.
Using VE-Gaia, designers have the ability to input and manipulate exact building data within an integrated central data model. The smart navigators take users through a range of different analysis tasks from model import/creation and data assignment—including the consideration of building metrics, natural resources and material use—to climate exploration, water use, energy/carbon analysis, loads calculation, daylight/solar assessments, renewable and low/zero carbon technology consideration and the assessment of LEED credits.
“VE-Gaia is a major milestone in the evolution of our software, and will revolutionize the way building simulation is performed,” said Don McLean, founder and CEO of IES. “Ideal for architects and designers who don’t undertake simulation on a day-to-day basis, this software guides the way from analysis to understanding; increasing productivity and easing the process for everyone involved.”
With VE-Gaia, designers can track progress, control quality, iterate workflows, trigger simulations, filter results and automatically produce highly-visual graphics and interactive rich-text reports. Within a project, any common navigator component is always up to date. Users can also move between navigators at any time, providing a rapid cycle of development for each project. These unique features allow the user to mold and define their workflow within the framework provided by the navigators. VE-Gaia navigators also include a notes and date/user stamp function that facilitate a direct modeling QA system that can be exported for documentation purposes.
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