Partner presentation: Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd (IES)

Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd. (IES) is a global leader in climate technology, providing state-of-the-art software and consultancy services to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment. With over 30 years of experience and the world’s largest team of building physics experts, IES has earned a reputation as a pioneer in performance-based analysis and sustainable innovation. To learn more about IES’s role in the LEGOFIT project and its vision for advancing energy-positive solutions, we spoke with Amisha Panchal, R&D Project Manager, who shared key insights into the company’s contributions and expectations for the project.

IES is a global climate tech leader, offering cutting-edge technology and consultancy services to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment. With over 30 years of experience, the company has established a strong reputation as the foremost innovator in performance-based analysis, supported by the world’s largest team of building physics experts.

IES’s mission is to enable resource-efficient, healthy, and cost-effective buildings. By simulating and analyzing data, the company empowers professionals involved in designing, retrofitting, and operating buildings with actionable insights for smarter, sustainable decision-making. Its unique software solutions are complemented by expert consultancy, with a dedicated R&D department driving continuous innovation and ensuring its tools remain industry-leading.

Role of your organization in the project

As part of LEGOFIT’s multidisciplinary team of 20 partners across 10 EU countries, IES contributes its expertise in energy modelling, sustainability, and performance-based analysis to support the transition toward Energy Positive Homes (EPH). With a strong focus on decarbonization and efficiency, the company’s role centers on advancing the project’s mission of creating scalable and replicable solutions for sustainable construction and renovation.

IES leads the development of energy modelling for pilot sites in Turkey, Hungary, and Spain at the individual building level. By simulating building performance under various scenarios, IES provides insights to optimize energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. In collaboration with other partners, the company explores passive design strategies that enhance energy performance while maintaining cost-effectiveness.

IES also contributes to scaling up modelling to the urban level within the project, assessing the impacts of interventions at a broader scale and advancing toward the creation of Positive Energy Districts. Committed to fostering sustainable innovation, IES combines advanced technology with decades of expertise, empowering stakeholders to achieve a greener built environment.

Why is LEGOFIT important to your organization?

Participation in the LEGOFIT project is a natural fit for IES, given its position as a global leader in advancing sustainable design, renovation, and efficient operation across buildings, neighborhoods, and cities. Through its contributions, IES reinforces its commitment to transforming the built environment into a resilient, resource-efficient, and net-zero system.

IES dedicates significant efforts to research and development, continuously enhancing its technology and expanding industry knowledge. This enables the company to deliver forward-thinking digital solutions addressing the challenges of decarbonization and sustainability. With a proven track record of collaborating with industrial and academic partners, IES excels in driving innovation through both singular and large-scale collaborative initiatives.

The LEGOFIT project aligns with IES’s mission to create energy-efficient, carbon-neutral spaces, from individual buildings to entire districts. It provides an opportunity to contribute to and benefit from pioneering research, ensuring its technology for building digital twins continues to support energy and carbon efficiency throughout the lifecycle of the built environment.

Expectations from LEGOFIT

IES expects the LEGOFIT project to deliver impactful advancements in sustainable design and energy-positive solutions at both building and district levels. By contributing to the development of digital twins across the project’s pilot sites, IES aims to refine its energy modelling tools to address complex urban energy challenges and support building physics-driven decision-making.

Collaborating with multidisciplinary partners offers IES the chance to exchange expertise and deepen its understanding of innovative technologies across the full lifecycle of buildings. Additionally, the project enables IES to test and expand its R&D innovations in real-world scenarios, ensuring its tools remain at the forefront of the industry.

Through LEGOFIT, IES hopes to contribute to actionable pathways for achieving net-zero, resilient, and energy-efficient communities, further cementing its leadership in climate technology and sustainable transformation on a European scale.

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