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Company type | Private Limited |
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Industry | Computer Software |
Founded | 1994 |
Founder | Don McLean |
Headquarters | Glasgow , Scotland , UK |
Key people | Don Mclean |
Products | IES Virtual Environment (VE), VE for Engineers, VE for Architects, IES TaP |
Website | http://www.iesve.com/ |
Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd is a software and consultancy company that specializes in building performance analysis. [1] [2] [3]
IES was founded in 1994 by Dr Don McLean, as a spin-off from Strathclyde University. The company is headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, and has additional offices in Dublin, Atlanta, Melbourne, Singapore and Pune. [4]
In June 2012, the company announced the acquisition of North American consulting firm BVM Engineering (BVME). [5]
The company invest over 1/4 of their turnover in R&D to create new technology for the built environment, and have acquired both National and European funding through Scottish Enterprise, the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the European Framework Programme 7 (FP7). [6]
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