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Building performance simulation
for your whole team
Custom training cohorts for architecture schools, engineering faculties, MEP firms and sustainability consultancies across the UAE and GCC. Scheduled around your team, tailored to your project types, delivered live and remotely.
Official IES VE certification for all participants · CPD eligible · From AED 900 per participant for groups of 10+
Why Organisations Choose GGD Academy
GCC-based trainer
No flights, no hotels, no scheduling around a visiting trainer’s availability. Delivered when your team is ready.
Active consulting background
Training drawn from 40+ live projects — not a software reseller’s generic demo script.
Official certification
Every participant receives a globally recognised certificate — valuable for records and team professional development.
Delivery Formats
Three ways to engage
Every corporate engagement is scoped individually. These are the most common starting points — all can be adapted to your specific requirements, timeline and team size.
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Format A
University & Academic Partnership
Semester or module-integrated delivery designed to sit alongside studio projects. Students learn while applying it to design work — not in isolation.
- Aligned to semester or module calendar
- Foundation or specialised track delivery
- Student-rate pricing for enrolled cohorts
- Faculty training available separately
- Guest lecture or workshop format
- Formal MOU for ongoing partnership
Starting from
Custom institutional rates — enquire
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Format B
Engineering or Architecture Firm Upskilling Cohort
Typically 5–15 participants from the same firm. Scheduled to your team’s availability and customised to your project types, software stack and current skill level.
- Foundation, Advanced, or bespoke track
- Scheduled around your team’s calendar
- Real project integration where possible
- Volume pricing for 5+ participants
- Pre-course skill assessment included
- Post-course Q&A session included
Starting from
AED 900 per participant (10+ seats)
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Format C
Conference Format & Team Workshop
Half-day or full-day workshops for professional associations, conference events or in-house training days. Interactive, practical and tool-agnostic or IES VE-specific.
- Half-day or full-day formats
- Up to 30 participants per session
- CPD certificate issued to all participants
- Onsite or remote delivery
- Custom topic selection
- Open Q&A session included
Starting from
AED 5,000 per half-day session
Sample Programmes
What a typical engagement looks like
Every programme is scoped from scratch. These examples give a sense of structure and scope — your programme may be shorter, longer, or a hybrid of several tracks.
Architecture School · UAE / GCC
Simulation Literacy for Architecture Students
Integrated into a Year 3 or MSc studio. Students learn IES VE or DesignBuilder alongside their design project, running simulations on their own scheme by Week 4. Aligns directly with LEED, Estidama or Dubai Green Building coursework requirements.
⏱ 4 weeks
👥 10–25 students
📡 Remote · Live
🛠 IES VE / DesignBuilder
📜 IES Certificate
🎓 Student pricing
MEP Engineering Firm · GCC
Advanced HVAC Team Upskilling
Adavanced HVAC delivered as a 3-day intensive for a team of HVAC engineers. Sessions integrated with a live project from the firm’s current portfolio. Engineers leave able to model chilled water plants, VAV systems and VRF configurations independently.
⏱ 3-day intensive
👥 6–12 engineers
📡 Remote · Intensive
🛠 ApacheHVAC · EnergyPlus
📜 IES Certificate
💰 From AED 3,500 / seat
Sustainability Consultancy · UAE
LEED / BREEAM Compliance Simulation
Full-team training on energy modelling for green rating submissions — covering ASHRAE 90.1 baseline, LEED EA credit workflows, Estidama Pearl requirements and documentation output in IES VE.
⏱ 2–3 weekends
👥 4–10 consultants
📡 Remote
🛠 IES VE · LEED · BREEAM
📜 IES Certificate
💰 From AED 2,200 / seat
Professional Association · GCC Event
Building Performance Simulation Masterclass
Full-day CPD event covering simulation fundamentals, tool demonstration, applied case studies and live Q&A. Suitable for mixed audiences of architects and engineers. CPD hours documented for all participants.
⏱ Full day (6–7 hrs)
👥 Up to 30 participants
📡 Onsite or remote
🛠 IES VE / DesignBuilder
📜 CPD Certificate
💰 From AED 8,000 / day
Topics Available
Any topic. Any level. Your brief.
Every topic from the public course catalogue can be configured for corporate delivery — shortened, deepened or combined into a bespoke programme built around your team’s existing knowledge and project types.
Tell us your team’s current skill level, software setup and the project types you work on — we’ll propose a programme structure and timeline within 48 hours.
Foundation
Building physics · Solar geometry · Passive design · Energy modelling · Daylighting basics · Results interpretation
Advanced HVAC
ApacheHVAC · Plant loops · VAV · Chilled water · VRF · Humidity control · Autosizing · Error resolution
Daylighting & Solar
RadianceIES · SunCast · sDA · ASE · Glare · Façade optimisation · Annual daylighting · Visual comfort
CFD & Ventilation
MacroFlo · MicroFlo · Mixed-mode · Overheating · Cross-ventilation · Stack effect · External CFD
Compliance
LEED · BREEAM · ASHRAE 90.1 · Estidama · Dubai Green Building · TM54 · TM59 · Part O overheating
Digital Twin
iSCAN · Operational energy · Post-occupancy evaluation · Real data calibration · Performance gap analysis
How It Works
From enquiry to delivery in four steps
You brief us
Tell us your team size, current skill level, software setup, what your project types are, and the timeline. A 15-minute call is usually enough.
We send a proposal
Within 48 hours: a tailored programme outline, session schedule, per-seat pricing and certification details. No obligation.
We confirm and schedule
Agree dates, confirm participant list, and share pre-reading and software setup guidance for each team member before day one.
Training delivered
Live sessions run as agreed. All sessions recorded and shared. IES VE certificates issued to all participants on completion.
Get a Custom Proposal
Tell us about your team and we’ll scope a programme within 48 hours
No obligation. We’ll send a tailored programme outline, session schedule and per-seat pricing based on your brief.