TY - DATA AB - Commercial reference buildings provide complete descriptions for whole building energy analysis using EnergyPlus (see "About EnergyPlus" resource link) simulation software. Included here is data pertaining to the reference building type "Medium Office" for each of the 16 climate zones described on the Wiki page (see "OpenEI Wiki Page for Commercial Reference Buildings" resource link), and each of three construction categories: new (2004) construction, post-1980 construction existing buildings, and pre-1980 construction existing buildings. The dataset includes four key components: building summary, zone summary, location summary and a picture. Building summary includes details about: form, fabric, and HVAC. Zone summary includes details such as: area, volume, lighting, and occupants for all types of zones in the building. Location summary includes key building information as it pertains to each climate zone, including: fabric and HVAC details, utility costs, energy end use, and peak energy demand. In total, DOE developed 16 reference building types that represent approximately 70% of commercial buildings in the U.S.; for each type, building models are available for each of the three construction categories. The commercial reference buildings (formerly known as commercial building benchmark models) were developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in conjunction with three of its national laboratories. Additional data is available directly from DOE's Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) website (see "About Commercial Buildings" resource link), including EnergyPlus software input files (.idf) and results of the EnergyPlus simulations (.html). AU - Deru, Michael AU - Field, Kristin AU - Studer, Daniel AU - Benne, Kyle AU - Griffith, Brent AU - Torcellini, Paul AU - Liu, Bing AU - Halverson, Mark AU - Winiarski, Dave AU - Rosenberg, Michael AU - Yazdanian, Mehry AU - Huang, Joe AU - Crawley, Drury DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - KW - DOE KW - buildings KW - commercial buildings KW - energy use KW - office KW - building KW - commercial KW - reference KW - HVAC KW - usage KW - energy KW - pre-1980 KW - post-1980 KW - utility KW - utility cost KW - occupancy KW - building type KW - size KW - climate zone KW - energy efficiency KW - building efficiency KW - EnergyPlus KW - Simulation KW - model KW - baseline KW - medium office KW - benchmark KW - energy demand KW - processed data LA - English DA - 2014/11/25 PY - 2014 PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory T1 - Commercial Reference Building: Medium Office UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/ ER -