Building Performance Database
The Building Performance Database (BPD) is the largest publicly-available source of measured energy performance data for buildings in the United States. It contains information about the building's energy use, location, and physical and operational characteristics. The BPD can be used by building owners, operators, architects and engineers to compare a building's energy performance against customized peer groups, identify energy performance opportunities, and set energy performance. It can also be used by energy performance program implementers to analyze energy performance features and trends in the building stock. The BPD compiles data from various data sources, converts it into a standard format, cleanses and quality checks the data, and provides users with access to the data in a way that maintains anonymity for data providers.
The BPD consists of the database itself, a graphical user interface allowing exploration of the data, and an application programming interface allowing the development of third-party applications using the data.
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AB - The Building Performance Database (BPD) is the largest publicly-available source of measured energy performance data for buildings in the United States. It contains information about the building's energy use, location, and physical and operational characteristics. The BPD can be used by building owners, operators, architects and engineers to compare a building's energy performance against customized peer groups, identify energy performance opportunities, and set energy performance. It can also be used by energy performance program implementers to analyze energy performance features and trends in the building stock. The BPD compiles data from various data sources, converts it into a standard format, cleanses and quality checks the data, and provides users with access to the data in a way that maintains anonymity for data providers.
The BPD consists of the database itself, a graphical user interface allowing exploration of the data, and an application programming interface allowing the development of third-party applications using the data.
AU - Kace, Josh
A2 - Walter, Travis
A3 - Advantage, Earth
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - building efficiency
KW - buildings
KW - efficiency benchmarking
KW - energy efficiency
KW - BPD
KW - United States
KW - database
KW - energy
KW - performance
KW - energy use
KW - characteristics
KW - data
KW - processed data
KW - building performance database
LA - English
DA - 2014/11/25
PY - 2014
PB - Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
T1 - Building Performance Database
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/145
ER -
Kace, Josh, et al. Building Performance Database. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, 25 November, 2014, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/145.
Kace, J., Walter, T., & Advantage, E. (2014). Building Performance Database. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. https://data.openei.org/submissions/145
Kace, Josh, Travis Walter, and Earth Advantage. Building Performance Database. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, November, 25, 2014. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/145
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_145,
title = {Building Performance Database},
author = {Kace, Josh and Walter, Travis and Advantage, Earth},
abstractNote = {The Building Performance Database (BPD) is the largest publicly-available source of measured energy performance data for buildings in the United States. It contains information about the building's energy use, location, and physical and operational characteristics. The BPD can be used by building owners, operators, architects and engineers to compare a building's energy performance against customized peer groups, identify energy performance opportunities, and set energy performance. It can also be used by energy performance program implementers to analyze energy performance features and trends in the building stock. The BPD compiles data from various data sources, converts it into a standard format, cleanses and quality checks the data, and provides users with access to the data in a way that maintains anonymity for data providers.
The BPD consists of the database itself, a graphical user interface allowing exploration of the data, and an application programming interface allowing the development of third-party applications using the data.},
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/145},
year = {2014},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, https://data.openei.org/submissions/145},
note = {Accessed: 2026-01-06}
}
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Data from Nov 25, 2014
Last updated Aug 13, 2025
Submitted Nov 25, 2014
Organization
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Contact
Building Performance Database
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Research Areas
Keywords
building efficiency, buildings, efficiency benchmarking, energy efficiency, BPD, United States, database, energy, performance, energy use, characteristics, data, processed data, building performance databaseDOE Project Details
Project Name Data Tools to Support Energy Efficiency and Energy Cost/Risk Reduction
Project Number 27089
