Commercial Reference Building: Medium Office
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).
Citation Formats
National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2014). Commercial Reference Building: Medium Office [data set]. Retrieved from https://data.openei.org/submissions/160.
Deru, Michael, Field, Kristin, Studer, Daniel, Benne, Kyle, Griffith, Brent, Torcellini, Paul, Liu, Bing, Halverson, Mark, Winiarski, Dave, Rosenberg, Michael, Yazdanian, Mehry, Huang, Joe, and Crawley, Drury. Commercial Reference Building: Medium Office. United States: N.p., 25 Nov, 2014. Web. https://data.openei.org/submissions/160.
Deru, Michael, Field, Kristin, Studer, Daniel, Benne, Kyle, Griffith, Brent, Torcellini, Paul, Liu, Bing, Halverson, Mark, Winiarski, Dave, Rosenberg, Michael, Yazdanian, Mehry, Huang, Joe, & Crawley, Drury. Commercial Reference Building: Medium Office. United States. https://data.openei.org/submissions/160
Deru, Michael, Field, Kristin, Studer, Daniel, Benne, Kyle, Griffith, Brent, Torcellini, Paul, Liu, Bing, Halverson, Mark, Winiarski, Dave, Rosenberg, Michael, Yazdanian, Mehry, Huang, Joe, and Crawley, Drury. 2014. "Commercial Reference Building: Medium Office". United States. https://data.openei.org/submissions/160.
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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).}, doi = {}, url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/160}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2014}, month = {11}}
Details
Data from Nov 25, 2014
Last updated Nov 14, 2023
Submitted Nov 25, 2014
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
KC Hallett
