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Commercial Reference Building: Stand-alone Retail

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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 "Stand-alone Retail" 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).

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2014). Commercial Reference Building: Stand-alone Retail [data set]. Retrieved from https://data.openei.org/submissions/168.
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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: Stand-alone Retail. United States: N.p., 25 Nov, 2014. Web. https://data.openei.org/submissions/168.
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: Stand-alone Retail. United States. https://data.openei.org/submissions/168
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: Stand-alone Retail". United States. https://data.openei.org/submissions/168.
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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/168}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2014}, month = {11}}

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Data from Nov 25, 2014

Last updated Nov 14, 2023

Submitted Nov 25, 2014

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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KC Hallett

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Michael Deru

National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL

Kristin Field

National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL

Daniel Studer

National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL

Kyle Benne

National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL

Brent Griffith

National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL

Paul Torcellini

National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL

Bing Liu

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Mark Halverson

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Dave Winiarski

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Michael Rosenberg

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Mehry Yazdanian

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory LBNL

Joe Huang

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory LBNL

Drury Crawley

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Rene...

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