National Residential Efficiency Measures Database (REMDB)
This project provides a national unified database of residential building retrofit measures and associated retail prices and end-user might experience. These data are accessible to software programs that evaluate most cost-effective retrofit measures to improve the energy efficiency of residential buildings and are used in the consumer-facing website https://remdb.nrel.gov/
This publicly accessible, centralized database of retrofit measures offers the following benefits:
- Provides information in a standardized format
- Improves the technical consistency and accuracy of the results of software programs
- Enables experts and stakeholders to view the retrofit information and provide comments to improve data quality
- Supports building science R&D
- Enhances transparency
This database provides full price estimates for many different retrofit measures. For each measure, the database provides a range of prices, as the data for a measure can vary widely across regions, houses, and contractors. Climate, construction, home features, local economy, maturity of a market, and geographic location are some of the factors that may affect the actual price of these measures.
This database is not intended to provide specific cost estimates for a specific project. The cost estimates do not include any rebates or tax incentives that may be available for the measures. Rather, it is meant to help determine which measures may be more cost-effective. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) makes every effort to ensure accuracy of the data; however, NREL does not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information.
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AB - This project provides a national unified database of residential building retrofit measures and associated retail prices and end-user might experience. These data are accessible to software programs that evaluate most cost-effective retrofit measures to improve the energy efficiency of residential buildings and are used in the consumer-facing website https://remdb.nrel.gov/
This publicly accessible, centralized database of retrofit measures offers the following benefits:
- Provides information in a standardized format
- Improves the technical consistency and accuracy of the results of software programs
- Enables experts and stakeholders to view the retrofit information and provide comments to improve data quality
- Supports building science R&D
- Enhances transparency
This database provides full price estimates for many different retrofit measures. For each measure, the database provides a range of prices, as the data for a measure can vary widely across regions, houses, and contractors. Climate, construction, home features, local economy, maturity of a market, and geographic location are some of the factors that may affect the actual price of these measures.
This database is not intended to provide specific cost estimates for a specific project. The cost estimates do not include any rebates or tax incentives that may be available for the measures. Rather, it is meant to help determine which measures may be more cost-effective. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) makes every effort to ensure accuracy of the data; however, NREL does not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information.
AU - Moore, Nathan
A2 - Merket, Noel
A3 - Horowitz, Scott
A4 - Webb, Micah
A5 - Roberts, Dave
A6 - Less, Brennan
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - energy
KW - energy analysis
KW - price
KW - building
KW - residential
KW - model
KW - modeling
KW - financial
KW - database
KW - data
KW - efficiency
KW - retrofit
KW - retail prices
KW - REMDB
LA - English
DA - 2023/09/29
PY - 2023
PB - National Renewable Energy Lab - NREL
T1 - National Residential Efficiency Measures Database (REMDB)
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8336
ER -
Moore, Nathan, et al. National Residential Efficiency Measures Database (REMDB). National Renewable Energy Lab - NREL, 29 September, 2023, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/8336.
Moore, N., Merket, N., Horowitz, S., Webb, M., Roberts, D., & Less, B. (2023). National Residential Efficiency Measures Database (REMDB). [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Lab - NREL. https://data.openei.org/submissions/8336
Moore, Nathan, Noel Merket, Scott Horowitz, Micah Webb, Dave Roberts, and Brennan Less. National Residential Efficiency Measures Database (REMDB). National Renewable Energy Lab - NREL, September, 29, 2023. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/8336
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8336,
title = {National Residential Efficiency Measures Database (REMDB)},
author = {Moore, Nathan and Merket, Noel and Horowitz, Scott and Webb, Micah and Roberts, Dave and Less, Brennan},
abstractNote = {This project provides a national unified database of residential building retrofit measures and associated retail prices and end-user might experience. These data are accessible to software programs that evaluate most cost-effective retrofit measures to improve the energy efficiency of residential buildings and are used in the consumer-facing website https://remdb.nrel.gov/
This publicly accessible, centralized database of retrofit measures offers the following benefits:
- Provides information in a standardized format
- Improves the technical consistency and accuracy of the results of software programs
- Enables experts and stakeholders to view the retrofit information and provide comments to improve data quality
- Supports building science R\&D
- Enhances transparency
This database provides full price estimates for many different retrofit measures. For each measure, the database provides a range of prices, as the data for a measure can vary widely across regions, houses, and contractors. Climate, construction, home features, local economy, maturity of a market, and geographic location are some of the factors that may affect the actual price of these measures.
This database is not intended to provide specific cost estimates for a specific project. The cost estimates do not include any rebates or tax incentives that may be available for the measures. Rather, it is meant to help determine which measures may be more cost-effective. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) makes every effort to ensure accuracy of the data; however, NREL does not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information.},
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/8336},
year = {2023},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Lab - NREL, https://data.openei.org/submissions/8336},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-03}
}
Details
Data from Sep 29, 2023
Last updated Mar 7, 2025
Submitted Mar 6, 2025
Organization
National Renewable Energy Lab - NREL
Contact
Nathan Moore
Authors
Research Areas
Keywords
energy, energy analysis, price, building, residential, model, modeling, financial, database, data, efficiency, retrofit, retail prices, REMDBDOE Project Details
Project Name Modeling Tools and Analysis Supporting the Residential Market
Project Number 15116