Big-data for building energy performance: Lessons from assembling a very large national database of building energy use

PA Mathew, LN Dunn, MD Sohn, A Mercado… - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Building energy data has been used for decades to understand energy flows in buildings
and plan for future energy demand. Recent market, technology and policy drivers have …

A comprehensive review of energy-related data for US commercial buildings

Y Ye, W Zuo, G Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
US commercial buildings consumed around 18% of total primary energy in 2017 and a 2.23
EJ increase is expected by 2050. Energy-related data for commercial buildings can be used …

Examining the feasibility of using open data to benchmark building energy usage in cities: A data science and policy perspective

J Roth, B Lim, RK Jain, D Grueneich - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Buildings are by far the largest source of urban energy consumption. In an effort to reduce
energy use, cities are mandating that buildings undergo energy benchmarking—the process …

A data-driven predictive model of city-scale energy use in buildings

CE Kontokosta, C Tull - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Many cities across the United States have turned to building energy disclosure (or
benchmarking) laws to encourage transparency in energy efficiency markets and to support …

Comparison of building energy use data between the United States and China

J Xia, T Hong, Q Shen, W Feng, L Yang, P Im, A Lu… - Energy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Buildings in the United States and China consumed 41% and 28% of the total
primary energy in 2011, respectively. Good energy data are the cornerstone to …

Identifying key determinants for building energy analysis from urban building datasets

X Li, Y Ying, X Xu, Y Wang, SA Hussain, T Hong… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban and building morphologies, usually determined at the design stage, have been
proven as important determinants of energy usage at later operational stages. However …

Machine learning approaches for estimating commercial building energy consumption

C Robinson, B Dilkina, J Hubbs, W Zhang… - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Building energy consumption makes up 40% of the total energy consumption in the United
States. Given that energy consumption in buildings is influenced by aspects of urban form …

A review and reflection on open datasets of city-level building energy use and their applications

X Jin, C Zhang, F Xiao, A Li, C Miller - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Data related to building energy use fuels the research and applications on building energy
efficiency, which is an essential measure to address global energy and environmental …

DUE-B: Data-driven urban energy benchmarking of buildings using recursive partitioning and stochastic frontier analysis

Z Yang, J Roth, RK Jain - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
With the world rapidly urbanizing, addressing the energy intensive urban built environment
is becoming increasingly important. Cities across the United States and the world are turning …

Pattern recognition in building energy performance over time using energy benchmarking data

S Papadopoulos, B Bonczak, CE Kontokosta - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, many cities have adopted energy disclosure policies to better understand
how energy is consumed in the urban built environment and how energy use and carbon …