Bruhns, H and Wyatt, P (2011) A data framework for measuring the energy consumption of the non-domestic building stock. Building Research & Information, 39(3), pp. 211-226. ISSN 0961-3218
Abstract
The transition to a low-carbon economy urgently demands better information on the drivers of energy consumption. UK government policy has prioritized energy efficiency in the built stock as a means of carbon reduction, but the sector is historically information poor, particularly the non-domestic building stock. This paper presents the results of a pilot study that investigated whether and how property and energy consumption data might be combined for non-domestic energy analysis. These data were combined in a 'Non-Domestic Energy Efficiency Database' to describe the location and physical attributes of each property and its energy consumption. The aim was to support the generation of a range of energy-efficiency statistics for the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors of the non-domestic building stock, and to provide robust evidence for national energy-efficiency and carbon-reduction policy development and monitoring. The work has brought together non-domestic energy data, property data and mapping in a 'data framework' for the first time. The results show what is possible when these data are integrated and the associated difficulties. A data framework offers the potential to inform energy-efficiency policy formation and to support its monitoring at a level of detail not previously possible.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building stock; consumption; data; database; energy; energy statistics; evidence-based policy; framework |
| Index terms: | statistics, consumption, mapping, energy consumption, monitoring, government policy, policy formation, energy analysis, domestic energy efficiency, evidence, building stock, evidence-based policy, database, non-domestic building, efficiency, energy efficiency, level of detail, carbon reduction |
| Subjects: | data management, asset management, engineering analysis, performance management, spatial and geospatial analysis, technical documentation, sustainability and energy, public policy, energy systems, construction type, evaluation and assessment methods, policy studies, mathematical modelling, consumer economics, control systems, climate science |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Research Practice, Stakeholder Management, Construction Technology, Sustainability, Governance, Design Practice, Digital Applications, Quality Management, Site Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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