Create Your Building Blocks

Defining Building Characteristics

• Footprint• Envelope• Window layout• Lighting• HVAC• Service Hot Water

User clicks “Score Building” and receives

Energy Asset Score Report

WHAT ISTHE BUILDINGS

PERFORMANCE DATABASE?

To compensate for outdated building

information, the DOE has created the Buildings

Performance Database to give building owners the opportunity to compile a

SELF-REPORTING

CENSUS

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WHAT IS GREAT ABOUTTHE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE DATABASE?

HELPS building owners COMPARE their ENERGY CONSUMPTION to similar buildings

LARGEST public dataset on building energy performance data

Data is displayed in MULTIPLE FORMATS to make it easier to read

Presets make the tool EASY and QUICK to fill out

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WHY SHOULD YOU USETHE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE DATABASE?

An opportunity to see how your energy consumption can COMPARE to SIMILAR

BUILDINGS

Owners of multiple buildings are able to easily prioritize which are in need of

RETROFITTING

With sufficient participation, the database could HELP CHANGE OUTDATED

POLICY and LEGISLATION for small and medium size building owners

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HOW TO USETHE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE DATABASE

1. Log onto https://bpd.lbl.gov/2. Sign up for a free account

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HOW TO USETHE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE DATABASE

3. Once within the DOE’s BPD tool, begin filling out the classifications on the left hand of the screen.

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HOW TO USETHE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE

DATABASE

Note that some classifications are a SELECTABLE LIST and others are a SLIDING SCALE.

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HOW TO USETHE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE DATABASE

4. Once your building’s information is uploaded, you may choose a building system to compare to similar buildings.

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VISIT http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/buildings-performance-database

AND

EMAIL buildingsperformancedatabase@ee.doe.gov

with subject and file name “PROPRIETARY DATA” HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR DATA TOTHE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE

DATABASE

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WHAT DO YOU NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TOTHE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE DATABASE?

REQUIRED

Gross floor area Full year of complete energy data Location (city, state, and zip code) Facility type and year built

SUGGESTED

Operation hours Occupancy Lighting type

HVAC system Window type

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➲The ability to EXPORT your building’s results

➲A WEATHER NORMALIZATION feature that can be switched on and off

➲The DATA TABLE TOOL

➲The FINANCIAL FORCASTING TOOL

FUTURE ADDITIONS TO

THE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE

DATABASE

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MORE COMING SOON

USEFUL WEBSITES FOR THE BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE

DATABASE

http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/buildings-performance-database

https://bpd.lbl.gov/

http://www.energy.gov/

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