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A data framework for measuring the energy consumption of the non-domestic building stock

Bruhns, H. and Wyatt, P. (2011) A data framework for measuring the energy consumption of the non-domestic building stock. Building Research and Information, 39 (3). pp. 211-226. ISSN 1466-4321

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2011.559704

Abstract/Summary

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
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Henley Business School > Real Estate and Planning
ID Code:26067
Uncontrolled Keywords:building stock, consumption, data, database, energy statistics, energy, evidence-based policy, framework
Publisher:Taylor & Francis

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