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Residential & commercial building energy demand profiles under different retrofit scenarios (CESAR model)

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Description Hourly space and water heating, cooling and electricity demand profiles for a selected set of archetype buildings in Switzerland, under 2 envelope retrofit scenarios; includes single-family residential, Multi-family residential, Office, School, Shop, Restaurant and Hospital; based on results from simulations with the CESAR model.
Last changes Not documented.
Download Data package (zip)
jasm-demand-hourly-profile-retrofits-cesar-2020-09-17.zip (9 MB)

Individual data files (csv, xlsx)
residential_hour_profile_EMPA.csv (32 MB)
commercial_hour_profile_EMPA.csv (33 MB)
Meta data README.md
datapackage.json
Sources Optimal transformation strategies for buildings, neighbourhoods and districts to reach CO2 emission reduction targets
Contact Andrew Bollinger | Portia Murray
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Field documentation

Hourly profiles in the residential sector for single and multi-family houses, by age type and retrofit scenario (residential hour profile EMPA.csv)

Field Name Type (Format) Description
Date of the year (01/01 to 31/12) and time of the day (01:00-24:00) text Date/Time
SFH and MFH text Building_type
Category text Construction period: Before 1920, 1920-1945, 1946-1960, 1961-1970, 1971-1980, 1981-1985, 1986-1990, 1991-1995, 1996-2000, 2001-2005, 2006-2010 and 2011-2015
retrofit_scenario text Retrofit scenario: Full retrofit and No retrofit
Hot water + Space Heating demand [J](Hourly) number Hourly Hot water and space heating demand in Joules
Space Heating demand [J](Hourly) number Hourly space heating demand in Joules
Hot water demand [J](Hourly) number Hourly hot water demand in Joules
Space cooling demand [J](Hourly) number Hourly space cooling demand in Joules
Electricity demand [J](Hourly) number Hourlye electricity demand in Joules

Hourly profiles in the commercial sector for hospitals, offices, restaurants, schools and shops , by age type and retrofit scenario (commercial hour profile EMPA.csv)

Field Name Type (Format) Description
Date of the year (01/01 to 31/12) and time of the day (01:00-24:00) text Date/Time
Hospitals, Offices, Restaurants, Schools and Shops text Building_type
Category text Construction period: Before 1920, 1920-1945, 1946-1960, 1961-1970, 1971-1980, 1981-1990, 1991-2000, 2001-2010 and 2011-2015
retrofit_scenario text Retrofit scenario: Full retrofit and No retrofit
Hot water + Space Heating demand [J](Hourly) number Hourly Hot water and space heating demand in Joules
Space Heating demand [J](Hourly) number Hourly space heating demand in Joules
Hot water demand [J](Hourly) number Hourly hot water demand in Joules
Space cooling demand [J](Hourly) number Hourly space cooling demand in Joules
Electricity demand [J](Hourly) number Hourlye electricity demand in Joules
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