Python in the VE: VE Scripts - A Operational Energy consumption data using DEC data (UK).

In our latest Python in the VE article we look at a script that uses publicly available non-domestic operational energy use data (from UK display energy certificates - DECs) to produce quantiles of energy consumption by building type adjusted for a target UK region/climate zone.

What?

The script mines the available data to refine building type further than the normal type categorisation. This aspect of the script is an experiment to see what can be teased out of the data set; inevitably it will produce some false matches and as such it is intended as an example which can be edited & used for research purposes. If you intend to use the output for design purposes please make sure you check any output against the CIBSE Energy Benchmark tool!

Why?

The DLUHC has published DEC operational energy data for non-domestic buildings from 2008. The dataset can be freely downloaded for research & other uses – in this instance we can use the data to provide quantiles of operational energy use.

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Download a sample scripts here: https://www.iesve.com/support/faq/zip/ve_scripts_operational_energy_consumption_data_using_dec_data_uk.zip

You can view other articles in my VE Python series HERE.