BEDES & SEED Building Energy Data Exchange Specification & Standard Energy Efficiency Data Platform April 14, 2015 Robin Mitchell Lawrence Berkeley National.

BEDES & SEED

Building Energy Data Exchange Specification&

Standard Energy Efficiency Data Platform

April 14, 2015

Robin MitchellLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

BEDESBuilding Energy Data Exchange Specification

What is BEDES ?

BEDES == Building Energy Data Exchange SpecificationBEDES provides a common set of data terms, definitions and field

formats that can be used by public and private software tools, data schemas and databases working within the building energy

performance sector.

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Motivation for BEDES

Problem• Ambiguity of data definitions (i.e. gross floor area)• High transactions costs of sharing and aggregating data• Stunted market by lack of empirical data

Solution• Enable exchange, comparison, and combination of data• Provide common terms and definitions for data• Reduce costs in the building efficiency sector• Facilitate software development and interoperability

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BEDES Use Cases -- Initial

Building Performance TrackingThe implementation of disclosure policies for public or private buildings requires public officials to collect, clean and analyze massive amounts of data, then share portions of it with the public

Energy Efficiency Investment Decision-MakingOwners and managers use building energy performance information to assess capital and operational opportunities in individual buildings, develop energy strategies across portfolios, and identify trends in local real estate markets.

Efficiency Program Implementation EvaluationEnergy efficiency programs often provide incentives or technical assistance to support owners' data collection and analysis activities. They also use data to conduct program design and outreach, track project performance, and evaluate programs.

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BEDES Beta developed for use by the DOE

Originally developed to improve interoperability of DOE's software tools and data collection efforts

DOE scoping study confirmed that BEDES would be useful to stakeholders outside DOE

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab led a technical working group process to develop BEDES Beta

After 9 months of extensive review and feedback, BEDES 1.0 was released in October 2014

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BEDES Dictionary

What it Is• Data Terms• Term Definitions• Units of Measure• Data Types• “Dictionary”

What it Is Not• Database• Schema

– Relational– Hierarchical

• “Grammar Guide”

BEDES Dictionary is a collection of terms and definitions designed to facilitate the use and sharing of empirical building characteristics and

energy performance data among software tools and data collection and analysis activities more easily, consistently, and at lower cost.

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BEDES Website: bedes.lbl.gov

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Mapping to BEDES

• Mapping documents the relationships between the terms and definitions used in a product and the associated BEDES terms.

• Multiple BEDES terms may be needed to fully define a field in an implementation.

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BEDES Dictionary Scope

Fully Harmonized Partially Harmonized

BEDES Dictionary

ApplicationMapping

BEDES Dictionary

Application

Mapping

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BEDES Compliance

• Mapping Compliance documents the relationship between BEDES terms and application fields

• Exchange Compliance establishes a schema for exchanging that information electronically.

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BEDES Adoption / Mappings

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Using BEDES

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Get Involved !

• Develop BEDES-Compliant products – we can help!• Become and Endorser• Tell us how you’re using BEDES• Share your thoughts on the BEDES Forum• Develop terms & definitions for new areas• Spread the word!

[email protected]/bedes

SEEDStandard Energy Efficiency Data Platform

The SEED Team!

SEED is designed to help state and local governments implement building performance policies and programs for private and/or public buildings.

In the future it could be used by large portfolio owners, energy efficiency programs, utilities, and energy efficiency service providers.

The Standard Energy Efficiency Data Platform

San Francisco

Los Angeles

Washington D.C.New York City

Philadelphia

Value of SEED

GOAL – to make data and systems interoperable

A free, open-source, web-enabled software application that helps organizations easily aggregate, clean, track, and share data on the energy performance of large groups of buildings.

• Reduces upfront cost of storing and managing data in a private, secure way

• Standard, vendor neutral, objective

• Addresses workflow management and relieves administrative burden

• Data cleansing process increases data quality and saves staff time

• Common format facilitates sharing and collaboration

U.S. Benchmarking Policy Landscape

Berkeley

Seattle Benchmarking Example

Policy Progression

Benchmarking often serves as the foundation for a complimentary suite of energy efficient policies

Benchmarking

Retro- commissioning

Energy Audits Green LeasingSub-metering

Certification of Building Operators

Energy Efficient Municipal Portfolio

Lighting Upgrades

Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Energy Code Compliance

Where you start…

Building Use Information

Utility DataTax Assessor Data

Audit Data

Contact Information

Retrocommissioning

Benchmarking Results

Operational Information

Utility Data

SEED(Local or Cloud

Instance)

City/Organization Staff

Tax records

City/Organization Software Tools

Third-Party Apps & Tools

Audit DataAudit Tools

SEED Plug-ins (Add-on features)

Public

SEED Workflow

Direct entry/uploadAutomated connectionUser access

API

Apps and Tools

Data editing, matching and updating• Import, reconcile and match records from Portfolio Manager and other sources• View/edit all data for given building and/or for select periods of time• View which records do and do not meet a minimum set of compliance checks• Audit trail to show history of data edits• Ability to add new data fields• Label and group records

Data reporting and exporting• Ability to export data in various formats• Publishing to third-parties and the public via the API

Platform Architecture• Host on local servers or cloud• Open-source software• Plug-in framework for third-party software extensions• Multiple levels of user access and control

SEED v1.1

Core Use Case -- Benchmarking• 5 pilot cities• Working with them intensively• Testing in parallel with existing system

A lot of interest in other use cases• Audit data• Interval data• Real estate data (MLS)

Third party developers• Several organizations looking at code• Visualization / mapping

Scalability• No technical barriers • Data Quality is an issue

SEED 1.1

SEED Login Page

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