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The '''Building Performance Database''' ('''BPD''') is an anonymized database onthat thecontains [[energy use intensity]] ofdata for hundreds of thousands of buildings in the [[United States]]. It is built by the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]] in the [[United States]] and maintained by the [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]].<ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://bpd.lbl.gov|title = DOE BuildingsBuilding Performance Database|accessdateaccess-date = June 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/buildingsbuilding-performance-database|title = BuildingsBuilding Performance Database|publisher = [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]], [[United States]]|accessdateaccess-date = June 20, 2014}}</ref> Users can examine specific building types and geographic areas, compare performance trends among similar buildings, identify and prioritize cost-saving energy efficiency improvements, and assess the range of likely savings from these improvements.
==History==
Prior to its launch, itthe BPD was described in a conference presentation by Elena Alschuler and Cody Taylor from October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.energy.ca.gov/ab758/documents/2012-10-08-09_workshop/presentations/Day-2/DOE_Buildings_Performance_Database_Overview_2012-10-09.pdf|title = DOE Building Technologies Program|lastlast1 = Alschuler|firstfirst1 = Elena|last2 = Taylor|first2 = Cody|publisher = [[California Energy Commission]]|date = October 9, 2012|accessdateaccess-date = June 20, 2014}}</ref> and another presentation by Alschuler in May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aceee.org/files/pdf/conferences/eeff/2013/Alschuler_5A.pdf|title = Unlocking the Value of Empirical Building Performance Data|last = Alschuler|first = Elena|date = May 15, 2013|accessdateaccess-date = June 20, 2014|publisher = [[American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy]]}}</ref>
The BPD was launched in June 2013 with data from over 60,000 commercial and residential buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.energymanagertoday.com/free-building-performance-database-includes-60000-records-092854/|title = Free Building Performance Database Includes 60,000 Records|last = Hardesty|first = Linda|date = June 18, 2013|accessdateaccess-date = June 20, 2014|publisher = Energy Manager Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.energysquad.com/blog/posts/products-and-brands/doe-launches-buildings-performance-database|title = DOE Launches Buildings Performance Database|last = Stern|first = Soriana|date = June 27, 2013|accessdateaccess-date = June 20, 2014|publisher = EnergySquad|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140620165558/http://www.energysquad.com/blog/posts/products-and-brands/doe-launches-buildings-performance-database|archive-date = June 20, 2014}}</ref>
A factsheet put out by the [[White House Press Room]] on May 28, 2014, cited the BuildingsBuilding Performance Database as an example of a success story, saying that it has exceeded a milestone of 750,000 building records, making it the world’sworld's largest public database of real buildings’ energy performance information.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://wwwobamawhitehouse.whitehousearchives.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/28/fact-sheet-harnessing-power-data-clean-secure-and-reliable-energy-future|title = FACT SHEET: Harnessing the Power of Data for a Clean, Secure, and Reliable Energy Future|date = May 28, 2014|accessdate via= June 20, 2014[[NARA|publisherNational Archives]]|work= [[Whitewhitehouse.gov]]|access-date House= PressJune Room]]20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/white-house-touts-energy-data-as-an-important-national-resource|title = Is the White House’sHouse's Open Data Strategy Working for Energy?|last = Lacey|first = Stephen|date = June 2, 2014|accessdateaccess-date = June 20, 2014|publisher = Green Tech Media}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207394-feds-ramp-up-energy-climate-data-programs/|title =Feds http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207394-feds-ramp- up- energy-, climate- data- programs|last = Cama|first = Timothy|date = May 28, 2014|accessdateaccess-date = June 20, 2014|publisherwork = ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]''}}</ref>
==Data and API==
The BPD has an [[application programming interface]] (API) that can return the [[energy use intensity]] for any group of buildings defined by an API request. AllThe buildingBPD datacontains isbusiness protectedproprietary byand theconfidential [[Confidentialinformation, Informationand all data is Protectionanonymized and Statisticalcan Efficiencyonly Act]]be (CIPSEA)analyzed in aggregate. The API can be accessed using [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], or [[cURL]].<ref name=developers>{{cite web|url=https://bpd.lbl.gov/developers/|title = developers (Buildings Performance Database)|publisher = [[Berkeley Lab]]|accessdateaccess-date = June 20, 2014}}</ref>
==References==
{{official website|bpd.lbl.gov}}
[[Category:Building energy rating]]
[[Category:Energy conservation]]
[[Category:Online databases]]
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