Department of Energy

Buildings Performance Database API

The Buildings Performance Database (BPD) is a DOE repository of anonymized empirical performance records for commercial and residential buildings. The BPD API allows partners to query aggregate distributions and compare cohorts of buildings across attributes such as building type, vintage, climate zone, and energy use intensity.

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https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/application-programming-interface

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: doe:buildings-performance-database
name: Buildings Performance Database API
description: The Buildings Performance Database (BPD) is a DOE repository of anonymized empirical performance
  records for commercial and residential buildings. The BPD API allows partners to query aggregate distributions
  and compare cohorts of buildings across attributes such as building type, vintage, climate zone, and
  energy use intensity.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/application-programming-interface
baseURL: https://api.example.com
tags:
- BPD
- Benchmarking
- Buildings
- Energy Efficiency
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/application-programming-interface
contact:
- FN: DOE Building Technologies Office
  url: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings