Energy Efficiency Completed Projects: Beginning 1987 is a dataset from the New York Power Authority documenting energy-efficiency improvements in public schools and government facilities. It contains project location, customer name, total cost, and calculated energy and emissions reductions. The data is updated quarterly and covers projects implemented since 1987.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in total cost and energy reduction (electric, natural gas, oil) across different project locations over time.
- Model the relationship between project cost and greenhouse gas emissions reductions for different customer types.
- Cluster projects by location and customer name to identify regional patterns in energy efficiency investments.
- Forecast future energy savings based on historical project data including project name and implementation date.
Strengths
- Quarterly update schedule ensures ongoing data additions.
- Temporal coverage spans from 1987 to present, providing long-term trend analysis.
Limitations
- Specific row count, file size, and sample data are unavailable for assessing volume.
- Data is geographically limited to projects within New York State.
Provenance
- Source
- New York Power Authority, State of New York.
- Collection Method
- Collected from the Authority's program management records as projects are implemented.
- Time Range
- 1987 to present.
- Freshness
- Updated quarterly, with a last updated date of 2026-04 04.
- Geography
- New York State, USA.