Modeled Energy Savings for Residential Retrofit Measures 2007-2012

Modeled first-year savings for energy efficiency measures in one-to-four unit homes from 2007 to 2012. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) produced this dataset to backcast estimated savings against metered data. It includes project and measure identifiers alongside cost, quantity, and savings estimates across multiple fuel types.

Use Cases

• Calculate the Savings-to-Investment Ratio (SIR) for specific Measure Categories like insulation or HVAC using Measure Cost and Measure Estimated Annual Energy Savings.
• Compare fuel-specific savings potentials by analyzing columns like Measure Estimated Annual Electric Savings (kWh) and Measure Estimated Annual Natural Gas Savings (MMBtu).
• Assess the scale of retrofits by aggregating Measure Quantity across projects for a given Measure Sub-category.
• Validate energy savings models by joining on Project ID with the companion meter-evaluated project dataset for normalized savings comparison.

Strengths

• Includes 18 specific data columns covering cost, quantity, life, and multi-fuel savings estimates.
• Temporal coverage spans 6 years from 2007 through 2012 for completed projects.

Limitations

• Dataset represents a subset of projects, not the full population, limiting generalizability.
• Savings figures are modeled estimates, not directly measured, introducing potential prediction error.

Provenance

Source

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Collection Method

Modeled savings derived from a subset of projects in the Residential Existing Homes Energy Efficiency Projects dataset.

Time Range

2007 – 2012

Freshness

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Geography

State of New York, USA