Methodology, Semantics: a Digest
Posted: September 5th, 2009 | Author: Chuck MillerThe “certificates of occupancy” (CO) accessed through the NYC dept. of Buildings Building Information System (BIS) confirm the number of floors in the building, the primary “use” of each floor, and the number of “dwellings” per floor. The Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) contains tabulated data that indicates average annual energy consumption in 1000 Btu’s per square foot per use of buildings within a specific 3 state region for total “major fuel” use (In question for us, is the “Middle Atlantic” region, combining New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey). It also contains the same information on energy consumption in kWh per square foot for electricity. Read the rest of this entry »