Building parameter variation impacts on the energy efficiency performance and peak heating/cooling demand of low and high-performance lightweight detached dwellings in Australian cool temperate climates

This dataset is comprised of the dwelling and material characteristics, simulation matrix, charts, and simulation results extracted, extrapolated and analysed from output files of the Australian Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) accredited software, AccuRate Sustainability (v2.4.3.21 SP1). The data were used to analyse the influence of key building parameter variations on the energy efficiency (expressed as NatHERS star ratings) and peak heating and cooling demands of lightweight detached dwellings. The scope includes unadapted, low-performance (<6-star) and adapted, high-performance (>6-star) dwellings within Australia's cool temperate climates. The simulation methodology is detailed in Chapters 3–7 of the associated PhD thesis '𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴' by Soo Kang Jack Tan, and the data files themselves support Chapters 4-7 of the thesis. The chapters are also supported by publications that are in the manuscript stage of production at the time of creation of this data record. The underlying AccuRate software models are not included in this dataset but can be requested by contacting the principal supervisor, Dr. Mark Dewsbury ([e-mail]), or the author ([e-mail]).