KPI Comparison Matrix v1.0 — climate-resilience indicators for residential buildings in arid South American climates

First public release

Initial release of the KPI Comparison Matrix — a documented dataset of 17 climate-resilience indicators for residential buildings in arid South American climates (BWk/BSk Köppen-Geiger).

Contents

17 KPIs documented across three tiers:

5 CORE indicators (computed on 100% of cases)

7 EXTENSION indicators (when data permits)

5 EXPLORATORY indicators (opportunistic)

For each KPI: formal definition, assumptions, limitations in BWk/BSk, regional extension rationale, and verified bibliographic references.

Released formats

data/kpi_comparison_matrix.csv — citable dataset, UTF-8, RFC 4180.

data/kpi_comparison_matrix.xlsx — formatted version with three sheets (README, KPI matrix, Tier legend) and tier-based colour coding.

README.md + kpi_matrix_README.pdf — descriptive document explaining motivation, structure, limitations and rationale.

Reproducibility

The dataset is generated from a single source of truth (kpi_definitions.py) via a build script. Run make all to regenerate.

Citation

Barea Paci, G. J. (2026). KPI Comparison Matrix v1.0 — climate-resilience indicators for residential buildings in arid South American climates. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19964373

Companion software

This dataset is consumed by the Python package aridkpi (forthcoming, Sprint 2 deliverable) which implements the 5 CORE KPIs.

Funding and affiliation

Developed at INAHE-CONICET Mendoza as the first deliverable of the 2026–2029 research plan presented to the Carrera del Investigador Científico of CONICET.