PACE REFIT building archetype load curves

Description: This dataset was generated as part of the PACE REFITS project. Contract number SI/501883-01. This data is a sample dataset. The complete data for all retrofit cases is used in the MANGOret Optimisation Framework.

For more information contact Ivalin Petkov - [e-mail]

Publications:
Ivalin Petkov, Georgios Mavromatidis, Christof Knoeri, James Allan, Volker H. Hoffmann
MANGOret: An optimization framework for the long-term investment planning of building multi-energy system and envelope retrofits. 2022

Authors: James Allan, Portia Murray, Ivalin Petkov, Georgios Mavromatidis

Source Data: OpenSteetMap; Gebäude und wohnungsregister, BFS; STATENT, BFS; swissBoundaries3D, SwissTopo)

Contents:
Name:annual_simulation_summary,
Details: Aggregated annual space heating, cooling and electricity demands.

Name:centroid_details,
Details: Details about each centroid/archetype and their percentage assignment to the building stock of Switzerland

Name:regional_boundaries_with_canton_name
Details: An ESRI Shapefile containing the boundaries of the climatic zones used for simulation

Name: profiles
Details: Daily and hourly demand profiles for each centroid/archetype listed in the annual_simulation_summary.
The name convention for each file is based on the fields in the annual simulation summary.
profiles/<demand_resolution>/<centroid_fid>_<retrofit_measure>_<rcp>_<simulation_year>_<demand_resolution> where demand
resolution is either daily or hourly. The rest of the fields are explained in the accompanying field_descriptors.csv.

Institute: UESL, EMPA

Corresponding author: James Allan