Energy Use Data Reference

The full list of properties for energy use and energy use intensity are provided below. The Zod schema is found in src/content.config.ts as energyUseSchema.

All the energy use and energy use intensity files are found in src/content/energy/*.json. Each energy use file is a JSON file on its own, and is an array consisting of 12 objects with the following key-value pairs.

Properties

`month`

Required

Type: string

Specifies the month of the data in MMM format e.g. Jan.

`equipment`

Required

Type: number

Specifies the equipment energy usage in kWh.

`lighting`

Required

Type: number

Specifies the lighting energy usage in kWh.

`heating`

Required

Type: number

Specifies the heating energy usage in kWh.

`cooling`

Required

Type: number

Specifies the cooling energy usage in kWh.

`fans`

Type: number

Specifies the fans energy usage in kWh.

`pumps`

Type: number

Specifies the pumps energy usage in kWh.

`humid`

Type: number

Specifies the humidity energy usage in kWh.

`heatReject`

Type: number

Specifies the heat rejection energy usage in kWh.

`hotWater`

Type: number

Specifies the hot water energy usage in kWh.

Example

This example shows how the contents of the energy use data file may be structured.

[
  {
    "month": "Jan",
    "equipment": 12352.06,
    "lighting": 16406.14,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 45621.59
  },
  {
    "month": "Feb",
    "equipment": 11199.56,
    "lighting": 14914.67,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 45128.93
  },
  {
    "month": "Mar",
    "equipment": 12684.25,
    "lighting": 17151.87,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 55137.41
  },
  {
    "month": "Apr",
    "equipment": 11524.97,
    "lighting": 14914.67,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 53582.65
  },
  {
    "month": "May",
    "equipment": 12684.25,
    "lighting": 17151.87,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 58806.69
  },
  {
    "month": "Jun",
    "equipment": 12189.35,
    "lighting": 16406.14,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 56632.01
  },
  {
    "month": "Jul",
    "equipment": 12019.87,
    "lighting": 15660.4,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 53311.51
  },
  {
    "month": "Aug",
    "equipment": 12684.25,
    "lighting": 17151.87,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 52840.14
  },
  {
    "month": "Sep",
    "equipment": 11857.16,
    "lighting": 15660.4,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 48548.3
  },
  {
    "month": "Oct",
    "equipment": 12352.06,
    "lighting": 16406.14,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 53243.76
  },
  {
    "month": "Nov",
    "equipment": 12189.35,
    "lighting": 16406.14,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 50257.2
  },
  {
    "month": "Dec",
    "equipment": 12019.87,
    "lighting": 15660.4,
    "heating": 0.0,
    "cooling": 45249.42
  }
]