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Buildstock Fetch Enhancements

A reference for additional data enhancements from Switchbox.

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Additional upgrade scenarios

In addition to the upgrade scenarios directly available from NREL's S3 database, buildstock-fetch offers a handful of additional upgrade scenarios for the 2024 ResStock release. These include:

  1. Upgrade 17: ENERGY STAR heat pump with elec backup + Full Appliance Electrification with Efficiency
  2. Upgrade 18: High efficiency cold-climate air-to-air heat pump with electric backup + Full Appliance Electrification with Efficiency
  3. Upgrade 19: Ultra high efficiency heat pump with elec backup + Full Appliance Electrification with Efficiency
  4. Upgrade 20: ENERGY STAR heat pump with existing system as backup + Full Appliance Electrification with Efficiency
  5. Upgrade 21: Geothermal heat pump + Full Appliance Electrification with Efficiency
  6. Upgrade 22: Full Appliance Electrification with Efficiency Only

These upgrades were calculated by combining parts of different upgrades. The table below shows the composition of each upgrade scenario.

Upgrade ID HVAC Appliances Envelope
17 1 1 1
18 2 2 2
19 3 3 3
20 4 4 4
21 5 5 5
22 0 0 0

More detail on which specific columns correspond to the functional groups (e.g. HVAC, appliances, envelope) above, see file: buildstock_fetch/data/load_curve_column_map/data_dictionary_2024_load_curve_labeled.csv.