Regional Studies

The Commercial Building Stock Assessment (CBSA) is a periodic study of energy use in existing commercial buildings in the Northwest (Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington). The study is conducted by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) in partnership with the Bonneville Power Administration, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Energy Trust of Oregon and regional…

This appendix presents updated versions of all summary tables and graphs provided in Appendix A and Appendix AA to the 2014 Northwest Commercial Building Stock Assessment Final Report. These updates represent the compilation of survey data collected from the 859 buildings sampled as part of the 2014 Core CBSA, as well as 521 additional sites…

The 2014 CBSA database includes more than 250 variables for each site, including building type and functional use, building size, detailed information about building envelope, fenestration, lighting, and HVAC equipment. NEEA leads the CBSA project in partnership with stakeholder work groups that provide technical expertise and project guidance on sample design, building data variables, and…

This data dictionary provides details on each of the variables found in the 2014 CBSA Database.  Each table of data found in the database is separated into its own tab in this file.  Each tab contains the FACT database variable name, the associated survey question, a detailed description of each variable, and a definition of…