U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Building Technologies Program – Commercial Building Initiative
New Construction Commercial Reference Buildings - Archive
Here you will find past versions of the reference buildings for new construction commercial buildings, organized by building type and location. A summary of building types and climate zones is available for reference. Current versions are also available.
You can download ZIP files that contain the following:
- An EnergyPlus software input file (.idf)
- An html file showing the results from the EnergyPlus simulation (.html)
- A spreadsheet that summarizes the inputs and results for each location (.xls)
- The EnergyPlus TMY2 weather file (.epw).
Archived Reference Buildings
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Climate Zone
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Version 1.0_3.0
updated 11/25/08
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Version 1.1_3.1
updated 5/5/09
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Version 1.2_4.0
updated 10/31/09 |
1A Miami, Florida |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
2A Houston, Texas |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
2B Phoenix, Arizona |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
3A Atlanta, Georgia |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
3B Los Angeles, California |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
3B Las Vegas, Nevada |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
3C San Francisco, California |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
4A Baltimore, Maryland |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
(ZIP 2 MB) |
4B Albuquerque, New Mexico |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
4C Seattle, Washington |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
5A Chicago, Illinois |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
5B Boulder, Colorado |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
6A Minneapolis, Minnesota |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
6B Helena, Montana |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
7 Duluth, Minnesota |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
8 Fairbanks, Alaska |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
(ZIP 1.9 MB) |
Other Files
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