Development of a comprehensive database for building energy performance benchmarking in the ASEAN region

Background

This project aims to collect, correlate, test and establish an accurate and reliable database for benchmarking energy consumption and efficiency in commercial buildings.

The key deliverables of the project are to identify and develop:

• A Methodology for peer benchmarking of Building Energy Consumption and Efficiency within an ASEAN city;
• An Interactive internet-based Energy Benchmarking System for access by building owners and managers;
• A Classification of Building Energy Performance which pave the way for building energy labelling.

The information and database developed will be very useful to both the energy services procurers as well as the energy services companies and the findings will be useful to both local and international practices. This project will benefit the following target groups:

- Building owners;
- Financiers;
- Energy services companies (ESCOs);
- Public agencies accrediting ESCOs.

The project's main activities will include the following:

- Data collection;
- Performance simulations;
- Review of existing systems and documentation.

From this project, an internet based energy benchmarking system will be developed, which can objectively confirm with a building owner where his/her building ranked in percentile. This will strongly encourage low performers to upgrade owing to loss of income in comparison with competitors. The incentive to upgrade is therefore significantly increased. From the benchmarking curve, managers can target the level of upgrading and the expected saving. The database serves as an objective resource which building owners can rely on, making the managers and ESCOs' case stronger when it comes to convincing the management for retrofitting work. The benchmark can also give guidance and targets for new buildings.

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