If you have any comments or suggestions about the tool please email [email protected]
Features
- A new method for the production of energy benchmarks (see links to resources explaining the new methodology below).
- A dynamic presentation of energy benchmarks in a graphical format (based on the cumulative frequency distribution*) with interactive features.
- Regional (geographic and climate regions) as well as national energy benchmarks.
- A version control facility which provides annual energy benchmarks.
- Regular updates without having to wait for the longer revision cycle of printed publications.
- June 2021, new domestic energy benchmarks added
- April 2021, new higher education energy benchmarks added
- January 2021, new prison energy benchmarks added
Energy benchmarks can assist with the evaluation of operational energy use and is a valuable way of making informed decisions relating to the design and operation of buildings.
Find out more about the new tool by watching the webinar below.
The slides for this webinar can be downloaded from the Links to other resources section below.
This platform aims to gradually update and replace the energy benchmarks in table 20.1 of CIBSE Guide F: Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Currently, most of the energy benchmarks available in the platform are a direct transfer from the latest edition of Guide F, table 20.1. Revised benchmarks have been introduced for some building types (see below) which are based on various datasets (source is indicated in each building type display page).
Revised energy benchmarks for selected building types in the following categories:
- Education – Schools
- Entertainment
- Hospitals
- Local Authority Buildings
- Offices
- Primary health care
- Public buildings
- Sports and recreation
- Domestic
- Prisons
- Higher education
CIBSE is investing on the ongoing development of the energy benchmarks and the tool. A five-year collaboration with UCL aims to revise as many of the energy benchmarks of the existing building types as possible and add new building types (e.g. domestic) whenever new datasets become available. Work is also underway to further develop the tool (phase 2) and allow a more interactive user interface with personalised profile pages, exemplar case studies etc.
Links to other resources
- Energy Benchmarking Tool Webinar Slides - 29.7.19
- Hong, S., 2018.Analysing Trends of Energy Use of Offices and Schools Using Display Energy Certificates, In: CIBSE Technical Symposium, 12-13 April 2018, London, UK
- Robertson, C., Mumovic, D., Hong, S. 2015. Crowd-sourced building intelligence: the potential to go beyond existing benchmarks for effective insight, feedback and targeting, Intelligent Buildings International. DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2014.987639
- Hong, S.M., Paterson, G., Burman, E., Mumovic, D., Steadman, P. 2014. A comparative study of benchmarking approaches for non-domestic buildings: Part I: Top-down approach. International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment. 2(2), pp 119-130
- Burman, E., Hong, S., Paterson, G., Kimpian, J. and Mumovic, D. 2014. A comparative study of benchmarking approaches for non-domestic buildings: part 2 - Bottom-up approach, International Journa of Sustainable Built Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsbe.2014.12.001
- Hong, S.M., Paterson, G., Mumovic, D., Steadman, P. 2013. Improved benchmarking comparability for energy consumption in schools, Building Research and Information. 42(1), pp 47-61
- Hawkins D., Hong, S.M., Raslan, R., Mumovic, D., Hanna, S. 2012. Determinants of energy use in UK Higher Education Buildings Using Statistical and Artificial Neural Network Methods, International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, 1(1), pp 50-63
Benchmarking Registration
CIBSE’s Energy Benchmarking Tool is an online platform which uses energy data as it becomes available to provide relevant and reliable benchmarks that represent the current trends of energy use in buildings.
Access via this form. More on the tool below.