Department of Energy

Buildings Technology Baseline

Name: Buildings Technology Baseline
Creator: Department of Energy

It compiles current and projected data for major building energy technologies, supporting cost/benefit analyses. Each record includes specific metrics for technology performance, retail costs, and installed prices.

Example records

Namebrand	Websitewebsite	Source #identifier	Descriptionadditional data
Market Research Reports	Links available in Specific Data Sources	20	To estimate projections for price and efficiency c
GEB Databook - Grid-Interactive Efficient Building	https://escholarship.org/content/qt44t4c2v6/qt44t4	18	For all controls and energy storage technologies w
Industry Article	Links available in Specific Data Sources	17	For some commercial technologies, industry article

Use cases

Energy Technology Vendor Qualification

A procurement analyst at a commercial real estate firm evaluating HVAC or lighting upgrade vendors cross-references the research organizations cited in this dataset to assess whether a vendor's claimed efficiency ratings and cost projections are backed by credible, government-recognized sources.

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Building Retrofit Underwriting Support

An insurance underwriter pricing a policy for a commercial building undergoing an energy retrofit uses the cost and performance baselines cited in this dataset to validate the contractor's projected savings figures and assess whether the retrofit scope aligns with industry-recognized benchmarks.

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Market Sizing for Energy Technology Sales

A sales intelligence team at a building controls manufacturer maps which research organizations and reports are shaping DOE cost projections, then targets those institutions as potential channel partners or reference customers to influence future baseline assumptions.

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