Energy

Energy-related research is a key focus area for the EIDC. One of our main goals is to understand energy usage across the US so that researchers, policymakers, and community leaders can harness this information on building characteristics to make buildings greener, smarter, and healthier.

Data

The EIDC platform has multiple energy consumption and pricing-related datasets (marked ‘energy’), including a newly released, massive building-level energy use dataset:

BlocPower building energy data

This dataset contains individual building level energy use data for 121 million buildings and thousands of variables such as building characteristics, energy usage, energy source, energy efficiency. Data sourced from real tax assessment records was used to generate estimates of energy use. This is currently the largest and highest-resolution building energy use data available for use.

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Climate Trace Emission Inventory

The climate TARCK uses satellites, other remote sensing techniques, and artificial intelligence to deliver a detailed, independent look at global emissions.

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Projects

Introduction to BlocPower

Learn about the data and explore interactive visualizations.

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Exploratory analysis of the BlocPower dataset

Learn more about zipcode-level characteristics of the data and compare with other similar datasets to analyze and validate in Python.

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We want to hear from you

If you have any questions, need some help, have feedback or requests for us, or would like our help setting up EIDC for your classroom, don’t hesitate to reach out to eidc@georgetown.edu!

Research

All Energy Research

Posters

Himangshu Kumar ’24 and Anthony Moubarak ’24– MDI Scholars Fall 2023 Research Showcase Poster

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December 15, 2023

Featured Research, News

Reevaluating the Low Income Energy Assistance Program- A Proposal For a More Equitable Distribution Formula

September 4, 2023

Featured Research, News

A deep dive into U.S. residential energy usage: Challenges and opportunities for clean energy transition and equitable access to energy

August 17, 2023

Featured Research, News

Understanding Building Energy Efficiency across the US using BlocPower Data

July 22, 2023