[Bldg-sim] CBECS 2007 Not to be Released and CBECS 2011 Not to be Funded

Jason Glazer jglazer at gard.com
Tue May 3 10:19:11 PDT 2011


The following is from the CBECS main web page located at:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/

This is bad news to the modeling community.

Jason


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                 CBECS Status

EIA regrets to report that the 2007 Commercial Buildings 
Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) has not yielded valid 
statistical estimates of building counts, energy 
characteristics, consumption, and expenditures.  Because the 
data do not meet EIA standards for quality, credible energy 
information, neither data tables nor a public use file will 
be released.  In the interim, EIA will develop key energy 
indicators for commercial buildings in collaboration with 
EIA’s forecasting staff for the Annual Energy Outlook.

Factors contributing to this outcome include the use of a 
cheaper but experimental survey frame and sampling method by 
EIA’s prime contractor, design errors in the construction of 
the method and selection of common building types, and an 
inability to monitor and manage its use in a production 
survey environment.  EIA has reviewed and introduced 
significant changes in its procurement and project 
management standards that will prevent this type of loss in 
the future.

As reported in the EIA Press Release, "Immediate Reductions 
in EIA's Energy Data and Analysis Programs Necessitated by 
FY 2011 Funding Cut" 
(http://www.eia.gov/pressroom/releases/press362.cfm), work 
on the 2011 CBECS has been suspended at this time.

-- 
Jason Glazer, P.E., GARD Analytics, 90.1 ECB chair
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