ETHOS.BUILDA

ETHOS.BUILDA is a database containing building-level data for the German building stock. It is based on various data sources that are combined and enriched with machine learning approaches to generate one consistent and complete building dataset. The database is released under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL). The sources of the data points and information on the type of processing that was done to assign the information from the raw data to the building in ETHOS.BUILDA are included in the query results.

Access

You can either send HTTP requests to the API endpoints documented below or use the ready-made Python API client.

About us

We are the Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Techno-economic Systems Analysis (IEK-3) belonging to the Forschungszentrum Jülich. Our interdisciplinary institute's research is focusing on energy-related process and systems analyses. Data searches and system simulations are used to determine energy and mass balances, as well as to evaluate performance, emissions and costs of energy systems. The results are used for performing comparative assessment studies between the various systems. Our current priorities include the development of energy strategies, in accordance with the German Federal Government’s greenhouse gas reduction targets, by designing new infrastructures for sustainable and secure energy supply chains and by conducting cost analysis studies for integrating new technologies into future energy market frameworks.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Helmholtz Association under the program "Energy System Design".