Archetype-based Life-Cycle Assessment of National Residential Building Stocks: Resource Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Western Asia and Northern Africa

<p><strong>Dataset Name:</strong><br><em>Literature Data and Archetype Parameter Sheets for the publication, named Archetype-based Life-Cycle Assessment of National Residential Building Stocks: Resource Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Western Asia and Northern Africa.</em></p> <p><strong>Description:</strong><br>This dataset includes Excel sheets containing literature sources and archetypal data on Western Asian and North African countries' residential dwelling typologies. As well as Vacancy rates used and simulation results.</p> <p><strong>Files:</strong><br>The following files are included in the dataset:</p> <ul> <li>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<em>[CountryName]_LiteratureSources.xlsx:</em>&nbsp;Excel sheet containing literature sources and references,</li> <li>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<em>[CountryName]_ArchetypeParameters.xlsx</em>: Archetype models' semantic, geometric, and technical data used in the generation of energy models,</li> <li><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; VacantHouses.xlsx</em>: Vacant house rates for the countries, the found articles on the web, literature sources, etc.,</li> <li>&nbsp; &nbsp; <em>Resource Use Results:</em> BuildME Simulation Results</li> </ul> <p><strong>Usage:</strong><br>The dataset is intended for researching and analyzing the Western Asian and North African countries' residential buildings. The literature sources included in the [CountryName]_LiteratureSources.xlsx and [CountryName]_ArchetypeParameters.xlsx files can be used to verify, support, or reproduce the research findings.</p> <p><strong>License:</strong><br>The dataset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.</p> <p><strong>Citation:</strong><br>If you use this dataset in your research, please cite it as follows and contact the corresponding author:</p> <p>Akin, Sahin, Aida Eghbali, Chibuikem Chrysogonus Nwagwu, and Edgar Hertwich. 2024. &ldquo;Archetype-based Life-Cycle Assessment of National Residential Building Stocks: Resource Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Western Asia and Northern Africa&rdquo;&nbsp; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13380340.</p> <p><strong>Contact:</strong><br>The archetypes' energy models (DesignBuilder or IDF files) can be provided on request. If you have any questions or comments about the dataset, please contact&nbsp;<strong>sahin.akin@ntnu.no, the corresponding author.</strong></p>