Data Sources for Archetype-based Energy and Material Use Estimation for the Residential Buildings in Arab Gulf Countries

<p><strong>Dataset Name:</strong><br> <em>Literature Data&nbsp;and Archetype Parameter Sheets for the publication, named&nbsp;Archetype-based Energy and Material Use Estimation for the Residential Buildings in Arab Gulf Countries</em>.</p> <p><strong>Description:</strong><br> This dataset includes Excel sheets containing literature sources and archetypal data on GCC countries&#39; residential dwelling typologies.</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> Excel sheet containing literature sources and references,</li> <li>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<em>[CountryName]_ArchetypeParameters.xlsx</em>: Archetype models&#39; semantic, geometric, and technical data used in the generation of energy models,</li> <li>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<em>[CountryName]_Schedules.xlsx:</em> Excel sheet containing the operation schedules for countries.&nbsp;The sheet is compiled&nbsp;from literature sources and reorganized by expert consensus and given in Designbuilder input format,</li> <li>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<em>[CountryName]_Stock.xlsx:</em> Excel sheet containing additional data on the building stock,</li> <li><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; VacantHouses.xlsx</em>: Vacant house rates for the countries, the found articles on the web, literature sources, etc.,</li> </ul> <p><strong>Usage:</strong><br> The dataset is intended for researching and analyzing the GCC countries&#39; residential buildings. The literature sources included in the [CountryName]_LiteratureSources.xlsx and&nbsp;[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, Chibuikem Chrysogonus Nwagwu, Niko Heeren, and Edgar Hertwich. 2023. &ldquo;Archetype-Based Energy and Material Use Estimation for the Residential Buildings in Arab Gulf Countries.&rdquo; Energy and Buildings 298: 113537. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113537.</p> <p><strong>Contact:</strong><br> The archetypes&#39; energy models (DesignBuilder or IDF files) can be provided on request. If you have any questions or comments about the dataset, please contact <strong>sahin.akin@ntnu.no, the corresponding author.</strong></p>