Buildings may be exported from and imported into the Audit Template individually or in bulk to create duplicate report entries, to save data entry steps, and/or to facilitate the transfer of data to and from other software platforms using BuildingSync® XML files. See the Importing and Exporting page for details.
BuildingSync® XML, developed by National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is a standardized language for commercial building energy audit data that software developers may use to exchange data between audit tools. For more information on BuildingSync, visit https://buildingsync.net, which includes a data dictionary, example files, and an implementation guide (see https://buildingsync.net/documents/).
The BuildingSync XML schema changelog displayed here may be used as a reference for developers to see what has been updated in version releases and incorporated into the Audit Template.
v2.4.0 - 31 Oct 2022
- Supported schema versions:
- Only "2.4.0" is allowed as value of /auc:BuildingSync/@version property.
- Audits:
- Replaced "Early Compliance" user-defined field with //auc:Report/auc:EarlyCompliance element.
- Replaced "Audit Filing Status" user-defined field with //auc:Report/auc:FilingStatus element.
- Buildings:
- Replaced "Demising Above Grade Wall Area" user-defined field with //auc:Building/auc:TotalCommonConditionedAboveGradeWallArea element.
- Replaced "Multi Tenant" user-defined field with //auc:Building/auc:MultiTenant element.
- Removed "Onsite Generation Operation Average Annual Hours" user-defined field.
- Removed "Onsite Generation Operation Average Annual Hours Is Not Applicable" user-defined field.
- Cogeneration systems:
- Added //auc:OnsiteStorageTransmissionGenerationSystemType[BackupGenerator="false" & CapacityUnits = "kBtu/hr"]/auc:AverageAnnualOperatingHours element.
- Added "Average Annual Operating Hours Is Not Applicable" user-defined field.
- Domestic hot water systems:
- Added //auc:DomesticHotWaterSystem/auc:ModelNumber element.
- Added "Model Number Is Not Applicable" user-defined field.
- Added //auc:DomesticHotWaterSystem/auc:HotWaterSetpointTemperature element.
- Added "Hot Water Setpoint Temperature Is Not Applicable" user-defined field.
- Energy savings measures:
- Added //auc:Measure/auc:MeasureSavingsAnalysis/auc:AnnualSavingsByFuels element.
- Roofs:
- Added //auc:Roof/auc:YearInstalled element.
- Added "Year Installed Is Not Applicable" user-defined field.
- Use types:
- Replaced "Percentage Dwellings Occupied" user-defined field with //auc:Section/auc:SpatialUnits/auc:SpatialUnit[auc:SpatialUnitType = "Apartment units"]/auc:SpatialUnitOccupiedPercentage element.
- Replaced "Quantity Of Dwellings" user-defined field with //auc:Section/auc:SpatialUnits/auc:SpatialUnit[auc:SpatialUnitType = "Apartment units"]/auc:NumberOfUnits element.
- Windows:
- Added //auc:FenestrationSystem[auc:FenestrationSystemType/auc:Window]/auc:YearInstalled element.
- Added "Year Installed Is Not Applicable" user-defined field.
v2.3.0
Initial commit.