14 September 2026
Ontology for urban building energy modelling (UBEM) and master planning (MP) data
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A relationship between a device, zone or technical system and its consumed energy
consumes energy
A relationship between a facility and its consumed utilities
consumes utilities
has area
A relationship between an electricity generating device and the peak power it can generate
has peak power
A relationship linking the building's roof or wall facade with their area that is suitable for receiving solar energy.
has solar suitable area
A relationship between a solar device capable of generating electricity and its specific yield, which is given by dividing the amount of energy generated by the device's peak power over the course of a year
has specific yield
A relationship linking the building's roof or wall facade to their theoretical energy produced from a specified solar device. Energy production is dependent on both the solar device type and solar suitable area available.
has theoretical energy production
A relationship between an energy generating device and the amount of carbond dioxide that it could save
produces CO2 savings
A relationship that links the solar device to the energy it produces
produces energy
A relationship between a device or a building and the radiation that it receives
receives radiation
A relationship between a measure and a string containing information on how the measure was calculated
has calculation basis
Annual CO2 savings
Annual cooling consumption
Annual electricity consumption
Annual electricity supply
Annual gas consumption
Annual grid consumption
Annual heat supply
Annual heating consumption
Annual oil consumption
Annual solar irradiation
Annual thermal consumption
Annual water consumption
The amount of carbon dioxide savings a device could produce
CO2 savings
The amount of thermal energy consumed by a cooling system
Cooling consumption
The amount of electricity consumed by appliances and lighting
Electricity consumption
The amount of electricity energy produced
Electricity supply
The amount of energy consumed by an energy consuming facility
Energy consumption
The amount of energy produced by an energy generating facility or device
Energy supply
The amount of gas consumed by a facility
Gas consumption
The total grid electricity energy consumption
Grid consumption
The amount of heat energy produced
Heat supply
The amount of thermal energy consumed by a heating system
Heating consumption
The amount of oil consumed by a facility
Oil consumption
Photovoltaic panel: converts solar radiation into usable electrical energy
PV panel
The area of a photovoltaic panel
PV panel area
Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector: converts solar radiation into usable thermal and electrical energy
PVT collector
The area of a photovoltaic thermal collector
PVT collector area
Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector with thermal plate collector
PVT plate collector
The total area of photovoltaic thermal collectors with thermal plate collectors
PVT plate collector area
Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector with thermal tube collector
PVT tube collector
The total area of photovoltaic thermal collectors with thermal tube collectors
PVT tube collector area
Average solar radiation energy on a suitable roof area during a year. Minor shading on the surface is taken into account.
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Solar collector: converts solar radiation into usable thermal energy
Solar collector
The area of a solar collector
Solar collector area
An energy generator that converts solar radiation into usable energy.
Solar device
Energy received from solar radation incident on an area, over a time period
Solar irradiation
The amount of thermal energy consumed by a heating/cooling system
Thermal consumption
Plate solar collector
Thermal plate collector
The area of a thermal plate collector
Thermal plate collector area
Tube solar collector
Thermal tube collector
The area of a thermal tube collector
Thermal tube collector area
The amount of utilities consumed by a facility
Utilities consumption
The amount of water consumed by an water consuming facility
Water consumption