Data for Climate Action

The reduction of energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the urban built environment has emerged as one of the greatest challenges of the 21 st century. The Paris Climate Agreement calls on the global community to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius through significant reductions in carbon emissions. Given the need for immediate action, cities and urban areas are increasingly taking the lead in addressing this challenge, as cities are positioned to make substantial impacts through improvements to building energy efficiency while facing dramatic consequences of inaction through increased risk from sea-level rise and extreme events.

 

Our aim is to advance energy and carbon modeling and public policy and investment decisions in cities in a way that is efficient, equitable, scalable, and rapidly deployable. This project, in collaboration with city, federal, and international organizations, develops methods and tools that combine data-driven statistical and physical models to generate hyperlocal models of urban carbon emissions, building energy performance, and energy-use behaviors.

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Paper
/ Mar 30,2020

The impact of mandatory energy audits

on building energy use 

by Constantine Kontokosta, Danielle Spiegel-Feld, Sokratis Papadopoulos
more on: energy, regulation
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Paper
/ Aug 17,2019

Topic modeling to discover the thematic structure

and spatial-temporal patterns of building renovation 

by Yuan Lai, Constantine Kontokosta
more on: data, development
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Paper
/ Jan 03,2019

Grading buildings on energy performance

using city benchmarking data 

by Sokratis Papadopoulos, Constantine Kontokosta
more on: data, energy

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Dec 09,2023

Civic Analytics

Releases Updated Research for Urban Residents and Managers

more on: environment
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Nov 08,2023

American Meteorological Society 23rd Conference

on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science

more on: emissions
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Aug 26,2021

Civic Analytics Researchers Receive Award

Researchers Receive JAPA Article of the Year Award

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