TIMEPAC – Guidelines to create archetypes of the building stock from EPC data

Among the objectives of the Directive, the national building renovation plan is mandatory. Building archetypes, which are representative of clusters within the building stock, can significantly contribute to the formulation of a national building renovation plan. These archetypes encapsulate the diverse characteristics of the building stock, thereby improving the accuracy of urban energy models while simultaneously reducing their complexity, as to engage multiple stakeholders. The guidelines aim to provide a methodology to conduct a statistical analysis on the EPC database, as a core source of information to create the archetypes and analyse the energy performance status of the building stock. An important phase is dedicated to check the quality of the data provided by the certificates that is crucial to assure the validity of the outcomes.