BEDES Dictionary

Premises
Term	Term Definition	Lists	Unit of Measure
Earthquake Zone	If the property is in an earthquake zone, what is the source of the zone designation.	View	None
eGRID Subregion Code	The eGRID (Emissions and Generation Resource Database) subregion code associated with the data being described.	View	None
Elevation	The elevation (distance above sea level) at the site.		ft
Energy Metered Premises	Designation of what areas within the premises are covered by energy meters.	View	None
Federal Sustainability Checklist Completion Percentage	Percentage of the Federal High Performance sustainability Checklist that has been completed for federal building in Portfolio Manager.		percent
Finished Status	The condition of the premises relative to the amount of work that has been done to the components and surfaces.	View	None
Fire Hazard Severity Zone	Fire hazard severity zone rating	View	None
Flood Zone	If the property is in a flood zone, what is the source of the zone designation.	View	None
Floor Area Qualifier	Floor area can be defined and described in many different ways for different purposes. This type field allows multiple types of floor area definitions to exist in the same dataset.	View	None
Floor Height Measurement	The method for measuring each floor level, or story, in a premises.	View	None
Ground Reflectance	Reflectivity of the ground. Legal values: 0-1		None
Height Classification	Classification of height of a structure in number of strories	View	None
Height Distribution	Description of height variations in the premises.	View	None
Highest Level Of Occupant Education	Highest education level of the household occupants.	View	None
Hurricane Zone	Designation of the premises relative to a Hurricane Zone.	View	None
Identifier	A unique value associated with an Identifier Label or other qualifier.		None
Identifier Label	Identifier qualifier used in a specific program or dataset. There can be multiple instances of Identifier Labels and associated Identifiers within a given dataset, such as a Listing Identifier, a Project Identifier, or a Custom Identifier.	View	None
IECC Year	For Climate Zone Type = IECC, the year of the IECC used for that climate zone definition.		YYYY
Latitude	Distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees up to 90 degrees.		deg
Lighting Status	Description of the how much of the premises is illuminated by daylight during the day.	View	None
Longitude	Distance measured in degrees east or west from an imaginary line (called the prime meridian) that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole and that passes through Greenwich, England.		deg
Market Threshold	Purchase pricing threshold within which a property falls	View	None
NAICS Code	North American Industry Classification System code.		None
National Median Reference Property Type	The National Median is the median reference point for the premises based on the Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS).		None
NREL Wind CLASS	Wind power density (WPD) is a calculation of the mean annual power available per square meter of swept area of a turbine. Classes are defined by NREL. Class specifics can be found at http://www.nrel.gov/gis/wind_detail.html	View	None

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