The Building Stock Model is a simulation model, representing the complete Swiss building stock on single building level. It is used to calculate and estimate the todays and future energy demand from buildings and related services and appliances. The model is based on Swiss, cantonal and communal statistics, the Swiss 3-D mapping, results of surveys, studies and potential analyses, data from the Buildings and Housing Register (GWR) and the Company Register (STATENT). In addition, energy consumption data and waste heat sources, zone plans as well as maps of site uses, grid-bound energy supplies such as gas, district and local heating networks and renewable energies are used.
Key features are the integration of GIS-based data in terms of e.g., resource potentials, grid spanning algorithms as well as techno-economic parameters into the analysis for various types of future energy demand scenarios.