Scientific Data (May 2025)

A Real-World Energy Management Dataset from a Smart Company Building for Optimization and Machine Learning

  • Jens Engel,
  • Andrea Castellani,
  • Patricia Wollstadt,
  • Felix Lanfermann,
  • Thomas Schmitt,
  • Sebastian Schmitt,
  • Lydia Fischer,
  • Steffen Limmer,
  • David Luttropp,
  • Florian Jomrich,
  • René Unger,
  • Tobias Rodemann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05186-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Abstract We present a large real-world dataset obtained from monitoring a smart company facility over the course of six years, from 2018 to 2023. The dataset includes energy consumption data from various facility areas and components, energy production data from a photovoltaic system and a combined heat and power plant, operational data from heating and cooling systems, and weather data from an on-site weather station. The measurement sensors installed throughout the facility are organized in a hierarchical metering structure with multiple sub-metering levels, which is reflected in the dataset. The dataset contains measurement data from 72 energy meters, 9 heat meters and a weather station. Both raw and processed data at different processing levels, including labeled issues, is available. In this paper, we describe the data acquisition and post-processing employed to create the dataset. The dataset enables the application of a wide range of methods in the domain of energy management, including optimization, modeling, and machine learning to optimize building operations and reduce costs and carbon emissions.