Example Building
An example building to use to try out the LBT and AIM.
Need a quick example building to test drive LBT or AIM? If you have not yet entered any buildings in the LBT, you'll see a button on the Your Buildings tab that says Create Example Building. Clicking that button will create the building with the parameters listed below. Feel free to edit that building's properties as you test drive the site! Just make sure to keep the Building Status set to "Test Data" so we know it's not a real facility.
LBT Example Building (US units)
LBT Data Tab | LBT Field Name | Enter this Value |
Basic Info | Type of Record | In Operation |
| Data Types to be Entered | Energy Usage Data |
| Building Status | Test Data |
Building Info | Facility Name | Example Building |
| Year Built | 2000 |
| Address | 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA, USA |
| Organization Type | Academic: Higher Ed |
| Predominant Lab Use Type | R&D: Basic Research |
Lab Area | Number of (Lab) Buildings | 1 |
| Gross Floor Area (sf) | 100,000 |
| Total Lab Area (sf) | 45,000 |
| Biology (sf) | 35,000 |
| Chemistry (sf) | 10,000 |
Building Systems | Occupied Hours per Week | 80 |
Predominant HVAC System Type | Variable Volume with Reheat | |
Predominant HVAC Control Type | Direct Digital Control | |
Exhaust Air Energy Recovery | Glycol Run-Around | |
| Number of Ducted Fume Hoods | 77 |
Predominant Fume Hood Control Type | Variable Volume | |
Laboratory Occupied Minimum Air Change Rate (ACH) | 6 | |
Laboratory Unoccupied Minimum Air Change Rate (ACH) | 6 | |
Policies | (no entries) | -- |
Utility & Emissions | Data Year | 2025 |
| Annual Imported Electricity (kWh) | 3,800,000 |
| Annual Natural Gas (therms) | 120,000 |
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