VSA 2.0 tool-chain

Updates: 2022-11-29

Focus: technical

Target group: Construction experts, Engineers, End users

Developer/maintainer: Institut Wohnen und Umwelt GmbH

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License

Klassifikation: digital tool

Life cycle phase: n/a

Spatial scale of use cases: Building, Facility

Target group: Construction experts, Engineers, End users

Alternatives: n/a

Level of development: Published

concrete use cases: 03ET1315A

Accessibility: Open-Source, Freeware

What is VSA 2.0 tool-chain?

VSA 2.0 is a tool for collecting and analyzing data on the energy balance of many non-residential buildings. Its main objective is to scientifically analyze the correlation between simple demand calculations and consumption measurements. The VSA 2.0 toolbox includes (1) the VSA 2.0 data collection tool (sponsored by the KfW banking group), (2) TEK-Tool 9.24 with template for generating brief building reports, (3) DB Tiefenerhebung (data management for building stocks).

Further information

n/a

Area of application

Administration, Service, Research/Teaching

Applications

Monitoring, Planning, Optimization, Simulation

User interface

Miscellaneous
The toolchain is integrated into various Excel files

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
License details: https://github.com/IWUGERMANY/VSA-2.0---Tool-Chain/blob/main/LICENSE

Is the tool published?

Yes

Year of publication

2021

Sources of information

https://github.com/IWUGERMANY/VSA-2.0---Tool-Chain/blob/main/20210211_VSA_2_0_Dokumentation_und_Anleitung.pdf

https://github.com/IWUGERMANY/VSA-2.0---Tool-Chain

https://www.iwu.de/1/research/energie/vsa-20/

https://datanwg.de/downloads/tools/vsa-20/