Baseline Energy Calculator

Determine the energy use associated with building components, equipment, and other end uses in residential and commercial buildings.

Click here for the 2015/2016 version of the Baseline Energy Calculator.

The Baseline Energy Calculator yields the estimated energy use and CO2 emissions associated with losses through the building envelope and appliances and devices within residential and commercial buildings in the United States. The energy use and CO2 emissions can be divided by building type, climate zone, technology type, and other factors indicated below. CO2 emissions reported here do not include direct emissions associated with losses of working fluids from heating, cooling, water heating, and refrigeration systems.

To obtain an estimate for an energy use segment of interest, the applicable category selections must be made below. In each category shown, at least one selection is required. In some categories, multiple selections are permitted. Categories where multiple selections are allowed are indicated as such. Selections for the relevant groups are made by simply clicking the appropriate terms. Selected terms are highlighted, and clicking them again will remove them. Follow the numbered steps below, making the desired selections at each step. Once selections have been made in each category, click the 'Update' button in the Segment Size box on the right side of the screen (or the bottom of the page on mobile devices) to obtain the energy use and the associated CO2 emissions.

The underlying data for this calculator are from the 2017 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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1. Choose a projection year

2. Select all relevant AIA climate zones

AIA climate zone 1 includes areas of the US with less than 2000 cooling degree days and greater than 7000 heating degree days AIA climate zone 2 includes areas of the US with less than 2000 cooling degree days and between 5500 and 7000 heating degree days AIA climate zone 3 includes areas of the US with less than 2000 cooling degree days and between 4500 and 5499 heating degree days AIA climate zone 4 includes areas of the US with less than 2000 cooling degree days and less than 4000 heating degree days AIA climate zone 5 includes areas of the US with at least 2000 cooling degree days and less than 4000 heating degree days

3. Choose residential or commercial buildings

4. Select all applicable building types
Hold down ctrl (Windows) or command (Mac) while clicking to select multiple typesor use the up and/or down arrow keys while holding the shift key


5. Make selections from each of the dropdowns and button groups that appear below

Segment Size

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trillion BTU for the category selections made

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million metric tons of CO2 for the category selections made