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    NYSERDA Building Energy Data Exchange Specification (BEDES)

    Metadata Updated: April 4, 2026

    The Building Energy Data Exchange Specification (BEDES, pronounced "beads" or /bi:ds/) is a dictionary of terms, definitions, and field formats that was created to help address a lack of standardization in terminology and vernacular for quantities. It is a dictionary upon which interoperable schema, databases and software tools can be built. The Department of Energy has begun using BEDES in its publicly available building energy-efficiency tools and can be used by private-sector software tools and databases.

    This dataset is an inventory of NYSERDA Open NY datasets and data labels that have been mapped to a corresponding BEDES term.

    For more information regarding BEDES data, please visit: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/building-energy-data-exchange-specification-bedes

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) offers objective information and analysis, innovative programs, technical expertise, and support to help New Yorkers increase energy efficiency, save money, use renewable energy, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. To learn more about NYSERDA’s programs, visit https://nyserda.ny.gov or follow us on X, Facebook, YouTube, or Instagram.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 7, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 4, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NY State JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 7, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 4, 2026
    Publisher data.ny.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.ny.gov/api/views/man9-y8du
    Data First Published 2022-03-02
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-30
    Category Energy & Environment
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.ny.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 5a18ab80-c79d-476f-bc01-ed5c1d0e6a54
    Harvest Source Id 36f923f9-f915-42dc-a4de-1a5e3a17d284
    Harvest Source Title NY State JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.ny.gov/d/man9-y8du
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3c306dedba75f8bb88ebd8ab93e7505542c70afa1bb3878100e78368eb17452b
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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