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Brighter Planet fetches, corrects, and parses dozens of datasets daily to inform CM1. We present this data for public use here as a service to the community. Additional datasets are posted regularly.

Resources

1. Air conditioner use

   Last imported 05:43AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

   Residential air conditioning use categories used in RECS (e.g. Turned on just about all summer).

2. Aircraft

   Last imported 04:19AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

   Aircraft (e.g. Boeing 747-400).

3. Airline

   Last imported 03:02AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

   Airlines (e.g. Virgin America).

4. Airport

   Last imported 04:54AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

   Airports (e.g. John F Kennedy International).

5. Automobile activity year

   Last imported 03:15AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

   A generic automobile used in a particular year (e.g. any automobile driven in 2010).

6. Automobile activity year type

   Last imported 03:15AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

   Automobiles by year of use and type (e.g. light-duty trucks driven in 2010).

7. Automobile activity year type fuel

   Last imported 10:04AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

   Automobiles by year of use, type, and fuel (e.g. gasoline light-duty trucks driven in 2010).

8. Automobile fuel

   Last imported 09:57AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

   Fuels used by automobiles (e.g. regular gasoline).

9. Automobile make

   Last imported 05:35AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

   Automobile makes (e.g. Honda).

10. Automobile make model

    Last imported 09:58AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobile make models (e.g. Honda Civic).

11. Automobile make model year

    Last imported 09:57AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobile make models made in a particular year (e.g. 2007 Honda Civic).

12. Automobile make model year variant

    Last imported 04:13AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Variants of automobile make model years (e.g. the 4 cylinder 1.8 litre Automatic 5-speed regular gasoline variant of the 2007 Honda Civic).

13. Automobile make year

    Last imported 05:35AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobile make made in a particular year (e.g. Honda 2007).

14. Automobile make year fleet

    Last imported 05:35AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobile makes imported or produced domestically in a particular year (e.g. Honda 2007 imported)

15. Automobile model

    Last imported 04:20AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobile models (e.g. Civic)

16. Automobile size class

    Last imported 04:55AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobile size classes (e.g. Midsize Car).

17. Automobile type fuel

    Last imported 09:57AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobiles by type and fuel (e.g. Passenger cars diesel).

18. Automobile type fuel control

    Last imported 09:56AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobiles by type, fuel, and emissions control standard (e.g. Passenger cars gasoline EPA tier 2).

19. Automobile type fuel year

    Last imported 09:56AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobiles by type, fuel, and year of manufacture (e.g. Passenger cars gasoline 2007).

20. Automobile type fuel year control

    Last imported 09:56AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Automobiles by type, fuel, year of manufacture, and emissions control standard (e.g. Passenger cars gasoline 2007 EPA tier 2).

21. Automobile year

    Last imported 04:13AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    A generic automobile manufactured in a particular year (e.g. 2007).

22. Breed

    Last imported 10:30AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Cat, dog, and horse breeds (e.g. Shepadoodle).

23. Breed gender

    Last imported 10:30AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Dogs by breed and gender (e.g. Shepadoodle female).

24. Bts aircraft

    Last imported 03:02AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Aircraft codes from the U.S. BTS (e.g. 819 -> Boeing 747-400).

25. Bus class

    Last imported 03:03AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Bus service classes (e.g. city transit).

26. Bus fuel

    Last imported 03:00AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Fuels used by buses (e.g. Diesel).

27. Bus fuel control

    Last imported 03:00AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Buses by fuel and emission control standard (e.g. Diesel aftertreatment).

28. Bus fuel year control

    Last imported 03:00AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Buses by fuel, year of use, and emission control standard (e.g. Diesel 2007 aftertreatment).

29. Carrier

    Last imported 06:55AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Shipping companies (e.g. FedEx).

30. Carrier mode

    Last imported 06:55AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Carrier-specific shipping modes (e.g. FedEx ground).

31. Cbecs energy intensity

    Last imported 03:21AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Various cbecs energy intensity data.

32. Census division

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Geographic divisions defined by the U.S. Census (e.g. New England Division).

33. Census region

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Geographic regions defined by the U.S. Census (e.g. Northeast Region).

34. Climate division

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Climate divisions defined by NOAA (e.g. VT2).

35. Climate division month

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Various climate division month data.

36. Clothes machine use

    Last imported 05:43AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Weekly washing machine use categories used in RECS (e.g. 5 to 9 loads).

37. Commercial building energy consumption survey response

    Last imported 04:38AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Microdata from the U.S. EIA Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey.

38. Computation carrier

    Last imported 03:03AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Companies that run data centers (e.g. Amazon).

39. Computation carrier instance class

    Last imported 03:03AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Virtual server types offered by computation carriers (e.g. Amazon m1.small).

40. Computation carrier region

    Last imported 03:40AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Geographic regions where data centers are located (e.g. Amazon us-east-1a).

41. Country

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Countries (e.g. United States).

42. Country rail class

    Last imported 05:22AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Rail travel by country and class (e.g. US intercity).

43. Country rail traction

    Last imported 03:30AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Rail travel by country and traction (e.g. FR electric).

44. Country rail traction class

    Last imported 05:22AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Rail travel by country, traction, and class (e.g. FR electric intercity).

45. Diet class

    Last imported 07:00AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Brighter Planet-defined diet classes (e.g. Vegetarian).

46. Direct normal irradiance

    Last imported 06:32AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Various direct normal irradiance data.

47. Dishwasher use

    Last imported 05:43AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Dishwasher use categories used in RECS (e.g. 4 to 6 times a week).

48. Egrid country

    Last imported 03:03AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    National eGRID data from the U.S. EPA.

49. Egrid region

    Last imported 03:03AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    eGRID regions defined by the U.S. EPA (e.g. TX).

50. Egrid subregion

    Last imported 03:03AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    eGRID subregions defined by the U.S. EPA (e.g. NPCC New England).

51. Electric market

    Last imported 05:14AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    The zip codes that each electric utility serves.

52. Electric utility

    Last imported 05:14AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    U.S. electric utilities (e.g. Pacific Gas & Electric Co).

53. Electricity mix

    Last imported 10:04AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Average electricity mixes for different geographic regions (e.g. AZ state electricity).

54. Flight distance class

    Last imported 03:35AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Distance ranges for categorizing flights (e.g. short haul).

55. Flight distance class seat class

    Last imported 03:35AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Seat classes specific to each flight distance class (e.g. Long-haul economy).

56. Flight seat class

    Last imported 03:35AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Aircraft seat classes (e.g. economy).

57. Flight segment

    Last imported 02:59AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Nonstop commercial flights to, from, and within the United States.

58. Food group

    Last imported 03:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Food groups (e.g. dairy).

59. Fuel

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Non-variable fuel characteristics (e.g. energy content of Distillate Fuel Oil No. 2).

60. Fuel price

    Last imported 04:30AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Prices for fuel types.

61. Fuel type

    Last imported 04:30AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Fuel types (e.g. Motor Gasoline) [deprecated].

62. Fuel year

    Last imported 10:04AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Annually variable fuel characteristics (e.g. energy content of Motor Gasoline 2007).

63. Gender

    Last imported 10:30AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Cat, dog, and horse genders (e.g. female).

64. Global horizontal irradiance

    Last imported 04:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Various global horizontal irradiance data.

65. Green button adoption

    Last imported 08:55AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Utilities' green button implementation status.

66. Greenhouse gas

    Last imported 10:04AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Greenhouse gases (e.g. Carbon dioxide).

67. Industry

    Last imported 10:10AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002 version.

68. Lodging class

    Last imported 08:50AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Types of lodging establishments (e.g. Motel).

69. Mecs energy

    Last imported 10:35AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Census region-specific average energy consumption for NAICS manufacturing sectors.

70. Mecs ratio

    Last imported 10:10AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Census region-specific energy per dollar of shipments for NAICS manufacturing sectors.

71. Naics2002

    Last imported 06:40AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002 version.

72. Naics2002 naics2007 concordance

    Last imported 06:40AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    A concordance table between the 2002 and 2007 versions of NAICS.

73. Naics2002 sic1987 concordance

    Last imported 06:33AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    A concordance table between the 2002 version of NAICS and the 1987 version of SIC.

74. Naics2007

    Last imported 06:40AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2007 version.

75. National transit database company

    Last imported 10:04AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Transit companies included in the U.S. National Transit Database (e.g. MTA New York City Transit).

76. National transit database mode

    Last imported 10:04AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Transit modes included in the U.S. National Transit Database (e.g. Commuter Rail)

77. National transit database record

    Last imported 10:04AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Individual records from the U.S. National Transit Database.

78. Petroleum administration for defense district

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    PADD and subdistricts defined by the EIA (e.g. East Coast New England).

79. Photovoltaic irradiance

    Last imported 05:22AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Various photovoltaic irradiance data.

80. Rail class

    Last imported 05:22AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Rail service classes (e.g. commuter rail).

81. Rail company

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Companies that operate rail service (e.g. Amtrak).

82. Rail fuel

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Fuels used by rail transport (e.g. diesel).

83. Rail traction

    Last imported 03:30AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Energy sources used for traction by rail tranpsort (e.g. diesel).

84. Recs2009 response

    Last imported 06:25AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Various recs2009 response data.

85. Residence appliance

    Last imported 05:45AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Home appliances used in RECS (e.g. refrigerator).

86. Residence class

    Last imported 05:43AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Residence classes used in RECS (e.g. Apartment in a house or a building with 2-4 units).

87. Residence fuel price

    Last imported 03:00AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Monthly prices for residential fuels.

88. Residence fuel type

    Last imported 03:03AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Residential fuels (e.g. fuel oil).

89. Residential energy consumption survey response

    Last imported 05:43AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Microdata from the 2005 U.S. EIA Residential Energy Consumption Survey.

90. Shipment mode

    Last imported 06:55AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Shipping modes (e.g. ground).

91. Sic1987

    Last imported 06:32AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), 1987 version.

92. Species

    Last imported 10:30AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Pet species (e.g. dog).

93. State

    Last imported 10:05AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    U.S. states (e.g. Vermont).

94. Urbanity

    Last imported 05:43AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    Rural-urban continuum designations used in RECS (e.g. Suburbs).

95. Zip code

    Last imported 04:50AM UTC on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. See log

    U.S. zip codes (e.g. 05753).

Datasets (beta)

1. Automobile industry

   A dataset for Google Public Data Explorer currently showing sales volume and fuel efficiency for different automobile manufacturers over the years.

2. Flight industry

   A dataset for Google Public Data Explorer currently showing total passengers vs. seats flown for different airlines and aircraft over the years.

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