| Category | Source | Web-Source | Availability | Coverage (GEO) | Resolution | Includes Non-Residential | Comment (Resolution, Quality,..) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Building footprints | Open Street Map (OSM) | http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/switzerland.html | Open | National | Bulding level | Yes | NaN |
| 1 | Building footprints | swissBUILDINGS3D 1.0 | https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/landscape/build3D | Commercial/Academic | National | Building level | Yes | Multiple formats available |
| 2 | Building height | swissBUILDINGS3D 1.0 | https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/landscape/build3D | Commercial/Academic | National | Building level | Yes | Multiple formats available |
| 3 | 3D building model | swissBUILDINGS3D 2.0 | https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/landscape/build3D2 | Commercial/Academic | National | Building level (LoD 2) | Yes | Multiple formats available |
| 4 | Digital elevation model | SwissSurface3D | https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/height_models/surface3d | Commercial/Academic | National | 15/20 pts/m2 | NaN | |
| 5 | Built form | GEAK | https://www.geak.ch/Pages/GEAK/System/InformationPage.aspx | Commercial | ~60,000 dwellings | Building level | No | Survey data for energy certification of residential buildings |
| 6 | Thermal envelope | GEAK | https://www.geak.ch/Pages/GEAK/System/InformationPage.aspx | Commercial | ~60,000 dwellings | Building level | No | Survey data for energy certification of residential buildings |
| 7 | Building age | Federal Register of Buildings and Housing (GWR) – Gebaude | https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/register/gebaeude-wohnungsregister.html | Governmental/Academic restrictions apply | National | Building level | No | Buildings records are listed by their unique identification EGID. 13 Age catergories between 1919 and 2015. 10 of which are after 1960. |
| 8 | Building use | Federal Register of Buildings and Housing (GWR) – Gebaude | https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/register/gebaeude-wohnungsregister.html | Governmental/Academic restrictions apply | National | Building level | No | Residential buildings are categorised as Single Family Home, Multi Family Home, Residential Building with Side Usage and Building with partially residential usage. |
| 9 | Building use | STATENT | https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/industrie-dienstleistungen/erhebungen/statent.html | Governmental/Academic restrictions apply | National | Building level | Yes | Provides information on the structure of the Swiss Economy. Provides information on the number of people working, full time and total. Contains the coordinates of the building location and the business sector assosciated with the building |
| 10 | Occupant Composition | Federal Register of Buildings and Housing (GWR) – Wohnung | https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bau-wohnungswesen/erhebungen/gws2009.html | Governmental/Academic restrictions apply | National | Building level | No | This data can be linked to the Gebaude (Building) data through the EGID identified. The dataset contains a household composition variable. |
| 11 | Tenure | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified |
| 12 | Building Energy System | GEAK | https://www.geak.ch/Pages/GEAK/System/InformationPage.aspx | Commercial | ~60,000 dwellings | Building level | No | Survey data for energy certification of residential buildings |
| 13 | Building Energy System | Federal Register of Buildings and Housing (GWR) – Gebaude | https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/register/gebaeude-wohnungsregister.html | Governmental/Academic restrictions apply | National | Building level | No | Information is provided on the heating system, with 7 categories including space heating. The presence of hotwater is also recorded, but there are no details on the system. The energy carrier/fuel for heating is also specified. |
| 14 | Address Data | Register of Buildings and Dwellings | https://map.geo.admin.ch | Open – usage restictions apply | National | Building level | Yes | Register of Buildings and Dwellings can be downloaded as a .csv for each canton individually. It contains records for each building in the canton, providing the unique EGID number and the address. Easting and Northing coords are provided using CH1903+/LV95 projection |
| 15 | Building Typology | Community typology ARE | https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/gemeindetypologie-are | Open | NaN | NaN | No | A shape file which contains the urban typology of the buildings contained withing. e.g. Large Urban, Secondary Urban Centers, Rural, Tourist etc. |
| 16 | Stock Development | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified |
| 17 | Energy Generation and Distribution | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified | No source identified |
| 18 | Weather Data | Climate One Building | http://climate.onebuilding.org/WMO_Region_6_Europe/CHE_Switzerland/ | Open | National | NaN | NaN | Contains weather files in formats specifically for building energy simulation. |