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NREL: Buildings Data and Tools
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NREL offers data and tools to help consumers, manufacturers, researchers, and utilities construct energy-efficient and cost-effective buildings.
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NREL offers data and tools to help consumers, manufacturers, researchers, and utilities construct energy-efficient and cost-effective buildings.
These resources include standardized product data and findings, whole-building simulation programs, machine-learning software models, and capabilities to help users identify ways to improve energy efficiency and make the grid more efficient, resilient, and reliable.
![A 3-d model of a large, multi-wing commercial building.](https://www.nrel.gov/buildings/assets/images/hero_18547_rsf_model.jpg)
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