Africa energy efficiency dataset

This dataset was prepared to support the study entitled “Data-Driven Optimization of Building Energy Performance under African Climatic Conditions.” It combines the benchmark Energy Efficiency Dataset building-design configurations with city-specific climatic indicators derived from NASA POWER data for three representative West African cities: Cotonou (Benin), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and Nouakchott (Mauritania).

The dataset is intended for research on:

• climate-aware cooling-demand prediction,
• machine learning for building energy analysis,
• multi-objective optimization of cooling demand and proxy construction cost,
• comparative early-stage design exploration in African climatic contexts.

Each row represents a (building configuration, city) pair and includes:

• original building-design descriptors from the benchmark dataset,
• derived climatic features,
• climate-adjustment indicators,
• cooling-related target variables used in the study.

This dataset should be interpreted as a comparative parametric research dataset and not as a direct representation of the full diversity of West African building materials, occupancy patterns, or ventilation practices.