The dataset combines: (1) data from the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance for 1,325 multifamily residential buildings, (2) demographic and socioeconomic data collected from the United States Census Bureau, and (3) building attribute data provided by the Chicago Building Footprint (CBF) data set.

The Residential End Uses of Water (REU) 2016 study contains extensive household water-use information from 24 water utility companies across the United States and Canada. The REU database consists of four main data sets that come from two main sources: (1) household water use (e.g., 12 days of metered consumption) and billing information (e.g., annual water consumption) and (2) household survey response.