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This text describes the data presented in the paper: UK Building Thermal Performance from Industrial and Governmental Perspectives

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Introductory information
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Files included in the data deposit (include a short description of what data are contained): 

1) 20190_01_04_Input data from industrial participants 
   A brief description about the data: 
   The data were gathered during a workshop on the Thermal Energy Challenge for the Built Environment hosted by BRE. 
   The study aimed to 
   * consult experts in the field about the thermal energy challenge for the built environment, 
   * forecast future need, and 
   * identify strategies required. 
   The focus areas covered 
   * attributes of the built environment, 
   * technology and innovation, 
   * barriers, and 
   * reflections on reality.

Explain the relationship between multiple data sets, if required: 
NA.



Key words used to describe the data: 
Building; built environment; thermal performance; energy efficiency; national policy; stakeholder perspective.



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Methodological information
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A brief method description � what the data is, how and why it was collected or created, and how it was processed:
A one-day workshop was designed and run to receive feedback from a representative sample of industrial stakeholders who have primarily dealt with the issues on a daily basis. 
Invitations were sent to 633 experienced industrial stakeholders across the UK specialising in energy, mechanical, project or sustainability engineering. 
These included engineers, consultants, managers and (technical, managing, deputy managing or associate) directors.  
The 33 industrial stakeholders who attended the workshop were divided into 11 random groups of 3 to participate in the 4 interactive sessions. 
Prior to the workshop, the questions to be addressed by the attendees were designed and refined via meetings and email communication. 
During the workshop, a web-based audience response system, Poll Everywhere, was adopted to effectively capture real-time responses from the attendees. 
The workshop discussion was focussed around three keynote presentations: 
		i.	the gap between actual and achieved performance; 
		ii.	the critical need to consider ventilation; and 
		iii.	approaches to retrofitting.  
For Sessions 1 and 2, attendees discussed the pre-defined questions in groups and submitted their feedback to the system within the allocated time. 
Also, barriers to the uptake of energy efficiency identified by Building Performance Institute Europe were shown. 
Based on the UK’s current context, the attendees were asked to organise the barriers in the order of prominence. 
At the end of both Sessions, attendees were invited to suggest additional questions/issues that should be addressed on the day. 
All attendees were then asked to choose the questions that should be addressed in Session 3, which formed an additional focus area i.e. people. 
This was followed by open discussion on the reflections on reality.


Instruments, hardware and software used: 
Web-based audience response software known as Poll Everywhere.


Date(s) of data collection: 
1 November 2017.


Geographic coverage of data:
UK.


Data validation (how was the data checked, proofed and cleaned):
By the authors. Incomplete was excluded whilst feedback from industrial stakeholders was reviewed and clarified by the attendees after the workshop.


Overview of secondary data, if used: 
NA.



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Data-specific information
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Definitions of names, labels, acronyms or specialist terminology uses for variables, records and their values: 
NA.


Explanation of weighting and grossing variables: 
NA.


Outline any missing data:
NA.


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Contact
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Please contact rdm@ncl.ac.uk for further information