# Urban Cool Model Valuation Results

**URL:** <https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/urban-cool-model-valuation-results/1502>\
**Category:** Science, Research & Data\
**Tags:** urban-cooling\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/urban-cool-model-valuation-results/1502 "2020-11-11T18:09:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![jesseG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/jesseg/32/1068_2.png) [@jesseG](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/u/jesseG)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/urban-cool-model-valuation-results/1502/2 "2020-11-11T20:53:01Z")

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Hi Laura,

According to the [User Guide](http://releases.naturalcapitalproject.org/invest-userguide/latest/urban_cooling_model.html#interpreting-outputs), the _“energy\_sav”_ column within _“buildings\_with\_stats[suffix].shp”_ provides savings for each building in total monetary units over your period of interest. However, unless you entered the optional input of energy _cost_ (e.g.: _$ / kWh_) for each building type, the model would be unable to calculate such monetary savings. I suspect that you did NOT input energy costs, and therefore such results are not sensible. I actually have ‘correcting this information in the User Guide’ on my list of tasks to do, so I’m glad you are forcing us to prioritize that, but I apologize for the confusion it’s causing you in the meantime.

My understanding is that when energy costs are not provided as an input, the _“energy\_sav”_ column actually provides results for each building in total _kWh_ saved, or mitigated, **over the entire period of interest**. (I believe that’s a YES to your question.) So, if your input data covered a single month (you stated in [yesterday’s post](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/urban-cooling-model-value-of-heat-reduction/1498) that your analysis is of July in Phoenix, Arizona, USA), then those values represent the cumulative _kWh_ saved over _ **all of July** _. Most of the values you’ve shared seem reasonable to me, with the possible exception of those in the 100,000s range, like _148,087.8_ and _219,075 for residential high density_, especially for a single month. **But** , while those values are quite large, they _may_ be reasonable given how HOT Phoenix’s mean temperature is in July (\>40C). Did you use the cooling degree days approach? If so, to what temp did you assume buildings were being cooled (thermostat setting)?

Thanks,  
Jesse

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