**Nomenclature**

BER: building energy ratio; CIBSE: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers; DEC: display energy certificate; HDD: heating degree days; MAPE: mean absolute percentage error; MTEBs: monthly thermal energy benchmarks; TFC: total final consumption or actual consumption is the amount of energy consumed in the buildings measured by meters and displayed on energy bills; TPER: total primary energy required in a building including thermal and electricity; TPFER: total primary fossil energy required in a building; UC: university campus, refers to the category number 18 of CIBSE TM46:2008 benchmark

## **Appendix A The Flowchart of Developed Models**

The following flowchart shows how both mixed-use model and converter model can be applied in practice *Energies*  step-by-step, given available energy data. **2020**, *13*, x FOR PEER REVIEW 16 of 18

**Figure A1.** The flowchart of model application. **Figure A1.** The flowchart of model application.

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