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Table 1

Calibration methods and the error limits allowed in each method

Metric	Standardized by	Error limits	References
RMSE	ASHRAE Guideline 14	10–20%	Ali et al. (2021), Al-Shargabi et al. (2022), ASHRAE (2002), Chong et al. (2021), Dahlström et al. (2022), Franceschini and Neves (2022)
CV(RMSE)	ASHRAE Guideline, IPMVP, FEMP	15–30% (monthly and hourly results)	ASHRAE (2002), IPMVP (2022), Hou et al. (2021), Li et al. (2017)
MBE	ASHRAE Guideline, IPMVP, FEMP	5–20% (monthly and hourly results)	ASHRAE (2002), Franceschini and Neves (2022), Hou et al. (2021)
NMBE	ASHRAE Guideline, IPMVP, FEMP	5–20% (monthly and hourly results)	Ali et al. (2021), ASHRAE (2002), Chong et al. (2021)
GOF	ASHRAE Guideline	0.5–1%	ASHRAE (2002), Chong et al. (2021), Cipriano et al. (2015)
R2	–	Close to 0.999 (monthly and hourly measurements)	ASHRAE (2002), Chong et al. (2021), Singaravel et al. (2018)

Metric	Standardized by	Error limits	References
RMSE	ASHRAE Guideline 14	10–20%	Ali et al. (2021), Al-Shargabi et al. (2022), ASHRAE (2002), Chong et al. (2021), Dahlström et al. (2022), Franceschini and Neves (2022)
CV(RMSE)	ASHRAE Guideline, IPMVP, FEMP	15–30% (monthly and hourly results)	ASHRAE (2002), IPMVP (2022), Hou et al. (2021), Li et al. (2017)
MBE	ASHRAE Guideline, IPMVP, FEMP	5–20% (monthly and hourly results)	ASHRAE (2002), Franceschini and Neves (2022), Hou et al. (2021)
NMBE	ASHRAE Guideline, IPMVP, FEMP	5–20% (monthly and hourly results)	Ali et al. (2021), ASHRAE (2002), Chong et al. (2021)
GOF	ASHRAE Guideline	0.5–1%	ASHRAE (2002), Chong et al. (2021), Cipriano et al. (2015)
R2	–	Close to 0.999 (monthly and hourly measurements)	ASHRAE (2002), Chong et al. (2021), Singaravel et al. (2018)

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