SEED Platform(TM) Software Support

Updated: 2/10/2016

Project Overview

The Standard Energy Efficiency Data Platform (SEED) Platform is an open source software application designed to manage building performance data, such as required by a benchmarking ordinance, which can be costly and time consuming for states, local governments and other organizations. The SEED Platform helps users combine data from multiple sources, clean and validate it, as well as generating queries and reports. 

SEED Platform is funded by the United States Department of Energy. Visit the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) SEED Platform website for more general information about this project. 

Contents of this Website

While the DOE EERE website gives an overview of the SEED Platform project, this website is designed to provide technical support to SEED Platform users and developers

Resources for SEED Platform Users

Here are links to pages on this website that are of interest specifically to SEED Platform users.
  • For Interested Users: This page provides an overview of how to get a hosted instance of the SEED Platform, as well as data privacy and security information.
  • Getting Started: This page contains documents and video tutorials to help users get started using the SEED Platform. It includes a link to sample data which can be used to test the basic SEED functionality.
  • Detailed Support: This page contains more detailed information for SEED users once they have started using the software, including more detailed documentation, as well as Knowledge Base and Known Issues sections.
  • Release Notes: This page contains a list of the principle changes to the program for each release. There is also a link to the very complete release documentation on the SEED Platform Github code repository.
  • On-line SEED-Platform User's Forum: This is a google group that is open to users and developers, providing communication within the user community as well as between the users and developers.

Resources for SEED Platform Developers

Here are links to pages on this website that are of interest specifically to SEED Platform developers
  • About the Code: This page has links to the Open Source Github repository for the SEED Platform code, as well as links to code documentation.
  • SEED Technical Allies: This page contains criteria for being a SEED Technical Ally (including Software Contributors and Hosting Providers), as well as a list of the current SEED Technical Allies.
  • On-line SEED-Platform Developer: This is a google group that is open to users and developers, providing communication within the developer community.


Contact Us
For more information about SEED, please fill out the SEED Platform Interest form.