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Create $/unit to $/sqft conversions for (some) commercial baseline technologies
Most end uses now have complete cost, performance, and lifetime data, including many smaller end uses for which EIA does not provide these data from AEO/NEMS. These additional data are found in the cpl_envelope_mels.json file.
For commercial buildings, the data in that JSON file for the "non-PC office equipment" and "MELs" end uses isn't pulled into the cpl_res_com_*.json input files because the cost data are reported in $/unit in cpl_envelope_mels.json, and the cost inputs are expected in $/ft2. Conversions are needed to translate from $/unit to $/ft2 for these end uses.