diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 358bc77..4aa4bc9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ doc/_build
 .DS_Store
 
 # Scratch code
-scratch*
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+scratch*
+
+# CHILLED user settings
+user_settings.py
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diff --git a/message_ix_buildings/chilled/functions/user_settings.py b/message_ix_buildings/chilled/functions/user_settings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fa1ee2..0000000
--- a/message_ix_buildings/chilled/functions/user_settings.py
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-        "sys_path": "C:\\Users\\mastrucc\\Documents\\cc_ene_dem",
-        "dle_path": "C:\\Users\\mastrucc.IIASA2003\\IIASA\\DLE - Climate impacts and space conditioning\\Data\\input_data\\",
-        "isimip_bias_adj_path": "P:\\watxene\\ISIMIP\\ISIMIP3b\\InputData\\climate_updated\\bias-adjusted\\",
-        "isimip_ewembi_path": "P:\\watxene\\ISIMIP\\ISIMIP2a_hist\\input\\EWEMBI\\",
-        "message_region_map_file": "P:\\ene.model3\\data\\powerplants\\MESSAGE data\\MESSAGEix_country_region_map.xlsx",
-        "ar6_snapshot_file": "path\\to\\AR6_Scenarios_Database_World_v1.1.csv",
-    },
-    "ED": {
-        "chunk_size": 360,
-        "sys_path": "C:\\github\\cc_ene_dem",
-        "dle_path": "C:\\Users\\byers\\IIASA\\DLE - Climate impacts and space conditioning\\Data\\input_data",
-        "isimip_bias_adj_path": "P:\\watxene\\ISIMIP\\ISIMIP3b\\InputData\\climate_updated\\bias-adjusted\\",
-        "isimip_ewembi_path": "P:\\watxene\\ISIMIP\\ISIMIP2a_hist\\input\\EWEMBI\\",
-        "message_region_map_file": "P:\\ene.model\\data\\powerplants\\MESSAGE data\\MESSAGEix_country_region_map.xlsx",
-        "ar6_snapshot_file": "C:\\Users\\byers\\IIASA\\IPCC WG3 Chapter 3 - Documents\\IPCC_AR6DB\\snapshots\\snapshot_ar6_public_v1.1\\uploaded\\AR6_Scenarios_Database_World_v1.1.csv",
-    },
-    "MEAS": {
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-        "sys_path": "/Users/meas/iiasagit/cc_ene_dem",
-        "chilled_data_path": "/Users/meas/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-SharedLibraries-IIASA/DLE - Analysis/Climate impacts and space conditioning/Data/chilled",
-        "dle_path": "/Users/meas/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-SharedLibraries-IIASA/DLE - Analysis/Climate impacts and space conditioning/Data",
-        "isimip_bias_adj_path": "/Volumes/mengm.pdrv/watxene/ISIMIP/ISIMIP3b/InputData/climate_updated/bias-adjusted",
-        "isimip_ewembi_path": "/Volumes/mengm.pdrv/watxene/ISIMIP/ISIMIP2a_hist/input/EWEMBI",
-        "message_region_map_file": "/Volumes/mengm.pdrv/ene.model/data/powerplants/MESSAGE data/MESSAGEix_country_region_map.xlsx",
-        "ar6_snapshot_file": "/Users/meas/Documents/data/ar6/1668008312256-AR6_Scenarios_Database_World_v1.1.csv/AR6_Scenarios_Database_World_v1.1.csv",
-    },
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-        "chunk_size": 360,
-        "sys_path": "H:\\MyDocuments\\repos\\cc_ene_dem",
-        "dle_path": "D:\\mengm\\IIASA\\DLE - Data",
-        "isimip_bias_adj_path": "P:\\watxene\\ISIMIP\\ISIMIP3b\\InputData\\climate_updated\\bias-adjusted",
-        "isimip_ewembi_path": "P:\\watxene\\ISIMIP\\ISIMIP2a_hist\\input\\EWEMBI",
-        "message_region_map_file": "P:\\ene.model\\data\\powerplants\\MESSAGE data\\MESSAGEix_country_region_map.xlsx",
-        "ar6_snapshot_file": "D:\\mengm\\IIASA\\DLE - Data\\input_data\\AR6_Scenarios_Database_World\\AR6_Scenarios_Database_World_v1.1.csv",
-    },
-    "MEAS_UNICC": {
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-        "sys_path": "/home/mengm/repo/message-ix-buildings",
-        "project_path": "/projects/chilled",
-        "dle_path": "/projects/chilled/data/input_data/",
-        "isimip_bias_adj_path": "/pdrive/projects/watxene/ISIMIP/ISIMIP3b/InputData/climate_updated/bias-adjusted",
-        "isimip_ewembi_path": "/pdrive/projects/watxene/ISIMIP/ISIMIP2a_hist/input/EWEMBI",
-        "message_region_map_file": "/pdrive/projects/ene.model3/data/powerplants/MESSAGE data/MESSAGEix_country_region_map.xlsx",
-        "ar6_snapshot_file": "/projects/chilled/data/ar6/1668008312256-AR6_Scenarios_Database_World_v1.1.csv/AR6_Scenarios_Database_World_v1.1.csv",
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