Journal
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
Volume 105, Issue -, Pages 9-25Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.07.030
Keywords
Energy demand; Residential household characteristics; Driving factors for electricity consumption; Empirical data; Smart grid; Energy modelling
Funding
- Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship
- Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living whose activities - Australian Governments Cooperative Research Centre Programme
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The residential sector represents some 30% of global electricity consumption but the underlying composition and drivers are still only poorly understood. The drivers are many, varied, and complex, including local climate, household demographics, household behaviour, building stock and the type and number of appliances. There is considerable variation across households and, until recently, often a lack of good data. This study draws upon a detailed household dataset from the Australian Smart Grid Smart City project to build a household electricity consumption model. A statistical linear regression model for household energy demand was established and tested for both individual households and regional aggregations of households. The model showed only reasonable performance in forecasting the consumption of individual households - highlighting the influence of factors beyond those surveyed - but good performance for aggregated household consumption. Models such as this would seem highly useful for a range of stakeholders including individual households trying to understand the potential implications of different choices, utilities looking to better forecast the impact of different possible residential trends and policy makers seeking to assist households in improving their energy efficiency through targeted policies and programs. Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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