Residential energy consumption: An analysis-of-variance study

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10132294· OSTI ID:10132294

Poyer, D A

In this report, tests of statistical significance of five sets of variables with household energy consumption (at the point of end-use) are described. Five models, in sequence, were empirically estimated and tested for statistical significance by using the Residential Energy Consumption Survey of the US Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. Each model incorporated additional information, embodied in a set of variables not previously specified in the energy demand system. The variable sets were generally labeled as economic variables, weather variables, household-structure variables, end-use variables, and housing-type variables. The tests of statistical significance showed each of the variable sets to be highly significant in explaining the overall variance in energy consumption. The findings imply that the contemporaneous interaction of different types of variables, and not just one exclusive set of variables, determines the level of household energy consumption.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Energy Systems Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10132294
• Report Number(s): ANL/ESD-12; ON: DE92009922
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jan 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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