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Residential Energy Consumption Survey: Quality Profile

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/204219· OSTI ID:204219
The Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) is a periodic national survey that provides timely information about energy consumption and expenditures of U.S. households and about energy-related characteristics of housing units. The survey was first conducted in 1978 as the National Interim Energy Consumption Survey (NIECS), and the 1979 survey was called the Household Screener Survey. From 1980 through 1982 RECS was conducted annually. The next RECS was fielded in 1984, and since then, the survey has been undertaken at 3-year intervals. The most recent RECS was conducted in 1993.
Research Organization:
USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Statistical Standards
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
204219
Report Number(s):
DOE/EIA--0555(96)/1; ON: DE96007098; NC: NONE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English