ORNL engineering-economic model of residential energy use
The ORNL residential energy use model was developed to simulate energy use in the residential sector from 1970 through 2000. The model provides considerable detail on annual energy uses by fuel, end use, and housing type; and also estimates annual equipment installations and ownership, equipment energy requirements, structure thermal performance, fuel expenditures, equipment costs, and costs for improving thermal performance of new and existing housing units. Thus, the model provides considerable detail on residential energy uses and associated costs. These details are useful for evaluating alternative energy-conservation policies, programs, and technologies for their energy and economic effects during the next quarter century. The present version of the model deals with four fuels, eight end uses and three housing types. Each of these fuel use components is calculated each year as a function of stocks of occupied housing units and new construction, average housing size, equipment ownership by fuel and end use, thermal performance of housing units, average unit energy requirements for each equipment type, and usage factors that reflect household behavior. Simulations of energy use from 1960 to 1976 show that the model accurately predicts historical data on aggregate energy use, energy use by fuel, energy use by end use, and equipment ownership market shares.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 6702582
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/CON-24
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Demand & Forecasting
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION
CONSUMPTION RATES
COST
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY MODELS
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION
FLUIDS
FORECASTING
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HOUSES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NATURAL GAS
ORNL
OWNERSHIP
PERFORMANCE
PETROLEUM
POWER
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
SIMULATION
SIZE
THERMAL INSULATION
US AEC
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS