Electric-appliance energy-consumption survey: analysis and revision of the MRI data. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6728020

Lawrence, A G; Ignelzi, P C

This report summarizes work done by Cambridge Systematics to improve and analyze the residential energy use data base compiled by the Midwest Research Institute (MRI) as part of a previous EPRI-sponsored study (RP576-1). In the project Patterns of Energy Use by Electrical Appliances, data were collected from almost 2000 households, including electricity and gas bill information, itemized appliance stocks energy use, and various socioeconomic characteristics. A subset of appliances were metered for an accurate measure of the timing and intensity of their use. The first stage of the present project was designed to revise the data base, making it more complete for analytical purposes and easier to use, correcting errors previously identified but not rectified, and remedying newly discovered problems where possible. The resulting product is a set of amended data bases, seventeen in all, some of which are in the form of the original data base and others designed for access using the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) software package. The second task was an econometric analysis of the individual appliance and total household energy consumption data using the socioeconomic information available for the households. The results presented in this report include a set of behavioral relationships estimated for each of the thirteen types of appliances metered. Reasonable model estimates were obtained for all the appliances whose data had sufficient regional representation and observations.

• Research Organization: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Berkeley, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6728020
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EA-2565; ON: DE83900142
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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