From roads to roofs: How urban and rural mobility influence building energy consumption

Pan, Meiyu (Melrose); Li, Wan; Wang, Chieh (Ross)

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2024.103800

Title: From roads to roofs: How urban and rural mobility influence building energy consumption

Journal Article · 17 October 2024 · Energy Research and Social Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103800 · OSTI ID:2476592

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

In this article, understanding the relationship between travel behavior and building energy use at an urban scale is crucial for developing effective energy management strategies. Mobility patterns significantly impact building occupancy, which in turn affects energy consumption. However, existing methods often focus on individual buildings, whereas geographical influences on energy usage are not adequately examined. This study addresses this gap by using transportation origin-destination (OD) data to estimate building occupancy and energy. The proposed method assigns OD trips from census block groups to the building level, incorporating building, travel survey, and census data to derive building occupancy profiles. This method was applied to urban and rural areas with 4062 buildings in 70 census block groups. We found that the OD-informed occupancy profile exhibits smoother energy consumption patterns compared with that of Department of Energy reference occupancy profiles. Our analysis reveals distinct building energy consumption patterns among groups with long and short commutes, emphasizing the effect of commute times and work schedules on residential energy usage. This framework is useful for practitioners in transportation agencies and utility companies, enabling the estimation of building energy based on mobility patterns. Overall, this study shows the potential of integrating transportation and building energy data to inform cross-sector energy management strategies.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2476592

Journal Information:: Energy Research and Social Science, Journal Name: Energy Research and Social Science Vol. 118; ISSN 2214-6296

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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