Can we improve the identification of cold homes for targeted home energy-efficiency improvements?

Emma J. Hutchinson, Paul Wilkinson, Sung H. Hong and Tadj Oreszczyn

Applied Energy, 2006, vol. 83, issue 11, 1198-1209

Abstract: Objective To investigate the extent to which homes with low indoor-temperatures can be identified from dwelling and household characteristics.Design Analysis of data from a national survey of dwellings, occupied by low-income households, scheduled for home energy-efficiency improvements.Setting Five urban areas of England: Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton.Methods Half-hourly living-room temperatures were recorded for two to four weeks in dwellings over the winter periods November to April 2001-2002 and 2002-2003. Regression of indoor on outdoor temperatures was used to identify cold-homes in which standardized daytime living-room and/or nighttime bedroom-temperatures were

Keywords: Indoor-temperature; Energy; efficiency; Prediction; Targeting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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