Search Results - subject:"Residential energy consumption"

The flame dilemma: A data analytics study of fireplace influence on winter energy consumption at the residential household level

Elnakat, Afamia; Gomez, Juan D. - In: Energy Reports 2 (2016), pp. 14-20

This study investigates the effect of the presence of fireplaces at the household level independent of the function of ambiance and indoor air quality. The focus of this study is on the winter heating energy use of homes with and without fireplaces to promote energy conservation. Three years of...

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A zip code study of socioeconomic, demographic, and household gendered influence on the residential energy sector

Elnakat, Afamia; Gomez, Juan D.; Booth, Nathlie - In: Energy Reports 2 (2016), pp. 21-27

This study investigates the influence of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population on residential energy utilization patterns at the ZIP code level in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The City of San Antonio, Texas is the seventh most populous city in the United States and...

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Composition and Sensitivity of Residential Energy Consumption

Jimenez, Raul; Yepez-Garcia, Ariel - 2016

and planning. With that aim in mind, this paper examines the composition of residential energy consumption and its … energy consumption shows satiation and net savings effects, potentially implying that energy demand does not grow forever. … follows an inverse U-shape along the world income distribution. This finding suggests that at high income levels, residential …

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Composition and sensitivity of residential energy consumption

Jiménez, Raúl; Yepez-Garcia, Ariel - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011519037

The flame dilemma : a data analytics study of fireplace influence on winter energy consumption at the residential household level

Elnakat, Afamia; Gomez, Juan D. - In: Energy reports 2 (2016), pp. 14-20

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863446

A ZIP code study of socioeconomic, demographic, and household gendered influence on the residential energy sector

Elnakat, Afamia; Gomez, Juan D.; Booth, Nathlie - In: Energy reports 2 (2016), pp. 21-27

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863448

Installing photovoltaics in Germany: A license to print money?

Andor, Mark; Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2015

Using detailed data originating from several hundred households of the German Residential Energy Survey (GRECS), this paper empirically investigates the returns on investment in home-equipped photovoltaics (PV) installations. We find that these returns were particularly high in the years 2009 to...