Understanding household energy demand patterns is essential for effective energy system planning and policy design. Building on previous cluster analysis of common daily demand profiles, this study identifies household electricity and gas ‘demand …
The Smart Energy Research Laboratory (SERL) Observatory, which collects smart meter data from nearly 13,000 British homes, has the scope to gather additional data in times of change. In early 2023 a survey was sent out to participants to gauge the …
In October 2022 British households entered a heating season amidst exceptionally high energy prices – squeezing household incomes and increasing fuel poverty. This study analyses electricity and gas consumption in 5594 households from October 2022 to …
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way people lived, worked, and studied around the world, with direct consequences for domestic energy use. This study assesses the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in the first two years of the pandemic on household …
The Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) Observatory dataset described here comprises half-hourly and daily electricity and gas data, SERL survey data, Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) input data and 24 local hourly climate reanalysis variables from …