A bottom-up electricity demand model for the residential sector in Querétaro, Mexico
Abstract
There is a growing interest in reducing energy consumption and its associated greenhouse
gas emissions from every sector of the economy. The residential sector is a substantial
consumer of energy in every country and understanding which factors affect the energy
consumption in this sector is crucial for policy makers, investors, utilities, and
other stakeholders. This study contributes to a better understanding of these factors
through a case study in Queretaro, Mexico. Particularly, this study sheds light on
two different methods for collecting detailed information on the end uses of energy
in homes, and for assessing the relationship between energy consumption and demographic
and socioeconomic indicators. The data used for this study were collected through
face-to-face surveys in 32 households and by tracking real-time electricity consumption
in a subset of these households. Finally, a bottom-up model was used to estimate the
electricity demand of the households surveyed, with the results suggesting a correlation
with income, number of lightbulbs, dwelling size, and the number of days the household
was occupied. The results of the study motivated the authors to recommend the extension
and replication of this study, to assess the role of private transportation in energy
consumption, and to improve the use of technology for the collection and analysis
of data.
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Hernandez, Mauricio; & Cao, Sunzhe (2016). A bottom-up electricity demand model for the residential sector in Querétaro, Mexico.
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