This project considers the electricity load profiles, and the contributing appliance usage patterns, for individual public housing units across multiple providers. The population of interest is low-income households.

We will be looking at the nature and availability of appliances and how this affects the overall electricity use, in terms of both timing and total consumption. We want to collect electricity use data and information on appliance type and use from public housing tenants, to establish patterns of appliance usage. We are interested in how energy use profiles for specific appliances in public housing compares to known profiles for the same appliances amongst all types of housing tenure.

Project lead Mark Apperley