[HTML][HTML] The over-prediction of energy use by EPCs in Great Britain: A comparison of EPC-modelled and metered primary energy use intensity

J Few, D Manouseli, E McKenna, M Pullinger… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This analysis compares the difference between the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)-
modelled and smart-meter measured annual energy use on a like-for-like basis in 1,374 gas …

[HTML][HTML] Explaining daily energy demand in British housing using linked smart meter and socio-technical data in a bottom-up statistical model

E McKenna, J Few, E Webborn, B Anderson, S Elam… - Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates factors associated with variation in daily total (electricity and gas)
energy consumption in domestic buildings using linked pre-COVID-19 smart meter, weather …

Self-reported energy use behaviour changed significantly during the cost-of-living crisis in winter 2022/23: insights from cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys in …

GM Huebner, C Hanmer, E Zapata-Webborn… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The winter of 2022/23 has seen large increases in energy prices and in the cost of living in
many countries around the world, including Great Britain. Here, we report the results of two …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 on household energy consumption in England and Wales from April 2020 to March 2022

E Zapata-Webborn, E McKenna, M Pullinger… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Survey study on energy use in UK homes during Covid-19

GM Huebner, NE Watson, K Direk… - Buildings and …, 2021 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
To contain the spread of Covid-19, governments across the world imposed partial or
complete lockdowns. National energy demand decreased in periods of lockdowns; however …

[HTML][HTML] Capturing variation in daily energy demand profiles over time with cluster analysis in British homes (September 2019–August 2022)

M Pullinger, E Zapata-Webborn, J Kilgour, S Elam… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates typical domestic energy demand profiles and their variation over
time. It draws on a sample of 13,000 homes from Great Britain, applying k-means cluster …

Producing domestic energy benchmarks using a large disaggregate stock model

D Godoy-Shimizu, R Liddiard, S Evans… - Building Services …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Within the UK, domestic buildings account for 16% of total national emissions. Considerable
improvements to the performance of the existing building stock will be necessary in the …

Increasing response rates and improving research design: Learnings from the Smart Energy Research Lab in the United Kingdom

E Webborn, E McKenna, S Elam, B Anderson… - Energy Research & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obtaining high-resolution energy consumption data from a large, representative sample of
homes is critical for research, but low response rates, sample bias and high recruitment …

Physical, socio-psychological, and behavioural determinants of household energy consumption in the UK

A Satre-Meloy, S Hampton - Energy Efficiency, 2024 - Springer
Determining which attitudes and behaviours predict household energy consumption can
help accelerate the low-carbon energy transition. Conventional approaches in this domain …

Crisis ready-how longitudinal data helps to make sense of crises and how to prepare for the next one

T Fawcett, E McKenna… - ECEEE Summer Study …, 2024 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
During the winter 2022-23 residential energy prices were exceptionally high in Europe. In
the UK, the electricity retail market was temporarily suspended and replaced with the …