Summary information

Study title

Hull Low Energy Housing Project : Social Survey, 1981

Creator

Pearson, L. F., Hull College of Higher Education, School of Architecture, Low Energy Housing Project

Study number / PID

1589 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1589-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

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To collect information on current energy use in council houses, concentrating on families in the Hull area, and to relate technical and behavioural data concerning domestic energy use.
Main Topics:

Variables
Data was obtained on three types of house: pre-war improved, modern gas-fired radiators, and modern gas-fired warm air. Data collected included central heating usage, other heating, water system use, behavioural aspects of energy use, window opening and general ventilation, insulation appliance ownership, estimated fuel expenditure, patterns of home use, socio-economic details, temperature and weather data, and actual fuel expenditure.
The data were analysed to obtain the main factors causing variations in fuel expenditure, and combined with technical data on house types in order to construct a predictive model of household energy use.

Consumption and consumer behaviourEnergy and natural resourcesHousingIncome, property and investment/saving

AGEAIR CONDITIONINGATTITUDESBUILDING DESIGNBUILDING OPERATIONSCENTRAL HEATINGCHILDRENCOOKINGCOOKING FACILITIESCOSTSDOMESTIC APPLIANCESEMPLOYMENT

Data collection period

08/04/1981 - 23/06/1981

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Families/households

Subnational

Council tenants

Households

Universe

Council households in Hull in three types of house: (1) pre-war improved (2) with modern gas-fired radiators (3) with modern gas-fired warm air heating

Sampling procedure

Simple random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Temperature measurements

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1982

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Pearson, F. (1981) Hull Low Energy Housing Project: : 1981 survey report [Research report], : Hull school of Architecture.
Webster, F. (1981) The sociological aspects:: Low Energy Housing Project [Research report], : Hull school of Architecture.
Hodges, D. (1980) Low Energy Housing Project [Research report], : Hull school of Architecture.