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This dataset describes the characteristics of the case study households whose energy use was evaluated as part of the EVALOC (evaluating low carbon communities) project. The characteristics include physical attributes (age, built form, construction), heating systems type and occupancy details. The dataset also shows if they received an Energy Display Monitor (EDM) from their low carbon community. This data collection comprises (1) a questionnaire survey, essential to provide more information about physical characteristics of the dwelling such as age, built form as well as household characteristics such as family size, number of occupants, along with physical and behavioral energy saving improvements that have been deployed. Also, it includes (2) transcripts of the 30 households interviewed who had undergone community-led home energy improvements as well as (3) five year longitudinal annual data (from 2008-2012) for household gas and electricity consumption for these households. The (4) EVALOC household energy interview template attached helped gather data on occupant habits and energy behaviors, as well as their perception and expectation related to energy use, controls, comfort and engagement with the community group. This three-year project brings together an interdisciplinary team of social science and building science-based researchers to assess and explain the changes in energy use due to community activities within six selected case study projects under the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) Low Carbon Communities Challenge (LCCC) initiative. These low carbon community projects are evaluated in terms of their: (1) impacts (on changing individual and community energy behaviours); (2) effectiveness (on achieving real-savings in energy use and carbon emissions); (3) success (in bringing about sustained and systemic change); (4) Using a combination of 'community-led action research' and a programme of 'monitoring and evaluation' of the...