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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 8167 Over-Consuming Cold Appliances, 2015 816710.5255/UKDA-SN-8167-1 Building Research Establishment <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a> Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy UK Data Service 03 May 2017 DOMESTIC APPLIANCESELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTELECTRIC POWERELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTIONCONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLDSSHOPPINGATTITUDES Energy and natural resourcesConsumption and consumer behaviour Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Over-Consuming Cold Appliances, 2015 is a large scale field trial, in which 998 appliances were monitored from 766 properties across England. Electricity consumption and temperature data were collected over a 7 day period and occupant interviews were conducted to understand how appliances were used and maintained. Improving the energy efficiency of Britain’s housing stock forms a major part of the Government’s energy and climate change policy. An important end use of energy in the housing stock is electricity consumed by household appliances, including fridges and freezers. In 2014, it was estimated that 10.5 TWh of electricity in England was consumed by domestic cold appliances, equivalent to 15.6% of the total electricity consumed by household domestic appliances in England. Previous research has suggested that around 9% of domestic cold appliances may be over-consuming (i.e. using significantly more electricity than they were designed to); however these findings were based on a relatively small sample. The present study recorded that of all the appliances monitored, 8% were found to be over-consuming. The average electricity consumption of an over-consuming cold appliance was 730 kWh/year (+/- 69 kWh/year), which was more than double that of all other cold appliances, where the average was 322 kWh/year (+/- 14 kWh/year). Replacing over-consuming appliances with appliances that operate ‘normally’ could represent a saving of approximately 408 kWh per appliance. This equates to £58/year, which is more than 10% of a household’s electricity bill. Scaled up to the English housing stock, the removal of over-consuming appliances from the household stock could result in a saving of 1.4 TWh/year, approximately 0.65 mega tonnes of CO2 and potential savings of over £199 million in electricity costs. Further information about this project can be found on gov.uk <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/study-of-over-consuming-household-cold-appliances" target="_blank">Publications</a> webpage. Main Topics: The main focus of this study is electricity consumption. March 2015 - November 201501 March 201501 November 2015 England Families/householdsNational Households who had indicated in the English Housing Survey interview that they were happy to be contacted for future research. Numeric Cross-sectional (one-time) study Simple random samplePurposive selection/case studiesMore details are contained in the study's report. Face-to-face interviewTelephone interviewPostal survey <img alt="Open Government License logo" src="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/assets/img/logo-ogl.png">  The Data Collection is to be made available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access under an <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/">Open Government Licence</a>. See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 8167 2024-11-28T07:31:23Z ddi:codebook:2_5