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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 2210 Monitored Domestic Energy Use Data Archive, 1973-1983 221010.5255/UKDA-SN-2210-1 Building Research Energy Conservation Support Unit <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>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply. Department of the Environment UK Data Service 06 November 2007 ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATUREBOILERSCONSUMPTIONDOMESTIC APPLIANCESELECTRIC POWERELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGYENERGY CONSUMPTIONGAS CONSUMPTIONGAS FUELSHEATING SYSTEMSLIGHTINGPETROLEUM PRODUCTSSOLAR ENERGYWATER SERVICES (BUILDINGS)WATER SUPPLYWATER TEMPERATUREWIND MEASUREMENT HousingConsumption and consumer behaviourEnergy and natural resources Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This Archive is a collection of data on the environment of dwellings. They were monitored by a number of different organizations at different times, but have been brought together under a common file specification and record format to enable a wide circle of researchers and other users to have access to a valuable source of information on the environment of dwellings.Main Topics: Variables The main variables monitored were Internal Temperatures, External Temperatures, Solar Radiation, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Heating System Operation, Hot Water Consumption and Energy Consumption. The first data-sets to be incorporated into the Archive came from the Department of the Environment's 'Better Insulated Housing Programme.' Between 1973 and 1982 the Department of the Environment commissioned a series of projects under this programme with the aim of assessing the effects of higher standards of thermal insulation in houses. All of these projects related to Local Authority housing. Data were monitored in 'Test' and 'Control' houses, the former having higher standards of insulation than the latter. These houses were in groups of 20 to 30 and of similar built form both for 'Test' and `Control' groups. The Archive originally consisted of eight projects from this programme plus one further project, - namely the 'Energy Improvement Kit' (EIK) project undertaken by the City of Birmingham Polytechnic. This latter study covered a sample of 25 houses, deliberately chosen as representative of 25 different types, with measurements taken before and after insulation rather than concurrently on 'Test' and `Control' houses. The data were physical rather than sociological. An attempt has been made in the printed project appendices to present supplementary information which might be needed by a user to interpret the variables held on computer files. In this context many will be particularly interested in the supplementary information which can be generally described as sociological, - details of occupancy, social status and income of householder etc. As stated above, the main content of the Archive is physical rather and sociological data, but there is often a call to relate the two and something may be done in the future to meet this requirement. It is intended that other datasets will be added to the Archive in the future both from the Better Insulated Housing programme and from other sources. There are several directions in which the Archive might usefully be expanded. In particular it would be helpful to add datasets on non-public sector housing. 1973 - 198301 January 197301 January 1983 EnglandScotlandWales BuckinghamshireCambridgeshireDevonDurham (County)Lothian RegionSouth GlamorganTyne and WearWest LothianWest Midlands HousesSubnationalHousing Houses in Great Britain which were monitored under the Department of the Environment's `Better Insulated Housing Programme' between 1973 and 1983; houses which were monitored under the City of Birmingham Polytechnic's `Energy Improvement Kit' project. A collection of one-time studies No sampling (total universe) Environmental measurements The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 2210 2024-11-28T07:21:51Z ddi:codebook:2_5