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Electricity-saving potential of residential buildings: empirical evidence from resident habits

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The electricity usage in residential buildings in China has increased sharply in recent years, placing great pressure on the power supply. We use electricity usage data at the household level to analyze resident electricity usage behavior. Based on cluster analysis, we categorize electricity usage in residential buildings into three types: the summer-sensitivity type, winter-sensitivity type, and balanced type. Habits exert a significant effect on resident electricity usage and show different effects across different resident electricity usage patterns. We find that the electricity-saving potential of incorporating certain habits in summer and winter is 9.34% and 8.35%, respectively. Our findings have practical significance for reducing electricity usage in residential buildings.

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This study is supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 9212016), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grants No. BK20220971), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grants No. 30922011206), Philosophy and Social Sciences Foundation in Universities of Jiangsu Province (Grants No. 2022SJYB0016), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 72243001, Grants No. 72074026, Grants No. 72304140).

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    Yefei Sun

  2. School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

    Ziyue Yuan & Bo Wang

  3. State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co., Ltd, Xinjiang, China

    Kaining Sun

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Sun, Y., Yuan, Z., Sun, K. et al. Electricity-saving potential of residential buildings: empirical evidence from resident habits. Energy Efficiency 16, 90 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-023-10169-7

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