getTypEleConsHousehold: Get typical electricity consumption of a household

In hslu-ige-laes/redutils: Utility Functions for the Analysis and Visualization of Comfort and Energy Data in R

Get typical electricity consumption of a household

Description

Get a typical electricity consumption of a household in kWh/year. This is useful to compare a real dataset with a typical consumption value.

Usage

getTypEleConsHousehold(
  occupants = 3,
  rooms = NULL,
  bldgType = "single",
  dishwasher = "classic",
  freezer = "none",
  cookingBaking = "normal",
  effLighting = "mix",
  dryer = "classic",
  laundry = "classic",
  waterHeater = "none",
  eleCommon = "excluded"
)

Arguments

occupants	numeric number of occupants, minimum 1, maximum 6
rooms	numeric number of rooms, minimum 1, maximum 9, defaul NULL and internally assumed by the number of occupants
bldgType	type of building, single family house or multi dwelling untit ("single" or "multi", default "multi")
dishwasher	type of dishwasher ("none", "classic" or "hotWaterSupply", default "classic")
freezer	type of freezer ("none" or "classic", default "none")
cookingBaking	cooking and baking behaviour ("occasionally", "normal" or "intensive", default "normal")
effLighting	energy efficient lighting ("minority", "mix" or "majority", default "mix")
dryer	type of clothing dryer ("none", "roomAir", "heatPump" or "classic", default "classic")
laundry	type of laundry machine ("none", "classic" or "hotWaterSupply", default "classic")
waterHeater	type of water heater ("none", "electric" or "heatPump", default "none")
eleCommon	common electricity ("included" or "excluded", default "excluded")

Details

Source: Nipkov, J. (2013). Typischer Haushalt-Stromverbrauch - Schlussbericht. Bundesamt für Energie (BFE).

Occupants:

• The persons should be present at least on working days, i.e. at least in the evening and usually for 2 meals.

• Children up to approx. 10 years are to be counted as approx. "½ person".

• Teenagers from about 11 years on are to be counted as adults.

Rooms:

• If the effective room number deviates significantly, i.e. by more than 1, from a "typical room number", the typical energy consumption gets adjusted accordingly.

Dishwasher:

• none: no dishwasher powered with this meter

• classic: dishwasher available, no further classification

• with hot water supply: electrical dishwasher which uses as well hot water to heat up

Freezer:

• none: no "big" freezer powered with this meter. The one in the refrigerator does not count.

• classic: additional freezer available, no further classification

Cooking & Baking:

• If cooking and baking is particularly intensive and often, and little hot food is eaten outdoors, this increases the base value by 50 per person.

• Conversely, if the stove and oven are used less intensively and food is eaten outdoors frequently, this reduces the base value by 50 per person.

Efficient Lighting:

• The mix values apply to a share of efficient lamps of about 40 to 50% (energy saving lamps, LED, fluorescent tubes).

• Attention: Halogen or "Eco-Halogen" lamps are not efficient!

• Majority means more than 80%, minority less than 20%

Clothes Dryer:

• none: no dryer powered with this meter

• room air dryer: room air dehumidifier in the drying room

• heat pumpt dryer: dryer with integrated heat pump, uses less energy than classic one!

• classic dryer: classical one which is only connected to the electric power

Washing Machine:

• none: no washing machine powered with this meter

• classic: washing machine available, no further classification

• with hot water supply: electrical washing machine which uses as well hot water to heat up

Water Heater:

• none: no water heater powered with this meter

• Electric Boiler: separate electric boiler powered with this meter

• Heat Pump: only for single family houses when the water heater is connected to the meter

Common electricity (building equipment, common lighting):

• included: e.g. for single family houses with main meter

• excluded: e.g. for multi family houses where the meter of the flat gets analyzed. Normally the common electricity is measured by a separate meter.

Value

Returns a typical electricity consumtion of a comparable Swiss household in kWh/year.

Examples

# single family house
getTypEleConsHousehold(occupants=3, rooms=5.5, bldgType="single", waterHeater="heatPump", eleCommon="included")

# flat in a multi family house
getTypEleConsHousehold(occupants=3, rooms=4.5, bldgType="multi", freezer="none", eleCommon="excluded")

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