Trends in appliance usage and electricity consumption in households: A case study in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka
Abstract
Keywords: Appliances, domestic consumption, electricity demand, tropical climate, thermal comfort.
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Cabeza LF, Ürge-Vorsatz D, Palacios A, Ürge D, Serrano S, Barreneche C. 2018. Trends in penetration and ownership of household appliances. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 82:4044-4059.
CEB. Retrieved from https://ceb.lk/electricity-generated/en (accessed 04-03-2021).
CEB. 2016. CEB statistical report- 2016. Ceylon Electricity Board, Sri Lanka.
Department of Census and Statistics. 2016. Household Income and Expenditure Survey – 2016. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
Department of Census and Statistics. 2012. Census of Population and Housing Sri Lanka – 2012. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
Gouveia JP, Seixas J. 2016. Unraveling electricity consumption profiles in households through clusters: Combining smart meters and door-to-door surveys. Energy and Buildings 116:666–676.
Huebner G, Shipworth D, Hamilton I, Chalabi Z, Oreszczyn T. 2016. Understanding electricity consumption: A comparative contribution of building factors, socio-demographics, appliances, behaviours and attitudes. Applied Energy 177:692–702.
Israel GD. 2003. Determining Sample Size, Institute for food and agricultural science, University of Florida, USA.
Jones RV, Fuertes A, Lomas RV. 2015. The socio-economic, dwelling and appliance related factors affecting electricity consumption in domestic buildings. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 43:901–917.
Le VT, Pitts A. 2019. A survey on electrical appliance use and energy consumption in Vietnamese households: Case study of Tuy Hoa city, Energy & Buildings 197:229–241.
Leahy E, Lyons S. 2010. Energy use and appliance ownership in Ireland. Energy Policy 38 (8): 4265–4279.
McNeil MA, Letschert VE. 2010. Modeling diffusion of electrical appliances in the residential sector. Energy and Buildings 42:783–790.
Ndiaye V, Gabriel K. 2011. Principal component analysis of the electricity consumption in residential dwellings. Energy and Buildings 43:446–453.
ODYSSEE-MURE. 2021. ODYSSEE database. Sectoral profile - Households. Retrieved from https://www.odyssee-mure.eu/publications/efficiency-by-sector/households/electricity-consumption-dwelling.html (accessed 04-03-2021).
Rao ND, Ummel K. 2017. White goods for white people? Drivers of electric appliance growth in emerging economies. Energy Research & Social Science 27:106–116.
Ürge-Vorsatz D, Cabeza LF, Serrano S, Barreneche C. 2015. Heating and cooling energy trends and drivers in buildings. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 41:85–98.
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
Ruhuna Journal of Science by University of Ruhuna is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
eISSN: 2536-8400
Print ISSN: 1800-279X (Before 2014)