Data Sources for Examining End-Uses
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To identify which opportunities have the most technical potential, you will need to have at least a basic understanding of which types of appliances and equipment ("end-uses") contribute most to your system-wide energy use and peak demand. Reasonable approximations of how end-uses contribute to total consumption can often be obtained from regional and state datasets or a neighboring utility's load research. Examples of some of these resources follow below.
Data Sources for Examining End-Uses
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EIA: Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) - RECS offers insight into residential end-use consumption for the four Census regions, the nine Census divisions, and the four most populous states-California, Florida, New York and Texas. |
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EIA: Household Electricity Reports - Part of EIA's Regional Energy Profile series, these reports examine the amount of electricity consumed annually by U.S. households for several end-uses, including space heating and cooling, water heating, lighting and the operation of more than two dozen appliances. Currently, the reports are available for the following regions: New England, Mid Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central, South Atlantic and the state of New York. |
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EIA: Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) - CBECS offers insight into end-use consumption in the commercial by principal building activity for the four Census regions and the nine Census divisions. |
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EIA: Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) - MECS provides data on the energy-intensity of different industry segments for the four Census regions. |
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U.S. DOE: 2009 Buildings Energy Data Book - Spreadsheets, charts and graphs supply statistics on residential and commercial building energy consumption. Data tables contain statistics related to construction, building technologies, energy consumption and building characteristics. |
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EIA: Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) - The AEO is an annual forecast and analysis of U.S. energy supply, demand and prices to about 25 years out. It uses data from RECS, CBECs and MECS and the National Energy Modeling System to develop forecasts. |
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"Catalog of Utility or Energy Efficiency Agency Sponsored Studies" - In September 2009, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships Regional EM&V Forum contracted with KEMA to conduct a search for available efficiency measures and/or end-use load data for typical efficiency measures and/or electrical loads. The resulting report and spreadsheet catalog more than 100 local, state and regional datasets. |
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Baseline or potential studies conducted by neighboring utilities or for your state or region can also be used to approximate conditions in your service territory. |
