Impact of COVID-19 on energy consumption in a residential complex in Hyderabad, India
Abstract When the Indian government declared the first lockdown on 25 March 2020 to control the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, people were forced to stay and work from home. The aim of this study is to quantify the impact of stay-at-home orders on residential Air Conditioning (AC) energy and h...
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| author | Kuntal Chattopadhyay Vishal Garg Praveen Paruchuri Jyotirmay Mathur Srinivas Valluri |
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| description | Abstract When the Indian government declared the first lockdown on 25 March 2020 to control the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, people were forced to stay and work from home. The aim of this study is to quantify the impact of stay-at-home orders on residential Air Conditioning (AC) energy and household electricity consumption (excluding AC energy). This was done using monitored data from 380 homes in a group of five buildings in Hyderabad, India. We gathered AC energy and household electricity consumption data at a 30-min interval for each home individually in April 2019 and April 2020. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was done on this data. To offset the difference in temperatures for the month of April in 2019 and 2020, only those weekdays were selected where the average temperature in 2019 was same as the average temperature in 2020. The study establishes that the average number of hours the AC was used per day in each home increased in the range 4.90–7.45% depending on the temperature for the year 2020. Correspondingly, the overall AC consumption increased in the range 3.60–4.5%, however the daytime (8:00 AM to 8:00 PM) AC energy consumption increased in the range 22–26% and nighttime (8:00 PM to 8:00 AM) AC energy consumption decreased by 5–7% in the year 2020. The study showed a rise in household electricity consumption of about 15% for the entire day in the year 2020. The household electricity consumption increased during daytime by 22- 27.50% and 1.90- 6.6% during the nighttime. It was observed that the morning household electricity peak demand shifted from 7:00 AM in 2019 to 9:00 AM in 2020. Conversely, the evening peak demand shifted from 9:00 PM in 2019 to 7:00 PM in 2020. An additional peak was observed during afternoon hours in the lockdown. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36396ebae5794cdda39b2a212813d8042022-12-25T12:31:44ZengSpringerOpenEnergy Informatics2520-89422022-12-015S411710.1186/s42162-022-00240-5Impact of COVID-19 on energy consumption in a residential complex in Hyderabad, IndiaKuntal Chattopadhyay0Vishal Garg1Praveen Paruchuri2Jyotirmay Mathur3Srinivas Valluri4Center for IT in Building Science, International Institute of Information Technology- HyderabadCenter for IT in Building Science, International Institute of Information Technology- HyderabadMachine Learning Lab, International Institute of Information Technology- HyderabadCentre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurCEO- Synergy Infra Consultants (Pvt)LtdAbstract When the Indian government declared the first lockdown on 25 March 2020 to control the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, people were forced to stay and work from home. The aim of this study is to quantify the impact of stay-at-home orders on residential Air Conditioning (AC) energy and household electricity consumption (excluding AC energy). This was done using monitored data from 380 homes in a group of five buildings in Hyderabad, India. We gathered AC energy and household electricity consumption data at a 30-min interval for each home individually in April 2019 and April 2020. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was done on this data. To offset the difference in temperatures for the month of April in 2019 and 2020, only those weekdays were selected where the average temperature in 2019 was same as the average temperature in 2020. The study establishes that the average number of hours the AC was used per day in each home increased in the range 4.90–7.45% depending on the temperature for the year 2020. Correspondingly, the overall AC consumption increased in the range 3.60–4.5%, however the daytime (8:00 AM to 8:00 PM) AC energy consumption increased in the range 22–26% and nighttime (8:00 PM to 8:00 AM) AC energy consumption decreased by 5–7% in the year 2020. The study showed a rise in household electricity consumption of about 15% for the entire day in the year 2020. The household electricity consumption increased during daytime by 22- 27.50% and 1.90- 6.6% during the nighttime. It was observed that the morning household electricity peak demand shifted from 7:00 AM in 2019 to 9:00 AM in 2020. Conversely, the evening peak demand shifted from 9:00 PM in 2019 to 7:00 PM in 2020. An additional peak was observed during afternoon hours in the lockdown.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-022-00240-5COVID-19Residential energy consumptionAir conditioning energy consumptionHousehold electricity consumptionCase studyData monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Kuntal Chattopadhyay Vishal Garg Praveen Paruchuri Jyotirmay Mathur Srinivas Valluri Impact of COVID-19 on energy consumption in a residential complex in Hyderabad, India Energy Informatics COVID-19 Residential energy consumption Air conditioning energy consumption Household electricity consumption Case study Data monitoring |
| title | Impact of COVID-19 on energy consumption in a residential complex in Hyderabad, India |
| title_full | Impact of COVID-19 on energy consumption in a residential complex in Hyderabad, India |
| title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 on energy consumption in a residential complex in Hyderabad, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 on energy consumption in a residential complex in Hyderabad, India |
| title_short | Impact of COVID-19 on energy consumption in a residential complex in Hyderabad, India |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 on energy consumption in a residential complex in hyderabad india |
| topic | COVID-19 Residential energy consumption Air conditioning energy consumption Household electricity consumption Case study Data monitoring |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-022-00240-5 |
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