| Summary: | The purpose of this report is to evaluate the 1978-79 National Interim Energy Consumption Survey (NIECS) data base in terms of its usefulness for estimating residential energy demand models based on household appliance choice and utilization decisions. The NIECS contains detailed energy usage information at the household level for 4081 households during the April 1978 to March 1979 period. Among the data included are information on the structural and thermal characteristics of the housing unit, demographic characteristics of the household, fuel usage, appliance characteristics and actual energy consumption over the 12-month period. In comparison to several earlier surveys of household energy consumption, the NIECS contains approximately twice as many sample households, covers all four of the primary residential fuels - electricity, natural gas, fuel oi and LPG - and is the only national survey to include detailed information on recent household conservation and retrofit activities.
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