Smart Energy Research Lab Observatory Data, 2019-2024: Secure Access

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<p>The Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) delivers a unique energy data resource to the UK research community that enables a broad range of multi-disciplinary, socio-technical research relating to energy consumption in domestic buildings.</p>
<p><span>The SERL Observatory is transforming Great Britain's energy research through the long-term provision of high quality, high-resolution energy data that provides a reliable evidence base for intervention, observational and longitudinal studies across the socio-technical spectrum.</span><br>
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<p>The goals of the Smart Energy Research Lab are to provide:</p>
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<li>A trusted data resource for researchers to utilise large-scale, high-resolution energy data
</li><li>An effective mechanism for collecting and linking energy data with other contextual data</li><li>High quality data management to ensure fit-for-purpose data are provisioned to researchers</li></ul>
<p>Participant recruitment began in August 2019. Approximately 1,700 participants were recruited from central and southern England and from Wales as part of a pilot study that tested different recruitment strategies. The second recruitment wave took place in August-September 2020, and the third wave at the start of 2021. SERL recruited over 13,000 households which are regionally representative across England, Scotland and Wales. Recruitment is also designed to be representative of each Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile; an area-based relative measure of deprivation.</p>
<p>For the latest edition (released in May 2024), all SERL data up to and including 31st December 2023 were made available. Users should note that this is the 6th edition of SERL data that has been released, though the citation may refer to the 7th edition.</p>
<p>All code provided with the data is now managed on the <a href="https://github.com/smartEnergyResearchLab">
SERL GitHub</a> website.</p>
<p>Smart meter data:</p>
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<li>Daily and half-hourly energy (electricity and gas) consumption data</li><li>Tariff data</li><li>Additional smart meter technical data</li></ul>
<p>Contextual data:</p>
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<li>SERL survey (initial) completed by participant households on sign-up providing data on household information and building characteristics.</li><li>Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data</li><li>Weather data</li><li>SERL Covid-19 survey: sent to wave 1 participants in May 2020 to understand their circumstances during the first lockdown</li><li>SERL survey (Follow-up 2023): sent to all active participants in early 2023 to investigate the impact of rapidly rising energy costs in 2022/2023</li></ul>
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<p>SERL data will be updated and made available to researchers on a quarterly basis. SERL is an evolving data resource and thus new editions of the data might include:</p>
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<li>additional records – more smart meter data, since the previous edition</li><li>additional participants – more participants recruited since the previous release</li><li>additional variables – where new variables become available to SERL</li></ul>
<p>Further information about SERL can be found on <a href="https://serl.ac.uk/" target="_blank">serl.ac.uk</a> and in the associated documentation. The 'Key Documents' section of the SERL website, which links to all publications that use SERL data, can be found at <a href="http://serl.ac.uk/key-documents">serl.ac.uk/key-documents</a>. If you do not see your SERL-data publication listed, please contact the SERL team via [e-mail].<br>
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For the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA5 data users should note<span> </span>that neither the European Commission nor the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts will be held responsible for any use that may be made of the<a href="https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/licences/copernicus/"> Copernicus information</a> or data it contains.<span> </span>The Energy Performance of Buildings Data is also included and users must read and abide<span> </span>by the <a href="https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/docs/copyright">Copyright Information Notice</a>, provided by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, that covers the use of Royal Mail information and non-address data provided under the <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/">Open Government Licence v3.0</a>.</p><p>For the latest edition (released in November 2024), all SERL smart meter and climate data have been updated to June 2024. Users should note that this is the 7th edition of SERL data that has been released, though the citation may refer to the 8th edition.
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智能能源研究实验室（Smart Energy Research Lab, SERL）为英国科研共同体提供了独特的能源数据资源，可支撑涵盖民用建筑能耗相关的多学科、社会技术学等广泛领域的研究。

SERL观测站通过长期提供高质量、高分辨率的能源数据，为社会技术全谱系内的干预研究、观测研究与纵向研究提供可靠的证据基础，正重塑英国的能源研究格局。

智能能源研究实验室的目标在于提供：
- 为科研人员提供可供使用的大规模、高分辨率能源数据可信资源
- 搭建有效的数据收集机制，将能源数据与其他关联数据进行关联整合
- 实施高质量的数据管理，确保向科研人员提供适配需求的数据

参与者招募工作于2019年8月启动。作为测试不同招募策略的试点研究，研究人员从英格兰中南部与威尔士地区招募了约1700名参与者。第二波招募于2020年8-9月开展，第三波则于2021年初启动。SERL累计招募了超过13000户家庭，其区域分布覆盖英格兰、苏格兰与威尔士，具备区域代表性。同时，招募工作兼顾了多重剥夺指数（Index of Multiple Deprivation, IMD）五分位的代表性——这是一种基于区域的相对剥夺程度衡量标准。

截至2024年5月发布的最新数据版本，所有SERL数据的覆盖时段为2023年12月31日及之前。用户需注意，本次发布为SERL数据的第6版，但引用文献中可能会标注为第7版。

所有随数据附带的代码目前均已托管于<a href="https://github.com/smartEnergyResearchLab">SERL GitHub网站</a>。

智能电表数据包含：
- 每日与半小时粒度的能源（电力与燃气）消耗数据
- 资费数据
- 额外智能电表技术参数数据

关联上下文数据包含：
- SERL初始调查问卷：由参与者家庭在注册时完成，用于收集家庭信息与建筑特征相关数据
- 能源性能证书（Energy Performance Certificate, EPC）数据
- 气象数据
- SERL新冠疫情调查问卷：于2020年5月发送给第一波参与者，用于了解他们在首轮封锁期间的生活境况
- SERL 2023年跟进调查问卷：于2023年初发送给所有活跃参与者，用于调研2022/2023年能源成本快速上涨带来的影响

SERL数据将按季度进行更新并向科研人员开放。SERL作为持续演进的数据资源，其后续版本的数据可能包含：
- 新增记录：相较于上一版本新增的智能电表数据
- 新增参与者：相较于上一版本新增的招募参与者
- 新增变量：SERL新增可获取的变量项

关于SERL的更多信息可访问<a href="https://serl.ac.uk/" target="_blank">serl.ac.uk</a>官网及配套文档。SERL官网的“核心文件”板块收录了所有使用SERL数据发表的研究成果，访问地址为<a href="http://serl.ac.uk/key-documents">serl.ac.uk/key-documents</a>。若您的使用SERL数据的研究成果未被收录，请通过[e-mail]联系SERL团队。

针对欧洲中期天气预报中心（European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, ECMWF）ERA5数据的用户，需注意：欧洲委员会与欧洲中期天气预报中心均不会对<a href="https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/licences/copernicus/">哥白尼信息</a>及其所含数据的任何使用行为承担责任。本数据集还包含建筑能源性能数据，用户需阅读并遵守由英国住房、社区与地方政府部发布的<a href="https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/docs/copyright">版权信息公告</a>，该公告涵盖了皇家邮政信息的使用规则，以及根据<a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/">开放政府许可v3.0</a>提供的非地址类数据的使用规范。

截至2024年11月发布的最新数据版本，所有SERL智能电表与气象数据的覆盖时段已更新至2024年6月。用户需注意，本次发布为SERL数据的第7版，但引用文献中可能会标注为第8版。