EOU UK central heating on/off date micro-survey result 2017 to 2022

When do UK Twitter users (2017 to 2022) turn their central heating fully off, by month? This informal periodic survey on social media suggests that a substantial fraction of respondents (up to 10%) leave their central heating on year-round, which may lead to unnecessary energy consumption and carbon emissions., UK Twitter followers' heating status was polled periodically from April 2017 to July 2022.
The poll question changed slightly over time.
Per-poll results are captured in the data., , # EOU UK Central Heating On/Off Date Micro-survey 2017 to 2022 Result

[Data at DataDryad](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.wstqjq2t6)

[Analysis](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-survey-UK-central-heating-on-off-dates.html)

A series of informal polls were run between 2017 and 2022 inclusive, asking followers to report if their central heating system was on or off (or otherwise). These micro-survey results are individually reported, and collated to capture, for example, what fraction of central heating systems are left on all year. Results are roughly in-line with UK government surveys/reports suggesting that a significant fraction (single digit percent) of UK central heating systems are permanently left on, controlled only by the thermostat.

One drive for the survey was to probe this fraction, since then heating can end up running unnecessarily on borderline days, or even cool days well away from the main heating season.

## Description of the data and file structure

Poll data CSV, one...