North East Scotland Energy Monitoring Project, 2010-2012

The total amount of energy consumed by households over a given period of time is a function of socio-physical factors and occupant behaviour. The North East Scotland energy monitoring project (NESEMP) examined the relationship between different types of energy feedback and psycho-social measures including individual environmental attitudes, household characteristics, and everyday behaviours. As part of this project, several hundred households were monitored, with the electricity usage recorded every five minutes using CurrentCost monitors. <br> <br> Electricity data and household temperature readings from 215 households in North East Scotland were recorded remotely at 5-minute intervals between 2010 and 2012. The NESEMP study explored the different electricity consumption profiles associated with particular household types. Households were also asked to complete a carbon footprint calculator questionnaire as part of the study and estimated carbon footprints derived from the carbon calculation tool were compared against electricity use. Various collection issues resulted in incomplete or irregular readings from households (e.g. missing periods of readings (long periods of non-collection for some households) or readings not at 5-minute intervals), and some households left the study during the monitoring period. An extensive cleaning exercise was carried out resulting in each household having full days of data at exact 5-minute intervals (i.e. 288 readings per day). <br> <br> As part of the NESEMP, various demographic and attitudinal information was also collected using questionnaires from each household. Some of these data are incomplete and some households did not provide full permission for usage of their data; while meter readings exist for these households, their data have been excluded from the analysis (and therefore from the deposited data).<br> <br> The electricity and household temperature data were collected by a <a href="http://www.currentcost.com/product-envi.html" title="CurrentCost Envi monitor">CurrentCost Envi monitor</a>, by a clamp connected to the household electricity meter. This communicates over a wi-fi network with the monitor. The sampling happened approximately every 6 seconds and provided a value for the current usage of electricity within the house, as measured by the clamp, and the current temperature in the room housing the Envi monitor; see also <a href="http://www.currentcost.com/cc128/xml.htm" title="CurrentCost Envi monitor documentation">CurrentCost Envi monitor documentation</a>, and the study documentation.<br> <br>

家庭在指定时段内的总能耗是社会物理因素与居住者行为共同作用的函数。东北苏格兰能源监测项目（North East Scotland Energy Monitoring Project, NESEMP）探究了不同类型的能源反馈与多项社会心理指标之间的关联，涵盖个体环境态度、家庭特征与日常行为。作为该项目的组成部分，研究人员对数百户家庭开展了监测工作，使用CurrentCost监测设备以每5分钟的间隔记录用电数据。

2010至2012年间，研究人员以5分钟为采样间隔，远程记录了苏格兰东北部215户家庭的用电数据与室内温度读数。NESEMP项目旨在探索与特定家庭类型相关的各类用电能耗特征。此外，参与家庭还需填写碳足迹计算器问卷，研究人员将通过碳计算工具得出的估算碳足迹与实际用电情况进行对比。由于各类采集问题，部分家庭存在数据不完整或记录不规范的情况（例如部分家庭出现长时间数据缺失时段，或未严格按照5分钟间隔采集读数），且部分家庭在监测期间退出了研究。研究团队开展了大规模的数据清洗工作，最终使每户家庭的数据均为严格按5分钟间隔采集的完整单日数据（即单日共288条读数）。

作为NESEMP项目的一部分，研究人员还通过问卷收集了各家庭的各类人口统计与态度类信息。部分此类数据存在缺失，且部分家庭未完全授权其数据的使用权限；尽管这些家庭有电表读数记录，但他们的数据已被排除在分析之外（因此也未纳入已存档的公开数据中）。

用电与家庭温度数据由<a href="http://www.currentcost.com/product-envi.html" title="CurrentCost Envi monitor">CurrentCost Envi监测设备</a>通过夹接在家庭电表上的电流钳采集。该设备通过Wi-Fi网络与监测终端进行通信，其采样频率约为每6秒一次，可采集由电流钳测得的房屋当前用电功率，以及安置该监测设备的房间的当前温度；相关细节可参考<a href="http://www.currentcost.com/cc128/xml.htm" title="CurrentCost Envi monitor documentation">CurrentCost Envi监测设备文档</a>以及本研究的项目文档。