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Residential Databases Variables                                                                                       

General

  • Number of households

  • Record number

  • Record weight

Air Conditioning

  • Have air conditioning equip

  • Portion of house cooled

  • Rooms cooled

  • Trees shade home

Central

  • Central air conditioning

  • Central air heat pump

  • Age of central A/C equip

  • How central air used

Room Units

  • Window/wall air conditioner

  • Number of w/w A/C units

  • Window/wall is heat pump

  • Age of most used A/C unit

  • How often window/wall A/C used

  • Cool capacity cent A/C btu

  • A/C is high efficiency

AC Purchase Criteria

  • Bought new main cooling sys

  • Selected new A/C sys

  • System replaced by new A/C

  • How well old A/C sys worked

  • Price of A/C sys

  • Reputation of A/C sys

  • Efficiency of A/C sys

  • Rebate/finance A/C sys

Secondary Heating Equipment and Fuel

  • Aux heating equipment used

  • Aux equip is centr wrm air

  • Aux equip is steam/hot water

  • Aux equip is blt in elec

  • Aux equip is heat pump

  • Aux equip is pipeless furn

  • Aux equip is heating stove

  • Aux equip is prtbl elec htr

  • Aux equip is prtbl kero

  • Aux equip is room heaters

  • Aux equip is fireplace

  • Aux equip is cooking stove

  • Aux heating equip is other

  • Electric is aux heating fuel

  • Ugas is as aux heating fuel

  • LPG is aux heating fuel

  • Fuel oil is aux heating fuel

  • Kerosene is aux heating fuel

  • Wood is aux heating fuel

  • Coal is aux heating fuel

  • Solar is aux heating fuel

  • Other fuel for aux heating

Behavior

  • Home based business

  • Other using much energy

  • Someone home all day

  • Kept info on house/appl

  • Number of baths per week

  • Laundry washed per week

  • How often use dishwasher

  • Wtrbed htrs used all yr

  • Winter temp - someone home

  • Winter temp - no one home

  • Winter temp - sleep hours

  • Use thermostat in winter

  • Auto set-back/clock thermostat

Building Structure

  • Type of living quarters

  • Number of bedrooms

  • Number of complete baths

  • Number of half baths

  • Number of other rooms

  • Foundation type under home

  • Basement and other foundation

  • Encl crl space & oth fndtn

  • Open crl space & oth fndtn

  • Concrete slab and other

  • Basement/crawl space heated

  • Total sq ft heated area

  • Total sq ft unheated area

  • Total sq ft heated and unheated

  • No garage present

  • One-car garage present

  • Two-car garage present

  • 3/more car garage present

  • Covered carport present

  • Year home built

  • Housing unit type

  • Number of housing units in building

  • Number of floors in building

  • Stories in housing unit

  • Others have direct access

  • Exterior wall material

  • Glass on so wall (vs north)

Clothes Dryer

  • Use clothes dryer

  • Clothes dryer fuel

Clothes Washer

  • Use clothes washer

Coal

  • Household uses coal

Cooking

  • Use stove/burners for cooking

  • Fuel used for cooking

  • Stove fuel

  • Use oven for cooking

  • Oven fuel

  • Use toaster oven

  • Use outdoor gas grill

  • Outdoor grill uses ugas

  • Outdoor grill uses LPG

  • Use microwave oven

  • Number of cooked meals

  • Amount cooked in microwave

Demographics

  • Household heads descriptions

  • Family unit description

  • Male head employment stats

  • Male head age

  • Female head employment status

  • Female head age

  • Children < 6 years old

  • Children >=6 & <12 years

  • Children >=12 & <19 years

  • Other adult < 65 years old

  • Other adult > 64 years old

  • Number of hh members

  • Number of drivers in hh

  • Have regular use of vehicle

  • Number of vehicles

  • Related persons in household

  • Another fam shares home

  • Others live/eat separately

  • Dwelling owned or rented

  • Dwelling is condo/coop

  • Highest grade completed

  • Marital status

  • Hispanic origin

  • Race

DSM-hhold questions

  • Demand side mgt pgms offered

  • In demand side mgt pgm

  • In electric dsm program

  • In natural gas dsm pgm

  • In energy audit

  • In load ctrl program

  • Load ctrl discnt for A/C

  • Load ctrl discnt for wtr htr

  • Load ctrl discnt for oth eq

  • In energy conserv pgm

  • Consrv pgm gave cmpt flr lt

  • Cns pgm gave lo-flo shwr hd

  • Consrv pgm gave wtr htr blnkt

  • Consrv pgm gave insulation

  • Consrv pgm gave caulk/strip

  • Consrv pgm gave windows

  • Consrv pgm gave maintenance

  • Consrv pgm gave other item

  • In rebate program

  • Got rebate for A/C equip

  • Got rebate for water heater

  • Got rebate for heat equip

  • Got rebate for refrigerator

  • Got rebate - cmpct flr lts

  • Got rebate for other equip

  • How impt was rebate

  • In pgm--said to switch fuel

  • Participated in time-of-use pgm

Electricity Use

  • Use electric for heating home

  • Who pays elec for home heat

  • Uses electric for hot water

  • Who pays elec for hot wtr

  • Uses electric for cooking

  • Who pays elec for cooking

  • Uses electric for A/C

  • Who pays elec for A/C

  • Use elec for lts & appliance

  • Who pays elec for lts/appl

  • Elec used for other purposes

  • Pct elec bill for oth purp

  • Kilowatt hours

  • kWh/square foot

  • Space heating kWh

  • Water heating kWh

  • Air Conditioning kWh

  • Refrigerator kWh

  • Freezer kWh

  • Cooking kWh

  • Dishwasher kWh

  • Clothes dryer kWh

  • Lighting kWh

Energy Assistance

  • Aware of energy assist pgm

  • Govt helped pay home heat

  • Govt helped pay home cool

  • Govt helped pay oth costs

  • Govt helpd w/emrgncy suppl

  • Got heat aid cash from govt

  • Govt paid heat co directly

  • Got heat voucher from govt

  • Got 2-prty check from govt

  • Govt help w/heat $ oth way

  • Eligibility for low income hea

Freezers

  • Use a separate freezer

  • Number of separate freezers

  • Age of separate frzr

  • Size of separate frzr

  • Type of separate frzr

  • Frzr upright or chest

Fuel Oil Use/Expenditures

  • Household uses fuel oil

  • Fuel oil tank capacity in gall

  • Fuel oil guaranteed price pl

  • Deliveries/Consumption

  • Est gallons of fuel oil bought

  • Fo annual use in thousand Btu

  • Fuel oil use per square foot

  • Fo space heat use est 1000 Btu

  • Fo water heat use est 1000 Btu

  • Fuel oil appl use est 1000 Btu

  • How fuel oil deliveries made

  • Fuel oil type from supplier 1

  • Fuel oil type from supplier 2

  • Fuel oil used past yr

  • Fuel oil delivered

  • Num of diff fo companies

  • Num fo deliveries past yr

  • Fo used for other purposes

  • Pct fo bill for oth purp

  • Who pays for fuel oil

Geographic Information

  • Census Division

  • State

Heat Systems

  • Main home heating fuel

  • Age of main heating equip

  • Main home heating equipment

  • Heat equip is hi effic

  • New house has zoned heat

  • Amt heat main equip provides

  • Heat equip heats othr units

  • Central air heat pump

  • Main heating fuel a

  • Main heating fuel b

  • Main heating fuel c

  • Mult fuel--one most used

  • Central warm air fuel 1

  • Central warm air fuel 2

  • Central warm air fuel 3

  • Steam/hot water fuel 1

  • Pipeless furnace fuel 1

  • Pipeless furnace fuel 2

  • Room heater fuel 1

  • Heating stove fuel 1

  • Heating stove fuel 2

  • Fireplace fuel 1

  • Fireplace fuel 2

  • Cooking stove fuel 1

  • Other equipment fuel 1

  • Reg maint of heat equipment

  • Use grnd-source heat pump

  • Use water-source heat pump

Heating System Purchas Criteria

  • Bought new main heat system htnew

  • Selected new heat sys htslct

  • How well old heat sys work htwork

  • Like new heat sys vs old htlike

  • Price of new heat sys ht$

  • Reputation of heat sys htrep

  • Efficiency of heat sys hteff

  • Rebate/finance heat sys htreb

Hourly Loads - electric, natural gas and oil

  • Daytype 24-hour Load Profiles

    • Week day, week end day and peak day

    • For each month

    • By end use

  • 8760 hourly loads

    • End use

    • Whole building

Housing Assistance

  • Reside in public housing projec

  • Government subsidized rent

Income

  • Family income last 12 mos

  • Received wages in past 12 mos

  • Self-empl incm past 12 mos

  • Social sec in past 12 mos

  • Pension in past 12 months

  • Food stamps in past 12 mos

  • AFDC income in past 12 months

  • Unemploymnt in past 12 mos

  • Income from SSI in past 12 mos

  • Oth public aid past 12 mos

Insulation

  • How well insulated is home

  • Insul above bsmnt/crl space

  • Have roof/ceiling insulatn

  • Insulation in outside walls

  • Hot water heater insulated

  • Hot water pipes insulated

  • Heat & cool ducts insulated

  • Have weather stripping

  • Caulking present in home

  • R-value of roof insulation

  • Roof insulation units

  • Insul meets building code

  • Kerosene Use and Expenditure

  • Household uses kerosene

Kerosene delivered to home

  • Num kero companies deliver

  • Times kero deliverd past yr

  • Cash/carry kero price/gal

  • Num times cash/carry kero

  • Quantity bought each time

  • Total cash and carry price

  • Est gallons of kerosene boug

  • Annual kero use in thousands

  • Kero space heat use est in t

  • Kero water heat use est in t

  • Cash and carry kerosene

  • Kero used for other purpose

  • Pct kero bill for oth purp

Lack of Heat

  • No heat-unable to pay repr

  • No heat-unable to pay fuel

  • No heat-unable to pay util

  • Times without main heat

  • Total hrs or days w/out heat

Lighting

  • Use halogen light bulbs

  • Use compact fluor lt bulbs

  • Number lights on 12+ hrs/day

  • Flrsnt lights 12+ hrs/day

  • Number lights on 4-12 hrs/day

  • Flrsnt lights 4-12 hrs/day

  • Number lights on 1-4 hrs/day

  • Flrsnt lights 1-4 hrs/day

  • No outdoor lgt/rarely used

  • Outdoor lgt evening only

  • Outdoor lgt on all night

  • Outdoor lgt on timer

  • Use outdoor gas light

  • Hid outdoor lights

  • Outdoor lgt less than 150w

Liquefied Petrolem Gas Use

  • Household uses LPG

  • LPG tank capacity in gallons

  • LPG used for other purposes

  • Pct LPG bill for oth purp

  • LPG delivered to your home

  • Num companies deliver LPG

  • Num LPG deliveries past yr

  • Billion gallons LPG

  • LPG annual use in thousands of

  • LPG use est in thousands of

  • LPG space heat use est in th

  • LPG appl use est in thousands

  • LPG type from supplier 1

  • Who pays for bottled gas

Moving

  • Moved in last 2 years

  • Month moved into home

  • Num more yrs plan to be here

  • Know where & when moving

Natural Gas Use and Expenditures

  • Underground gas available

  • Household uses utility gas

  • Ugas used for other purposes

  • Pct ug bill for oth purpose

  • Use ugas for heating home

  • Who pays ugas for home heat

  • Uses ugas for hot water

  • Who pays ugas for hot wtr

  • Uses ugas for cooking inside

  • Who pays ugas to cook inside

  • Use ugas for other appliances

  • Who pays ugas for appliances

  • Ccfs (hundred cubic ft)

  • Ug annual use in thousand Btu

  • Natural gas use per square foot

  • Nat gas space heat use est

  • Nat gas wat ht use est in th

  • Nat gas space heat use est

  • Nat gas water heat use est

New technolgies

  • Use thermal storage

  • Have heard of low-e glass

  • Heard of pt of use wtr htr

  • Heard of grnd-srce ht pmp

  • Heard of wtr-source ht pmp

  • Heard of thermal storage

  • Heard of ht pump water htr

  • Heard of combo heater

  • Heard of halogen lt bulbs

  • Heard of compact fluor lts

Nonhousehold Uses of Energy

  • Fuel charges for non-hh use

  • Bills include farm/machine use

  • Bills cover fuel of other hh

  • Bills cover bus/office use

Other End Use equipment

  • Use automatic dishwasher

  • Number of color tvs used

  • Number of black & white tvs

  • Use waterbed heaters

  • Number of waterbed heaters

  • Use 20+ gal heated aquarium

  • Use electric dehumidifier

  • Use electric humidifier

  • Use elec pump for well

  • Use air cleaner

  • Use evaporative cooler

  • Have pool w/filtering sys

  • Have heated swimming pool

  • Heated hot tub/spa/jacuzzi

  • Fuel used to heat pool

  • Fuel used to heat recbath

  • Use exhaust fan

  • Used window fan

  • Used portable fan

  • Used attic exhaust fan

  • Used whole hs cooling fan

  • Used ceiling fan

  • Number of ceiling fans used

Refrigerators

  • Number of refrigerators

  • Age of main refrigerator

  • Size of main refrigerator

  • Type of main refrigerator

  • Frzr type main refrig

  • Age of second refrig

  • Size of second refrig

  • Type of second refrig

  • Frzr type second refrig

  • Refrig has thru door ice serv

  • Refrigerator Purchase Criteria

  • Bought new refrig

  • New refrig selected

  • New refrig rpl main refrig

  • Disposal of old refrig

  • How well old refrig worked

  • Price of new refrig

  • Size of new refrig

  • Efficiency of new refrig

  • Availability of new refrig

Solar

  • Household uses solar

  • Solar heat needs pumps/fans

Water Heating

  • Main water heating fuel

  • Use aux water heating fuel

  • Aux water heating fuel

  • H wtr sys heats other units

  • Size of water heater tank

  • Age of hot water heater

  • Use pt of use water heater

  • Use heat pump water heater

  • Use combo heater

  • Water Heating Purchase Criteria

  • Bought new main wtr heater

  • Selected new ht wtr heater

  • New h/w htr same fuel as old

  • Price of water heater

  • Availability of wtr heater

  • Efficiency of water heater

  • Rebate/finance wtr heater

Weather

  • Cooling dd to base 65 - '93

  • Heating dd to base 65 - '93

Windows/Doors

  • Use low-e window glass

  • Num of sliding glass doors

  • Type glass in sliding door

  • Number of windows in home

  • Type glass in most windows

  • Storm/plastic cov

  • Type of window frame

  • Num of orig wndws replaced

  • Type glass in replacd wndws

  • How long ago wndws replaced

Wood Use

  • Household uses wood

  • Wood logs burned past yr

  • Wood scraps burned past yr

  • Wood pellets burnd past yr

  • No wood burned in past yr

  • Amt of wood burned/1 cord or less

  • Num cords burned/1 cord or more

  • Wood burned--wood stove

  • Wood burned--fireplace insert

  • Wood brnd--frpl w/o insrt

  • Wood brnd--furnace

  • Wood brnd--pellet stove

  • Wood stove/insert EPA cert

  • Wood purchased in past year

  • Amt of wood bought last time

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