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Changes in Domestic Energy and Water Usage during the UK COVID-19 Lockdown Using High-Resolution Temporal Data

International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021-06, Vol.18 (13), p.6818 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2021 by the authors. 2021 ;ISSN: 1660-4601 ;ISSN: 1661-7827 ;EISSN: 1660-4601 ;DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18136818 ;PMID: 34202018

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  • Title:
    Changes in Domestic Energy and Water Usage during the UK COVID-19 Lockdown Using High-Resolution Temporal Data
  • Author: Menneer, Tamaryn ; Qi, Zening ; Taylor, Timothy ; Paterson, Cheryl ; Tu, Gengyang ; Elliott, Lewis R. ; Morrissey, Karyn ; Mueller, Markus
  • Subjects: Compliance ; Coronaviruses ; COVID-19 ; Disease transmission ; Electricity ; Energy ; Expenditures ; Households ; Housing ; Pandemics ; Public health ; Public housing ; Residential energy ; Sensors ; Shelter in place ; Temporal resolution ; Use statistics ; Water consumption ; Water use
  • Is Part Of: International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021-06, Vol.18 (13), p.6818
  • Description: In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the UK Government provided public health advice to stay at home from 16 March 2020, followed by instruction to stay at home (full lockdown) from 24 March 2020. We use data with high temporal resolution from utility sensors installed in 280 homes across social housing in Cornwall, UK, to test for changes in domestic electricity, gas and water usage in response to government guidance. Gas usage increased by 20% following advice to stay at home, the week before full lockdown, although no difference was seen during full lockdown itself. During full lockdown, morning electricity usage shifted to later in the day, decreasing at 6 a.m. and increasing at midday. These changes in energy were echoed in water usage, with a 17% increase and a one-hour delay in peak morning usage. Changes were consistent with people getting up later, spending more time at home and washing more during full lockdown. Evidence for these changes was also observed in later lockdowns, but not between lockdowns. Our findings suggest more compliance with an enforced stay-at-home message than with advice. We discuss implications for socioeconomically disadvantaged households given the indication of inability to achieve increased energy needs during the pandemic.
  • Publisher: Basel: MDPI AG
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1660-4601
    ISSN: 1661-7827
    EISSN: 1660-4601
    DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18136818
    PMID: 34202018
  • Source: Open Access: PubMed Central
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