Braun, M.R., Beck, S.B.M. and Altan, H. (2014) Using regression analysis to predict the future energy consumption of a supermarket in the UK. Applied Energy, 130. 305 - 313. ISSN 0306-2619
Abstract
The change in climate has led to an interest in how this will affect the energy consumption in buildings. Most of the work in the literature relates to offices and homes. However, this paper investigates a supermarket in northern England by means of a multiple regression analysis based on gas and electricity data for 2012.The equations obtained in this analysis use the humidity ratio derived from the dry-bulb temperature and the relative humidity in conjunction with the actual dry-bulb temperature. These equations are used to estimate the consumption for the base year period (1961-1990) and for the predicted climate period 2030-2059.The findings indicate that electricity use will increase by 2.1% whereas gas consumption will drop by about 13% for the central future estimate. The research further suggests that the year 2012 is comparable in temperature to the future climate, but the relative humidity is lower. Further research should include adaptation/mitigation measures and an evaluation of their usefulness. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/G037477/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2014 09:29 |
Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2014 09:29 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.05.062 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.05.062 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80523 |