Dataset

Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project - Experiment 267

Survey results. Energy consumption for heating and cooling, including fuel choices and use of programmable thermostats.

Years Available: 2008

Principle Investigators

Hobbie, Sarah
Baker, Larry
Nelson, Kristen
McFadden, Joe
King, Jennifer

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Environmental Data Initiative data package

EDI Package ID	DOI
knb-lter-cdr.494.9	doi:10.6073/pasta/ddefe76623cb90a6230ce1c0bd62bad0

ATTRIBUTES

Field	Name	Definition	Unit	Code
1	HH_ID	This field contains the Household ID. Each household that responded to the survey has a unique household ID. The ID is stored as a number that is up to 5 digits and is in the range of 1-15000. This ID allows survey response data in different tables to be related to each other.
2	Heating_Type2	This field contains the response to survey question 05, What type of heating system do you have Check all that apply. Fields, Heating_Type1 and Heating_Type2 should be used in conjunction with each other because if a respondent selected two responses, these fields together will provide those two responses. If only one of the fields contains a value, then only one heating system was selected.		1=Gas, 2=Electric, 3=Oil, 4=Propane, 5=Wood, 6=Other, 7=Don?t know
3	Heating_Type1	This field contains the response to survey question 05, What type of heating system do you have Check all that apply. Fields, Heating_Type1 and Heating_Type2 should be used in conjunction with each other because if a respondent selected two responses, these fields together will provide those two responses. If only one of the fields contains a value, then only one heating system was selected.		1=Gas, 2=Electric, 3=Oil, 4=Propane, 5=Wood, 6=Other, 7=Don?t know
4	Other_Heat	This field contains information provided as part of the response to survey question 05. If the respondent selected Other, this field will contain the text the respondent wrote in the space provided. The response to this question should be used in conjunction with the fields, Heating_Type1 and Heating_Type2 that have the value of 6 which indicates other was selected. If this field is blank, it means that no text was written by the respondent.
5	Oil_Bill	This field contains information on heating oil provided as part of the response to survey question 05. If the respondent selected oil, this field will contain the text the respondent wrote in the space provided. The response to this question should be used in conjunction with the fields, Heating_Type1 and Heating_Type2 that have the value of 3 which indicates Oil was selected. If this field is blank, it means that no text was written by the respondent. The value written in this field indicates the Dollar amount for the total heating bill in 2007.	Dollar
6	Propane_Bill	This field contains information on propane provided as part of the response to survey question 05. If the respondent selected Propane, this field will contain the text the respondent wrote in the space provided. The response to this question should be used in conjunction with the fields, Heating_Type1 and Heating_Type2 that have the value of 4 which indicates Propane was selected. If this field is blank, it means that no text was written by the respondent. The value written in this field indicates the Dollar amount for the total heating bill in 2007.	Dollar
7	Wood_Cords	This field contains information on wood cords burned provided as part of the response to survey question 05. If the respondent selected Wood, this field will contain the text the respondent wrote in the space provided. The response to this question should be used in conjunction with the fields, Heating_Type1 and Heating_Type2 that have the value of 5 which indicates Wood was selected. If this field is blank, it means that no text was written by the respondent. This field contains the number of wood cords burned per year. The number given is provided as written in the survey, even if the number does not seem plausible.	wood cords
8	Air_Con	This field contains the reponse to Question 06, Is your home air conditioned? If the record is blank, neither box was checked in the survey.		1=Yes, 2=No
9	Air_Type2	This field contains the reponse to the first part of Question 06A, Do you have central air conditioning or window units? If the record is blank, neither box was checked in the survey.		1=Yes, 2=No
10	Air_Type1	This field contains the reponse to the second part of Question 06A, If window units, how many do you have? Please check all that apply. If the record is blank, none of the boxes was checked in the survey.		1=central air conditioning, 2=window units, 3=Other
11	Other_Air	This field contains the reponse to the third part of Question 06A where the respondent was asked to write in the number of "Other" units they have. This field contains the number of "Other" units as it was written on the survey. If the value is blank, then nothing was written by Other.
12	Wind_Units	This field contains the reponse to the third part of Question 06A where the respondent was asked to write in the number of "Window Units" they have. This field contains the number of "Window Units" as it was written on the survey. If the value is blank, then nothing was written by Window Units.	number
13	Progr_Thermo	This field contains the reponse to Question 08, "Do you have a programmable thermostat?" If the record is blank, neither box was checked in the survey.		1=Yes, 2=No
14	TempS_Awake	This field contains the answer to one part of Question 7: The temperature when awake in the house during summer. The value in this field is in degrees Fahrenheit, except where there is a value of 888 which indicates that the heating/cooling system is turned off. Question 7 provided the following questions and table to fill in the responses: At what temperature do you normally set your thermostat when you are [table provided that lists options to specify the temperature for Winter and Summer in Degrees Fahrenheit for 3 times: awake in the house, asleep in the house, not at home].	fahrenheit
15	TempS_Asleep	This field contains the answer to one part of Question 7: The temperature when asleep in the house during summer. The value in this field is in degrees Fahrenheit, except where there is a value of 888 which indicates that the heating/cooling system is turned off. Question 7 provided the following questions and table to fill in the responses: At what temperature do you normally set your thermostat when you are [table provided that lists options to specify the temperature for Winter and Summer in Degrees Fahrenheit for 3 times: awake in the house, asleep in the house, not at home].	fahrenheit
16	TempS_Out	This field contains the answer to one part of Question 7: The temperature when not at home during summer. The value in this field is in degrees Fahrenheit, except where there is a value of 888 which indicates that the heating/cooling system is turned off. Question 7 provided the following questions and table to fill in the responses: At what temperature do you normally set your thermostat when you are [table provided that lists options to specify the temperature for Winter and Summer in Degrees Fahrenheit for 3 times: awake in the house, asleep in the house, not at home].	fahrenheit
17	TempW_Asleep	This field contains the answer to one part of Question 7: The temperature when asleep in the house in Winter. The value in this field is in degrees Fahrenheit, except where there is a value of 888 which indicates that the heating/cooling system is turned off. Question 7 provided the following questions and table to fill in the responses: At what temperature do you normally set your thermostat when you are [table provided that lists options to specify the temperature for Winter and Summer in Degrees Fahrenheit for 3 times: awake in the house, asleep in the house, not at home].	fahrenheit
18	TempW_Awake	This field contains the answer to one part of Question 7: The temperature when awake in the house in Winter. The value in this field is in degrees Fahrenheit, except where there is a value of 888 which indicates that the heating/cooling system is turned off. Question 7 provided the following questions and table to fill in the responses: At what temperature do you normally set your thermostat when you are [table provided that lists options to specify the temperature for Winter and Summer in Degrees Fahrenheit for 3 times: awake in the house, asleep in the house, not at home].	fahrenheit
19	TempW_Out	This field contains the answer to one part of Question 7: The temperature when not at home in Winter. The value in this field is in degrees Fahrenheit, except where there is a value of 888 which indicates that the heating/cooling system is turned off. Question 7 provided the following questions and table to fill in the responses: At what temperature do you normally set your thermostat when you are [table provided that lists options to specify the temperature for Winter and Summer in Degrees Fahrenheit for 3 times: awake in the house, asleep in the house, not at home].	fahrenheit

SAMPLE DATASET

HH_ID	Heating_Type2	Heating_Type1	Other_Heat	Propane_Bill	Wood_Cords	Air_Con	Air_Type1	Progr_Thermo	TempS_Awake	TempS_Asleep	TempS_Out	TempW_Asleep	TempW_Awake	TempW_Out
1		1				1	1	1	72	72	72	68	68	68
9		1				1	1	1	75	72	82	62	71	62
12		1				1	1	2	74	74	74	69	69	65
16		1				1	1	2	75	75	75	70	72	70
21		1				2		1				62	67	62
39		1				1	1	2	75	75		68	68
55		1				1	1	1	72	74	74	66	68	66
60		1				1	1	1	72	72	72	65	68	65
82	5	1	CORN STONE		4	1	1	1	78	78	85	72	76	60
83		4		1794	600	1	1	2	78	78	76	76	76	76
97	5	1			1	1	1	1	68	68	70	68	70	68
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