ABSTRACT

Residential electrical peak demand has attracted much attention as this demand is unpredictable. Several approaches have been used in the literature to analyze residential electrical demand. However, no previous studies have considered the energy cultures framework (ECF) to assess residential peak demand. This study investigates the applicability of ECF in accounting for residential demand variability. The ECF consists of three elements: material culture, cognitive norms, and energy practices. The ECF has been employed in a sample of 50 households in Bangladesh, of which 32% of households (HHs) were ‘peaky’ (peak time demand is much higher than average) and 68% HHs ‘non-peaky’ (average demand during peak hours). The analysis revealed that peaky HHs in Bangladesh is dominated by material culture. Non-peaky HHs’ demands are driven by cognitive norms. Spearman test results were found to be in line with ECF analysis.

摘要

住宅用电高峰需求引起了人们的极大关注，因为这种需求是不可预测的。文献中已经使用了几种方法来分析住宅用电需求。但是，以前的研究都没有考虑过能源文化框架（ECF）来评估住宅高峰需求。本研究调查了ECF在解决居民需求变化方面的适用性。ECF由三个元素组成：物质文化，认知规范和能源实践。ECF已在孟加拉国的50个家庭中进行了抽样调查，其中32％的家庭（“高峰”）（高峰时间需求远远高于平均水平）和68％的“非高峰”（在此期间的平均需求）高峰时段）。分析表明，孟加拉国的山顶农户以物质文化为主。非有言语者的需求是由认知规范驱动的。