Thermostat settings in English houses: No evidence of change between 1984 and 2007 |
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| Authors: | Michelle Shipworth |
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| Affiliation: | UCL Energy Institute, University College London, Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0NN, UK |
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| Abstract: | Rising demand temperatures are widely blamed for UK home energy use not declining over time despite the increased efficiency of dwelling envelopes and heating technologies. The hypothesis that thermostat settings have risen over time is tested using a repeated cross-sectional social survey of owners of centrally heated English houses. No statistical evidence for changes in reported thermostat settings between 1984 and 2007 is found. |
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| Keywords: | Household energy consumption Central heating Internal temperatures Thermal comfort Thermostat settings Longitudinal social survey |
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