Linking residential electricity consumption and outdoor climate in a tropical city

• Published in: Energy (Oxford) Vol. 157; pp. 734 - 743
• Main Author: Li, Xian-Xiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 15.08.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Building energy consumption; cities; climate; Climate change; Electric appliances; electric energy consumption; Electricity; Electricity consumption; Electricity energy; energy; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Global climate; Household appliances; Households; Multiple regression analysis; ownership; Regression analysis; Residential energy; Singapore; temperature; Singapore; Climate change; Electricity energy; Regression analysis; Building energy consumption

The link between climate and energy consumption has been widely established in many cities. The residential electricity consumption majorly for space conditioning is especially responsive to the outdoor climate. As a hot and humid tropical city, Singapore is expected to see increasing residential el...