An Empirical Research on the Difference of Energy Consumption According to the Housing and Regional Characteristics of Seoul

Abstract

Domestic energy consumption is very high as 9th in the world and relies on import to 96% of total energy consumption. Import costs reach to 195 trillion won. So the government will consistently cut down the energy consumption of the building. Especially, consumption of household energy and commercial energy in Seoul has the most consumption weight that is 55.9% in Korea. Therefore, it is very important to reduce the energy of household part. The purpose of this study is to explore the relation between the consumption of energy and the characteristics of housing and regional income in Seoul. According to the results of this empirical study, the difference of energy consumption was identified by the size of dwelling unit (electricity, water supply and district heating), the type of housing unit (city gas and district heating) and its construction year (electricity and district heating). In addition, the difference of energy consumption by the housing characteristic was remarkable for the lower income group. This study could be used to the basic information for a differentiated application by the dwelling characteristics.