Abstract
Over the last decades, the contemporary way of living, as well as the technology development, has increased the household electricity consumption. The excessive use of electricity has a negative impact on the environment, increasing the carbon footprint and contributing to the climate change. Governments are more and more concerned about the way our societies consume energy and are committed to reduce the greenhouse emissions. As the residential sector contributes significantly to energy use, it is crucial to investigate the socio-economic parameters, dwellings’ characteristics, and climate conditions that determine the electricity consumption in households. The data of this study are collected from 1801 dwellings from all regions of Greece and two statistical models are built. Both of them conclude that the most significant determinants influencing the electricity consumption are the number of occupants, the size of the dwelling, the heating type, the heating and cooling hours, and the weather conditions.
Highlights
In the last decades due to the increased demand and the improved lifestyle, energy demand in the residential sector has increased rapidly causing the policymakers’ concern
The results reveal that houses with heating type of local units use possibly electrical appliances to heat their space which has an impact on their total consumption
This study focuses on the investigation of the socio-economic determinants, the dwellings characteristics, and the climatic conditions that influence the household electricity consumption
Summary
In the last decades due to the increased demand and the improved lifestyle, energy demand in the residential sector has increased rapidly causing the policymakers’ concern. The international climate negotiation is an opportunity for decision-makers to promote enhancement of energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse emissions and set commitments for renewable energy consumption. According to IEA (2020a), based on the most recent data of 2018 in Greece, the CO2 emissions from fuel combustion only come from electricity and heat producers (46.8%), transport (27.4%), industry (8.1%), other energy industries (8.1%), residential (6.5%), commercial and public services (1.6%), and other (1.6%). In the last two decades, the Greek governments have given a high priority to the environmental protection; they promoted the Renewable Energy Sources (RES).
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