The impact of non-face to face education due to COVID-19 pandemic on energy consumption and academic achievement

Abstract

Changes in the energy sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic provided insight into the future energy transition accompanied by technological advancements and social changes. Building sectors also analyzed the impact of schemes such as non-face to face education on building energy consumption, yet the effectiveness of the schemes themselves was omitted.Therefore, this study aims to determine the impact of non-face to face education, i.e. scheme, on building energy consumption and education in educational facilities. In this regard, non-face to face education ratio, energy consumption percentage change, and academic achievement were presented as indicators. Six years of information on non-face to face education and energy consumption for 30 high schools in Seoul, South Korea, as well as national test results of students nationwide are collected, respectively. Partial correlation analysis between scheme and energy consumption, scheme and academic achievement confirmed that scheme significantly reduced energy consumption and partially maintained academic achievement. Conversely, it is possible that energy consumption actually increased after scheme ended. Procedures and results contribute to the analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of energy transition that can be expected from future technological progress and social change, and probable measures for the success of energy transition can be considered.