Residential Database Variables

Standard Variables for All Residential Databases

Database customer energy use reflects "normal" TMY weather.

Building Structure

• Housing unit type (Single family, multi-family, mobile home)

• Heated square feet

• Number of bedrooms

• Number of complete baths

• Year structure built (categories)

Heat Systems

• Main home heating fuel

• Main home heating equipment

Air Conditioning

• Central air conditioning

• Window/wall air conditioner

• Number of w/w A/C units

Water heating

• Main water heating fuel

Clothes Dryer

• Use clothes dryer

• Clothes dryer fuel

Clothes Washer

• Use clothes washer

Cooking

• Fuel used for cooking

Other End Use equipment

• Use automatic dishwasher

• Number of refrigerators

• Use a separate freezer

Demographics

• Number of adults

• Number of children

• Other optional demographics: education, number of employed adults, etc. (Contact us for a detailed list)

Income

• Income categories

Geographic Detail

• Standard: metro area, utility service area, state

• Optional: ZIP code area

Optional: EV commuting variables

• Additional EV-relevant variables for each household customer record including:
    Number of vehicles
    More detailed income categories
    Education categories
    Hourly kW charging loads
  

• Additional commuting variables for up to three adults in each household customer record including:
    Morning work departure time
    Morning commute duration
    Evening return time
    Evening commute duration
    Travel mode
    Hourly kW charging loads
  

Additional residential psychographic data

• Databases include additional residential psychographic data including education, ethnicity, work status and many other variables. Contact Jackson Associates for a full list of available residential psychographic variables.

Customer energy use/billing information

• Annual and monthly kWh, natural gas, oil energy use and bills

• Annual end-use energy use (space heat, air conditioning, water heat, cooking, dishwashing, cloths dryers, refrigerators, freezers, lighting, TV/electronics/other)

• Month/day-type hourly electric, natural gas and oil loads (24-hour loads for peak day, week day, and weekend day for 12 months)

• (optional) 8,760 hourly electric, natural gas and oil energy use

• (optional) 15-minute electric loads

• (optional) End-use 8,760 or month/day-type hourly electric, natural gas and oil energy use

Individual Record Detail

MAISY Databases provide each of the data items above for each customer record.