Residential Database Variables
Standard Variables for All Residential Databases
Database customer energy use
reflects "normal" TMY weather.
Building Structure
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Housing unit type (Single family, multi-family, mobile home)
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Heated square feet
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Number of bedrooms
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Number of complete baths
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Year structure built (categories)
Heat Systems
Air Conditioning
Water heating
Clothes Dryer
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Use clothes dryer
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Clothes dryer fuel
Clothes Washer
Cooking
Other End Use equipment
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Use automatic dishwasher
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Number of refrigerators
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Use a separate freezer
Demographics
Income
Geographic Detail
Optional: EV commuting variables
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Additional EV-relevant variables for each household customer record including:
Number of vehicles
More detailed income categories
Education categories
Presence of advanced electronics, etc.
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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
Additional residential psychographic data
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2016 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
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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.
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