COVID-19 and household energy implications: what are the main impacts on energy use?

Cheshmehzangi, Ali

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05202

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“…Other activities, such as heating and cooling, cooking of meals and transport, identified in [25], had a smaller share in changes in electricity demand due to the widespread use of forms of energy other than electricity for these purposes in Poland. The lockdown increased the use of electronic equipment (e.g., computer hardware, lighting systems), which resulted in changes in the consumption of inactive electric power (reactive power).…”

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“…This specifically applies to household users, an important group of consumers, who, due to the change of lifestyle, were likely to change their energy demand during this period. A pilot study based on data from 500 households in a Chinese city, evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on household energy consumption, is presented in [25]. Other examples of analyses of electricity use during lockdown by home users can also be found in [26] (Australian case) and [27] (Spanish case).…”

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Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown can be regarded as a forced social experiment, the results of which show how to use energy under specific conditions. During this period, there was a reduction in electricity consumption at the level of the power system, but a different specificity distinguishes the group of household users. The article aims at presenting and analysing the identified issues concerning residential electricity users based on the experience from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Data from energy meters from almost 7000 flats in Warsaw’s housing estates during the lockdown in 2020 and the analogous period before the pandemic were used. The analysis showed that, on average, residential users staying practically the whole day in their flats increased their energy consumption, but without increasing their average daily peak power, smoothing the profile in the morning hours to the level reaching the peak power that had occurred in the analogous period before the lockdown. The peak power of the sections feeding the different numbers of dwellings also remained practically unchanged during the lockdown compared to the pre-pandemic period. The pressure to work and educate remotely should contribute to an increase in the digital competence of society, which may result in an increased interest in new forms of activity and cooperation based on demand-side response and prosumption mechanisms, with digital settlements for energy exchange and services.

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Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users

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“…Study Region Challenges [4] electricity demand and supply USA: New York, California, and Florida system operation, demand and demand ramp rate, load forecasting [21] energy sovereignty regions in the USA and Canada energy policies [22] energy use and home energy management New York, USA peak demand and demand ramp rate, energy market/prices [23] energy security regions in the USA energy policies [24] bulk power systems market operation New York, USA energy market/prices,load forecasting, energy policies [25] electric grid operation regions in the USA and Europe system operation challenges, system maintenance, peak demand and demand ramp rate, stability issue [15] load forecasting using mobility regions in the USA and Europe load forecasting, peak demand and demand ramp rate [9] electricity demand trend Ontario, Canada peak demand and demand ramp rate, load forecasting, energy market/prices [26] power system operation Saskatchewan, Canada system operators, load forecasting, stability [8] electricity load changes -statistical analysis Brazil peak demand and demand ramp rate, load forecasting, energy market [27] household energy use China energy market/prices, energy policies [5] electricity demand, economy and climate China system operators, peak demand and demand ramp rate, energy market/prices [28] the impact of the lockdown on power generation and load China system maintenance, energy market [29] photo-voltaic industry's grid parity China photo-voltaic forecasting, market/prices, energy policies [12] operation of small power grids Israel, Estonia and Finland system operators, system maintenance, voltage violation, peak demand and demand ramp rate, stability [6] electricity industry and bulk power system Italy energy market/prices, voltage violation [30] electricity market with large renewables Italy peak demand and demand ramp rate, energy market/prices [31] electricity consumption regions in Europe peak demand and demand ramp rate, system maintenance [11] sustainable electricity and mobility Finland and Sweden energy market/prices, energy policies, expansion of power system [32] people's behavior and residential energy sector sustainability Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia energy market/prices [7] electricity demand during pandemic Spain peak demand and demand ramp rate, energy market/prices, energy policies [33] immediate Impacts on the power sector Europe peak demand and demand ramp rate, energy market/prices, energy policies, system operators…”

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“…Europe [3,6,7,11,12,18,30,32,33,39] Italy, France, Germany, Spain Asia [3,5,10,18,[27][28][29]34,35,39] China, India, Japan Africa [19,36,37,39] South Africa Australia [40] Table 3. Search expressions that were used in the literature review.…”

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Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Energy Systems and Electric Power Grids—A Review of the Challenges Ahead

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The COVID-19 pandemic represents not just a global health crisis, but may signal the beginning of a new era of economic activity, the potential consequences of which we currently do not fully understand. In this context, the mid-to-long-range impacts of the pandemic on the energy sector have been studied extensively in the last few months. Despite these efforts, the pandemic still raises many open questions concerning the long-term operation and planning of power systems. For instance, how will the pandemic affect the integration of renewable energy sources? Should current power system expansion plans change in light of the COVID-19 pandemic? What new tools should be provided to support system operators during global health crises? It is the purpose of this paper to better understand the many aspects of these open questions by reviewing the relevant recent literature and by analyzing measured data. We point out the main challenges that the pandemic introduced by presenting patterns of electricity generation and demand, frequency deviations, and load forecasting. Moreover, we suggest directions for future research that may assist in coping with the mentioned challenges. We hope that this paper will trigger fruitful discussions and encourage further research on these important emerging topics.

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“…A systems approach is already identified to be an effective approach to prevent and respond to the complexity of COVID-19 [98], which is aimed to enhance collaborative work [55] [99], and towards better containment and management [100]. As the systems thinking idea indicates, the method includes the built environment issues in relation to other sectors, an approach that is likely to help to boost the idea of multi-sectoral mechanisms [55] [101]. In doing so, the emerging systems thinking methods could be more collaborative to take into consideration the complexity of urban systems, construction management, building performances, etc.…”

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From Transitions to Transformation: A Brief Review of the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 on Boosting Digitization, Digitalization, and Systems Thinking in the Built Environment

Cheshmehzangi¹

2021

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In a short time, during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, we managed to shift rapidly to use digital technologies and replace some of our daily operations with virtual modes. This shift happened so instantly and widely that it enables us to argue that the COVID-19 became a valid reason to boost some of the gradual and ongoing transitions towards faster transformations. In this study, we use gray literature to delve into arguments around the boost for digitization, digitalization, and systems thinking in the development of the built environment. This is mostly discussed from the influence of COVID-19 on some of the existing practices or the business-as-usual of the built environment sector. From technological advancement to technology use, these arguments are put forward to discuss what is likely to be the major driver of technological adoption and the shifting paradigms that are yet to be revealed. The study concludes that the current push towards new directions and development pathways are likely to be widely accepted in a shorter time. The findings of this brief study feed into existing arguments on transformative pathways due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19 and household energy implications: what are the main impacts on energy use?

Cited by 119 publications

References 79 publications

Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users

Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Energy Systems and Electric Power Grids—A Review of the Challenges Ahead

From Transitions to Transformation: A Brief Review of the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 on Boosting Digitization, Digitalization, and Systems Thinking in the Built Environment

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