Investigation on household energy consumption of urban residential buildings in major cities of Indonesia during COVID-19 pandemic

How Energy Sector Reacted to COVID‐19 Pandemic? Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Market Economy

“…By focusing on Canadian data, Khalil and Fatmi [18] reported that the regular average in-home duration of each occupation increased by about 80% throughout the disease outbreak, causing a 29% boost in energy utilization. Similarly, Surahman et al [19] confirmed that throughout the coronavirus period, the average annual energy utilization in Indonesia's major cities is higher than prior to the pandemic. On the contrary, Kang et al [20] proved in the case of South Korea that through the pandemic period, most amenities energy utilization has gradually diminished.…”

“…First, to the best of our knowledge, the study provides the first empirical evidence for the case of Romania. Prior studies were focused on a diverse worldwide sample [4,26], several European countries [17], China [9,13,21,[27][28][29][30][31][32], G7 nations [33], Indonesia [19], South Korea [20], United States [32,[34][35][36], Germany and United States [10], Canada [18], United Kingdom [37], United States and China [38], United States and Japan [39], China and Nigeria [40], Turkey [41], various countries with the leading energy sectors by market capitalization [5], emerging economies [2], or advanced and developing nations [42]. Hence, the evidence for emerging market economies is limited.…”

Impact of COVID-19 on the energy consumption of commercial buildings: A case study in Singapore

“…In an unprecedented effort to contain the spread of the virus, many countries and regions adopted quarantine measures that include city closures, work stoppages, a ban on gatherings, and working and studying at home [1] , [2] , [3] . The economic impact of the pandemic is wide-ranging with COVID-19 potentially costing the world approximately 2 trillion US dollars in 2020 alone [4] , decreasing global GDP by 4.6% [5] , and having a huge impact on energy [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , environment [ 6 , 12 , 13 ], and tourism [ 14 , 15 ]. For example, considering energy, there is a clear downward trend in overall energy demand globally as most factories and businesses shut down and commercial and industrial demands decline.…”

Analysis of the influence of the stay-at-home order on the electricity consumption in Chinese university dormitory buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Thus, the accuracy of the current electricity load forecasting method currently meets the requirement of power dispatch. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation of the stay-at-home order significantly influenced the lifestyles and electricity consumption behaviours of most people, making electricity loads difficult to forecast [12] . Thus, an increasing number of researchers have conducted studies on the impact of COVID-19 on the energy consumption of residential buildings.…”