Household lifestyle effect on residential electrical energy consumption in Indonesia: On-site measurement methods

- On-site measurement methods were used for measured the household electricity consumption.
- The investigation based on home appliances ownership, income levels, occupations, family patterns and different residential areas.
- The energy consumption was calculated for each activity category (cooking, cooling, entertainment and other devices)

Household lifestyle is increasingly influenced by income level, flexibility of work, family pattern and daily life of electric appliance usage that affect residential energy consumption. The aim of this research is to investigate the effects of household lifestyle on residential energy consumption. This research used cross-section analysis and on-site measurement methods focusing on household lifestyle using life schedule data. The results have pointed out that household lifestyles were closely related to energy consumption. Cooking activities consumed more energy compared to the other four activities due to number of electric appliances usage, included permanently used appliances and intermittently used appliances. In terms of family patterns, households with big families are expected to have, higher the energy consumption, but the average energy consumption per person is smaller due to the sharing of equipment. Household with retired or housewife and government employee generally consume more energy due to longer hours spent at home. This study also found that power consumption (operation and standby mode), number of appliances and operating hours are the three aspect that will plays an important role to decrease residential energy consumption in the future.