IMPACT OF LIFESTYLE CHANGES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN DETACHED HOUSES (PART 2) : ANALYSIS BY HOUSEHOLD IN THE WINTER OF 2021 AND CONSIDERATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SELF-CONSUMPTION

ABSTRACT

This paper focused on the impact of lifestyle changes in response to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on the electricity demand of 1339 detached houses from October 2020 to March 2021. Analyzing with the lifestyle questionnaire survey, twelve months after the first state of emergency for COVID-19 at April 2020, “working from home” was the only factor that increased household power consumption for 11% and the other factors were gone. Space heating power consumption in this period did not increase significantly. Lifestyle changes have affected household timely electricity demand and increased self-consumption of renewable energy of photovoltaic power generation systems.