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DECC NEED

Extract & analyse data from the anonymised & released versions of DECC's NEED dataset.

Original 2014 'End User License' version of the data:

You may find that the scripts also work with the Public Use File (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-energy-efficiency-data-framework-need-anonymised-data-2014) but I have not tested this. ###Terms of Use GPL: V2 - http://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-2.0/

See license file for details.

YMMV

Notes (mostly to self)

  • gas kwh are weather corrected within the 10 DNO distribution zones before delivery to DECC
  • The End User License file (EULF) dataset is a sample of just over 4 million households
  • EULF is a semi-random sample of the 8m records which have an Energy Performance Certificate.
  • It includes only those with valid values on key variables (Property Age, Property Type, Floor Area Band and Energy Efficiency Band) and (especially) valid observations for electricity in 2012.
  • Records were selected based on the frequency of household type in the dataset relative to the total dwelling stock so that uncommon property types (e.g. older detached properties) are over-represented and common types (e.g. flats where turnover is high) are under-represented. The supplied weight corrects for this for descriptive analysis.
  • Implications for sample bias unclear - there may be other systematic biases not captured by the weight?
  • UPRN = unique property reference = linkage mechanism across EPCs, gas/electricity data and EST data on energy efficiency installations (uses AddressBase)
  • PV installs added for 2015 report - see https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-energy-efficiency-data-framework-need-report-summary-of-analysis-2015
  • Bias caused by linkage failure is unknown although the DECC NEED Data Framework report from 2013 suggest match rates of 94%-100% (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209264/Annex_B_-_Quality_Assurance.pdf)
  • Both gas and electricity consumption are rounded and the rounding range ('to nearest n') increases through the distributions (see https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315189/need_dataset_look_ups.xlsx). The reasons for this are explained in the consultation response at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/national-energy-efficiency-data-framework-making-data-available
  • the Gcons*valid variable codes:
  • G = Gas consumption invalid, greater than 50,000
  • L = Gas consumption invalid, less than 100
  • M = Gas consumption data is missing in source data
  • 0 = Property does not have a gas connection
  • V = Valid gas consumption (between 100 and 50,000 inclusive)
  • NB - there are valid gas readings of '0' which presumably were > 100 but < 249 (first gas 'heap' = 'nearest 500')
  • the Econs*valid variable codes:
  • G Electricity consumption invalid, greater than 25,000 (DECC lookup table says 50,000)
  • L Electricity consumption invalid, less than 100
  • M Electricity consumption data is missing in source dataset
  • V Valid electricity consumption (between 100 and 25,000 inclusive)

Notes to DECC (!)

  • ideally could set missing to -99 to aid re-coding and avoid unpleasant surprises in naive analysis?
  • can the consumption rounding be constant through the distributions?
  • check coding of Gcons ref 0 values for 'valid' cases?
  • distinguish between electric & 'other' heating in 'main heating fuel'?