Metered Ranges, Cooktops, and Ovens in the Northern Illinois Gas Residential LoadStudy Data Base. Topical Report, June 1992-March 1993

摘要

The Department of Energy has proposed a rulemaking process to set minimumstandards for the efficiency of gas ranges under the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA). The Gas Research Institute is compiling information on annual household range gas usage in order to prepare a response to the proposed rulemaking. The data base from the Northern Illinois Gas residential load study provides recent information (data taken from 1990 through 1992) over a comprehensive study of household types and appliance and user characteristics (150 variables noted for each household). The stated Objective is to study the Northern Illinois Gas residential load study data base and to evaluate its effectiveness in predicting annual household gas usage.