Smart Energy Research Lab Observatory Data, 2019-2021: Secure Access (Edition 4)

Elam, Simon, Webborn, Ellen, McKenna, Eoghan, Oreszczyn, Tadj, Anderson, Benjamin, Few, Jessica and Pullinger, M. (2021) Smart Energy Research Lab Observatory Data, 2019-2021: Secure Access (Edition 4). University College London http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-8666-4 [Dataset]

Abstract

The vision of the Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) is to deliver a unique data resource harnessing the benefits of smart meter data for research. The portal will transform Great Britain's energy research through the long-term provision of high quality, high-resolution energy data that will support the development of a reliable evidence base for intervention, observational and longitudinal studies across the socio-technical spectrum. The goals of the Smart Energy Research Lab are to provide: A trusted data resource for researchers to utilise large-scale, high-resolution energy data An effective mechanism for collecting and linking energy data with other contextual data High quality data management to ensure fit-for-purpose data are provisioned to researchers Participant recruitment began in August 2019. Approximately 1,700 participants were recruited from central and southern England and from Wales as part of a pilot study that tested different recruitment strategies. The second recruitment wave took place in August-September 2020, and the third wave at the start of 2021. SERL aims to recruit around 10,000 households to be regionally representative across England, Scotland and Wales. Recruitment is also designed to be representative of each Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile; an area-based relative measure of deprivation. For the latest (4th) edition (October 2021) all SERL data up to and including 31 May 2021, which includes participant households recruited in Waves 1, 2 and 3, were made available.

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Creator: Benjamin Anderson

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