Utilizing smart-meter data to project impacts of urban warming on residential electricity use for vulnerable populations in Southern California
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15544290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mo Chen (0000-0002-9898-8082, University of Southern California), George Ban‐Weiss (0000-0001-8211-2628, University of Southern California), Kelly T Sanders (0000-0003-4466-0054, University of Southern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 064001-064001 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab6fbe |
| OpenAlex | W3003043689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 19 |
Extreme heat events are increasing in frequency and intensity, challenging electricity infrastructure due to growing cooling demand and posing public health risks to urbanites. In order to minimize risks from increasing extreme heat, it is critical to (a) project increases in electricity use with urban warming, and (b) identify neighborhoods that are most vulnerable due in part to a lack of air conditioning (AC) and inability to afford increased energy. Here, we utilize smart meter data from 180 476 households in Southern California to quantify increases in residential electricity use per degree warming for each census tract. We also compute AC penetration rates, finding that air conditioners are less prevalent in poorer census tracts. Utilizing climate change projections for end of century, we show that 55% and 30% of the census tracts identified as most vulnerable are expected to experience more than 16 and 32 extreme heat days per year, respectively
Air conditioning · Census · Census tract · Climate change · Electricity · Electricity demand · Electricity generation · Electricity meter · Energy consumption · Environmental health · Extreme heat · Extreme weather · Geography · Heating degree day · Meteorology · Population · Smart meter · Building Energy and Comfort Optimization · Energy and Environment Impacts · Engineering · Environmental Science · Impact of Light on Environment and Health · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |