Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) (2015) data

Based on the 2015 RECS microdata with derived variables

Usage

recs_2015

Format

A data frame with 5686 rows and 141 variables:

DOEID: double Unique identifier for each respondent
REGIONC: double Census Region (numeric)
Region: factor Census Region (factor)
Division: factor Census Division
MSAStatus: factor Housing unit in Census Metropolitan Statistical Area or Micropolitan Statistical Area
Urbanicity: factor Census 2010 Urban Type
HousingUnitType: factor Type of housing unit
YearMade: factor Year range when housing unit was built
SpaceHeatingUsed: logical Space heating used
HeatingBehavior: factor Main heating equipment household behavior
WinterTempDay: double Winter temperature when someone is home during the day
WinterTempAway: double Winter temperature when no one is home during the day
WinterTempNight: double Winter temperature at night
ACUsed: logical Air conditioning equipment used
ACBehavior: factor Central air conditioner household behavior
SummerTempDay: double Summer temperature when someone is home during the day
SummerTempAway: double Summer temperature when no one is home during the day
SummerTempNight: double Summer temperature at night
TOTCSQFT: double Total cooled square footage
TOTHSQFT: double Total heated square footage
TOTSQFT_EN: double Total square footage (used for publication)
TOTUCSQFT: double Total uncooled square footage
TOTUSQFT: double Total unheated square footage
NWEIGHT: double Final sample weight
BRRWT1 - BRRWT96: double Replicate weight 1 through 96
CDD30YR: double Cooling degree days, 30-year average 1981-2010, base temperature 65F
CDD65: double Cooling degree days in 2015, base temperature 65F
CDD80: double Cooling degree days in 2015, base temperature 80F (used for garage cooling load estimation only)
ClimateRegion_BA: factor Building America Climate Zone
ClimateRegion_IECC: factor IECC Climate Code
HDD30YR: double Heating degree days, 30-year average 1981-2010, base temperature 65F
HDD65: double Heating degree days in 2015, base temperature 65F
HDD50: double Heating degree days in 2015, base temperature 50F (used for garage heating load estimation only)
GNDHDD65: double Heating degree days of ground temperature in 2015, base temperature 65F
BTUEL: double Total site electricity usage, in thousand Btu, 2015
DOLLAREL: double Total electricity cost, in dollars, 2015
BTUNG: double Total natural gas usage, in thousand Btu, 2015
DOLLARNG: double Total natural gas cost, in dollars, 2015
BTULP: double Total propane usage, in thousand Btu, 2015
DOLLARLP: double Total cost of propane, in dollars, 2015
BTUFO: double Total fuel oil/kerosene usage, in thousand Btu, 2015
DOLLARFO: double Total cost of fuel oil/kerosene, in dollars, 2015
TOTALBTU: double Total usage, in thousand Btu, 2015
TOTALDOL: double Total cost, in dollars, 2015
BTUWOOD: double Total cordwood usage, in thousand Btu, 2015 (Wood consumption is not included in TOTALBTU or TOTALDOL)
BTUPELLET: double Total wood pellet usage, in thousand Btu, 2015 (Wood consumption is not included in TOTALBTU or TOTALDOL)

Source

https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2015/index.php?view=microdata