TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hegde, Shishira S. (PD003216)
AU  - Gupta, Nidhi (Guide)
TI  - Residential electricity consumption in coastal Karnataka : case of Udupi district  (Softcopy is also available )
U1  - MIAD TH-0162 
PY  - 2018///
N1  - CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS   X 
LIST OF FIGURES    XII 
LIST OF TABLES   XV 
ABSTRACT    1 
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION    4 
1.1 Background    4 
1.2 Aim   5 
1.3 Research questions   5 
1.3.1 Primary question   5 
1.3.2 Secondary question   6 
1.4 Objectives   6 
1.5 Overview of the Research Design   7 
1.6 Scope   8 
1.7 Limitations   9 	 
CHAPTER 2 : LITERATURE REVIEW   11 
2.1 Residential electricity consumption scenario in India   12 
2.1.1 End-use based consumption in India   14 
2.1.2 End-use based consumption scenario in Karnataka   15 
2.1.3 Appliance penetration in Indian households    17 
2.1.4 AAEC (kWh) variation with respect to the Built up area(Sqm) of the households   17 
2.2 EPI AND BENCHMARKS   18 
2.2.1 REC Benchmark by the Australian government    22 
2.2.2 Benchmark EPI for Residential buildings for GRIHA rating    23 
2.3 The Base load and Seasonal load    23 
2.4 Socio-demographic factors of the household and energy consumption   25 
2.5 Summary   26 
CHAPTER 3 : THE CASE OF COASTAL KARNATAKA    28 
3.1 Climatic analysis of Coastal Karnataka    28 
3.1.1 Temperature and relative humidity (RH)    30 
3.1.2 Solar radiation    31 
3.2 Residential Electricity consumption scenario in Karnataka    31 
3.3 MESCOM distribution company    34 
3.4 Daily Load distribution    35 
3.5 Energy policies enforced in Karnataka 
3.6 Summary  
CHAPTER 4 : DATA COLLECTION   38 
4.1 Critical data for the study   39 
4.2 Household Electricity Survey Questionnaire (HESQ) tool   39 
4.3 Data collection Methodology   40 
4.4 Case study Sampling   43 
4.5 Sample character   43 
4.6 Socio economic characteristics of the sample   44 
CHAPTER 5: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS   48 
5.1 Study averages as per survey analysis   49 Resident
5.2 Urban and Rural households daily electricity consumption pattern    51 
5.3 Per –capita consumption per household pattern    52 
5.4 Built- up area and consumption pattern   53 
5.5 Number of bedrooms and consumption pattern    54 
5.6 Appliance and lighting fixture penetration pattern in the surveyed households   56 
5.7. Base load and seasonal load pattern  61 
5.8 EPI as a performance indicator    65 
5.9 End –use based electricity consumption pattern    65 
5.10 Construction year versus AAEC pattern    66 
5.11 Energy consumption slabs    67 
5.12 Energy efficiency measures used across the samples    68 
5.13 Pearson R test    69 
CHAPTER 6: MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL ANALYSIS    72 
CHAPTER 7: DISCUSSIONS    79 
FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS    79 
APPENDIX -A   82 
APPENDIX- B    92 
APPENDIX- C    93 
APPENDIX –D    95 
REFERENCES    101


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