• 에너지공학
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.81-85
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• 2012

Electricity is the basic building block of economic development, and constitutes one of the vital infra-structural inputs in socio-economic development. The demand for electricity has been increasing due to extensive urbanization, industrialization, and a rise in the standard of living, as is the case with residential electricity consumption. This paper attempts to estimate the consumer surplus and the economic value of the residential consumption of electricity in Seoul to assist in decision-making in electricity management. The estimated consumer surplus represents the value of the area under the demand curve, above the actual price that is paid for residential electricity consumption. The estimated annual consumer surplus and economic value for the year 2005 amount to 2,144.7 and 3,727.4 billion won, respectively. The estimates per kWh were 184.9 and 316.0 won, respectively, which imply that the consumer surplus and the economic value of residential electricity consumption significantly outweigh the average price of electricity in 2005 of 91.1 won per kWh.

• 에너지공학
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.262-269
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• 2013

가정부문 에너지소비는 국가마다 중요한 에너지절약 목표로 간주되고 있다. 이는 에너지절약 측면뿐 만 아니라 소비자의 경제적 지출 측면에서도 매우 중요한 문제이다. 특히 가정부문 에너지소비는 소비자의 라이프스타일과 매우 밀접한 관계가 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 이에 대한 심도 있는 연구는 거의 없었다. 이에 따라 본고는 구조방정식 모형을 통해 에너지절약행동에 있어서 소비자의 라이프스타일 유형이 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보았다. 연구결과, 생활만족형 절약의식형 및 절약실천형 라이프스타일은 환경보전의식 및 환경보전의식과 정(+)의 관계가 있으며, 경제적 비용인식과 환경보전의식은 에너지절약의식과 정(+)의 관계로 확인되었다. 그리고 에너지절약의식과 에너지절약행동은 정(+)의 관계가 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Asia Pacific Journal of Business Review
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.19-38
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• 2018

The energy intensity of Nepal is economically not worthy, lacks eco-friendly and importantly not sustainable, and almost four times the average global energy intensity. Considerable efforts have been exercised to reduce the energy gap yet, it is still much to achieve. Nation priority on energy sector was envisaged with promulgation of investment friendly rules and law in hydropower and renewable technology even though, could not harness the sufficient energy. In amid of this acute energy crisis, the government launched the Nepal Energy Efficiency Programme (NEEP) with technical assistance from German International Cooperation (GIZ). Energy Efficiency (EE) practice is the most cost-effective method to reduce the supply and demand gap, reduce on greenhouse gases and pollution, and deter on import of petroleum products which finally improves on trade imbalance. This paper had proposed a framework of energy management team to promote energy efficient technologies in residential consumer. The energy management teams study the past records of energy use pattern of consumers and suggest appropriate technology for energy saving options. The paper provides some reviews of energy efficiency initiatives undertaken by the concern regulatory body which highlights the current status. The comprehensive knowledge acquired through exploratory research is implemented in this paper to identify the various barriers that domestic consumer is experiencing towards the active participation in energy efficiency program launched by the Government of Nepal.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.99-125
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• 2017

In this study, we propose an operations model to automate a home energy management system (HEMS) that utilizes an energy storage system (ESS) in consideration of consumer utility. Most previous studies focused on the system for the profits obtained from trading charged energy using large-scale ESS. By contrast, the present study focuses on constructing a home-level energy management system that considers consumer's utility over energy consumption. Depending on personal preference, some residential consumers may prefer consuming additional energy to earn increased profits through price arbitrage and vice versa. However, the current system could not yet reflect on this aspect. Thus, we develop an operations model for HEMS that could automatically control energy consumption while considering the level of consumer's preference and the economic benefits of using an ESS. The results of simulations using a dataset of the Korean market show that an operations policy of charging and discharging can be changed depending on consumer's utility. The impact of this policy is not ignorable. Moreover, the technical specifications of ESS, such as self-discharge rate and round-trip efficiency, can affect the operations policy and automation of HEMS.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2009년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.650-655
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• 2009

In this study, a consumer willingness to pays for residential heating systems are estimated by economic valuation method. The major Korean residential heating systems in apartments are central heating system (CH), district heating system (DH), and individual heating system (IH). However, DH and IH systems are adopted in newly constructed apartments. Each heating system has own characteristics which residents can identify and value. 700 households in apartment were surveyed to analyze the preference of the residential heating systems and to estimate willingness to pay. We find that the households in DH system are more satisfied with their heating system than the households in other systems overall and that consumers prefer an apartment with DH system than with IH system and the willingness to pay for IH system is less than DH system. The results indicate that DH system has the relative premium which may be caused by the safety and the convenience to manage the system.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권10호
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• pp.269-283
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• 2021

The government policies and initiatives to guarantee sustainable energy and clean environmental conditions contributed to the introduction of green technology electricity appliances in the market. This study sought to determine the physiological and socio-economics-demographic factors driving residential electricity consumers to use green technology electricity appliances, mainly solar PV, smart meter, electric vehicle, and battery storage technology. By understanding consumer intention, the investors of solar PV, battery storage, electric vehicle, and smart meter can estimate the demand and upscale the market for the corresponding products. For that purpose, the intention to use the solar PV, smart meter, electric vehicle, and battery storage function is developed by utilizing the combination of the theory of planned behavior, technology acceptance, and reasoning action. A reliable and valid structured online questionnaire and stepwise multiple regression are used to identify the possible factors that drive consumer behavior intention. The results show that the social influence, knowledge on RE, and perceived price significantly influence residential consumers' willingness to adopt the technologies offered. The findings of this study suggest that the involvement of NGOs, public figures, and citizens' cooperation are all necessary to spread information about the government's objectives and support Malaysia's present energy and environmental policies.

• 에너지공학
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 전국 521가구를 대상으로 조사한 횡단면 자료를 분석에 이용하여 주택용 전력의 수요함수를 추정하고자 한다. 주택용 전력의 수요함수는 수용가의 전력 수요행태에 대한 정보를 제공하여 가격과 같은 주요 정책변수의 효과를 사전적으로 진단하는 데, 그리고 수요예측을 하는 데 유용하게 활용된다. 수요함수의 모수에 대한 강건한 추정치를 얻기 위해 오차항의 분포에 있어서 동분산 및 정규성의 가정을 하지 않는 최소절대편차 추정량을 사용하였다. 가격탄력성 및 소득탄력성은 각각 -0.68 및 0.14로 추정되었으며 유의수준 10%에서 통계적으로 유의하였다. 가격탄력성 및 소득탄력성은 모두 가격 및 소득 변화에 비탄력적인 주택용 전력수요의 특징을 잘 보여주고 있다. 이는 주택용 전력이 필수적인 재화로서 가격이 변동된다고 해서 급격하게 수요를 조정하기 어려우며 소득이 변동된다고 해서 수요가 빠르게 조정되지 않음을 시사한다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제43권11호
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• pp.957-965
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• 2010

국민들의 삶의 질과 직접적으로 연관되어 있는 생활용수의 수요 관리 및 공급을 위한 적절한 투자 등 합리적인 정책을 수립, 시행하기 위해서는 생활용수의 경제적 가치에 관한 정확하고 객관적인 정보가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 수요함수 접근법을 이용하여 16개 시도의 생활용수의 소비자 잉여 및 경제적 가치를 추정하였다. 분석결과, 2009년 전국의 생활용수의 $m^3$당 소비자 잉여와 경제적 가치는 각각 1,180.7원과 1,812.8원으로 추정되었으며 시도별 1,082.7원에서 3,268.6원의 범위를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 지역에 상관없이 비가정용수의 경제적 가치가 가정용수의 경제적 가치를 초과하였고, 수돗물의 가격에 비해 생활용수의 경제적 가치는 매우 높은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과는 생활용수 공급의 경제적 편익에 대한 정보로 활용될 수 있으며 더 나아가 수도요금 산정의 배경자료로도 참고할 수 있을 것이다.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2019

The automated demand response (DR) program encourages consumers to participate in grid operation by reducing power consumption or deferring electricity usage at peak time automatically. However, successful deployment of the automated DR program sphere needs careful assessment of appliances load profile (ALP). To this end, the recent method estimates frequency, consistency, and peak time consumption parameters of the daily ALP to compute their potential score to be involved in the DR event. Nonetheless, as the daily ALP is subject to varying with respect to the DR time ALP, the existing method could lead to an inappropriate estimation; in such a case, inappropriate appliances would be selected at the automated DR operation that effected a consumer comfort level. To address this challenge, we propose a more proper method, in which all the three parameters are calculated using ALP that overlaps with DR time, not the total daily profile. Furthermore, evaluation of our method using two public residential electricity consumption data sets, i.e., REDD and REFIT, shows that our energy management systems (EMS) could properly match a DR target. A more optimal selection of appliances for the DR event achieves a power consumption decreasing target with minimum comfort level reduction. We believe that our approach could prevent the loss of both utility and consumers. It helps the successful automated DR deployment by maintaining the consumers' willingness to participate in the program.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.48-58
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• 2014

Energy efficiency is vital to improve energy security, environmental and social sustainability, and economic performance. Improved energy efficiency also mitigates climate change by lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Buildings are the single largest industrial consumer of energy and are therefore key to understanding and analyzing energy consumption patterns and the opportunities for saving energy at the district level in urban environments. This study focused on two representative boroughs in the major metropolitan area of Seoul, South Korea as a case study: Gandong-gu, a typical residential district, and Jung-gu, a typical commercial district. The sources of the energy supplied to the boroughs were determined and consumption patterns in different industry sectors in Seoul used to identify current patterns of energy consumption. The study analyzed the energy consumption patterns for five different building categories and four different sectors in the building using a bottom-up energy modeling approach. Electricity and gas consumption patterns were recorded for different building categories and monthly ambient temperatures in the two boroughs. Finally, a logarithmic equation was developed to describe the correlation between commercial activity and cooling energy intensity in Jung-gu, the commercial district. Based on these results, recommendations are made regarding the current energy consumption patterns at the district level and government energy policies are suggested to reduce energy consumption and, hence, greenhouse gas emissions, in both commercial and residential buildings.