Name: Energy Use When Warm and Smoky
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: energy,Seattle,air quality,temperature,Smoke

Authors:	Ronda Strauch · Joseph Contreras · Joe McEwen · John Rudolph
Owners:	Ronda Strauch
Resource type:	Composite Resource
Created:	Nov 06, 2018 at 8:38 p.m.
Last updated:	Nov 06, 2018 at 8:50 p.m. by Ronda Strauch

Abstract

This project investigates the impacts on residential power demand during warm summers when air quality is compromised by smoke from wildfires. We hypothesize that the energy use increases when the air is smoky because of additional purchase and use of air conditioners and air purifiers when temperatures are warm and the air is smoky from wildfires because windows must be kept closed, eliminating the evening cooling ability practiced by homeowners. We'll focus our analysis in the Seattle area using Seattle City Light energy use data and SeaTac weather station data. U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI), EPA’s index for reporting air quality ranging from 0 to 500, will be used for air quality data. The timeframe will initially focus on June through August during 2015 through 2018.

Subject Keywords

energy,Seattle,air quality,temperature,Smoke

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Strauch, R., J. Contreras, J. McEwen, J. Rudolph (2018). Energy Use When Warm and Smoky, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/fbaf71d5dae541c7824dddbbe5f34171

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Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:	WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:	Decimal degrees

Place/Area Name: Seattle, washington

North Latitude

47.8457°

East Longitude

-122.1615°

South Latitude

47.4163°

West Longitude

-122.4526°

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Name	Organization	Address
Ronda Strauch	University of Washington
Joseph Contreras	Seattle City Light	Seattle, Washington
Joe McEwen	Seattle City Light	Seattle, Washington
John Rudolph	Seattle City Light	Seattle, Washington

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