Project Overview
Construction
Occupancy
Behavioural models
Demand
Renewable technologies
Conclusion
Team
Acknowledgements
Demand
Comparison
As it has been mentioned in the occupancy section, we have collected energy data use from holiday lodges in Oban for which we are very thankful to the company that owns them. In this section, we will show a simple comparison between the energy use in those lodges and the houses simulated for our case.
First of all, it should be mentioned that this business in Oban monitors the cabins energy consumption frequently. However, the measurements we obtained were hand-writen and therefore, they might contain some errors. Secondly, according to the information we got, the lodges in Oban are not well insulated. Moreover, it is important to underline that there are considerable differences between the energy use in conifer cabins as well. That is because either the behaviour of tourists were amazingly different or because of possible errors in measurements.
In the following graph, one may see the daily energy use per quare meters throughout the year for the cabins in Oban (Conifer 1 to 7) which are up to 6 people and for Stell Hill (7 occupants).
As it is shown, from September to April, Stell Hill's consumption is lower than the average consumption of Conifer cabins. That could be justified because the insulation and U-value of Stell Hill is significantly better. However, we would not like to rely 100% on this comparison as the weather conditions between the two sites are different. Moreover, during summer months (when there is no need in space heating), the energy consumption in Craik seems to be slightly higher; that could be because either we have overestimate the electricity demand or because Craik will be more occupied during those months.