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The Solent Achieving Value from Efficiency (SAVE) project, funded by the Low Carbon Network Fund (LCNF), collected a range of data on household electricity demand for the purposes of examining the drivers and practices linked to demand, and to evaluate the impact of a randomised control trial into demand response. The study was conducted in the county of Hampshire, the city of Southampton, the city of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Further information can be found on the SAVE project website.Data formats:The household survey, response and time use data are available to download in SPSS, Stata and CSV formats. The electricity consumption data remain in CSV format, and are included in each zip file.

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The SAVE data comprise: a household survey completed by study participants; 15-minute electricity consumption measurements; and time-use diaries completed by a sub-sample of households on a number of days during the trial. The data from each source are linked using a unique anonymised household identifier.

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Measurements and tests

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Experiment

Diaries

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)