Below are various key documents providing detailed information on different aspects of the Smart Energy Research Lab’s work. (See also ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for participants and researchers for concise answers to common questions)
- See UK Data Service page for detailed technical documentation of SERL smart meter and contextual data
- See SERL GitHub for information on SERL code base
Data access information
- One page overivew of SERL observatory project application process
- SERL laboratory – user summary (PDF)
- Apply to access SERL data (UKDS website)
- See researchers page for full details
See Data Governance section
- Hanmer, C. & Zapata-Webborn, E. (2023) Settling for colder homes as energy prices rise: evidence from 4200 households in Great Britain. Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Behaviour Change for Energy Efficiency “BEHAVE 2023” (pp. 442-443).
- Huebner, G. & Pullinger, M. (2023) Energy-use behaviour in UK homes during the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis: A longitudinal survey study. Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Behaviour Change for Energy Efficiency “BEHAVE 2023” (p. 74).
- Elam, S. (2023) The Smart Energy Research Lab: Maximising the benefits of longitudinal data for empirical socio-technical research. Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Behaviour Change for Energy Efficiency “BEHAVE 2023” (p. 52).
- Huebner, G.M., Hanmer, C., Zapata-Webborn, E., Pullinger, M., McKenna, E., Few, J., Elam, S. & Oreszczyn, T. et al. (2023) Self-reported energy use behaviour changed significantly during the cost-of-living crisis in winter 2022/23: insights from cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys in Great Britain. Sci Rep 13, 21683 (2023).
- Frontier Economics and University College London (Zapata-Webborn, E, and McKenna, E.) (2023) Project Venice – Impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Domestic Energy Consumption.
- Frontier Economics, Zapata-Webborn, E., McKenna, E. (2023) Project VENICE: The impact of the pandemic on electricity consumption
- Zapata-Webborn, E., Hanmer, C., Oreszczyn, T., Huebner, G., McKenna, E., Few, J., Elam, S., Pullinger, M., Cheshire, C., Friel, D., Masters, H., Whittaker, A. (2023) Winter demand falls as fuel bills rise: Understanding the energy impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on British households
- Pullinger, M., Zapata-Webborn, E., Kilgour, J., Elam, S., Few, J., Goddard, N., Hanmer, C., McKenna, E., Oreszczyn, T., Webb, L. (2023) Capturing variation in daily energy demand profiles over time with cluster analysis in British homes (September 2019 – August 2022)
- Zapata-Webborn, E., Pullinger, M., McKenna, E., Cheshire, C., Masters. H., Whittaker, A., Few, J., Elam, S., Oreszczyn, T. (2023) The impact of COVID-19 on household energy consumption in England and Wales from April 2020 to March 2022
- Few, J., Manouseli, D., McKenna, E., Pullinger, M., Zapata-Webborn, E., Elam, S., Shipworth, D. & Oreszczyn, T. (2023) The over-prediction of energy use by EPCs in Great Britain: A comparison of EPC-modelled and metered primary energy use intensity. Energy and Buildings. Vol, 288.
- McKenna, E.J., Few, J., Webborn, E., Anderson, B., Elam, S., Shipworth, D., Cooper, A., Pullinger, M., Oreszczyn, T. (2022) Explaining daily energy demand in British housing using linked smart meter and socio-technical data in a bottom-up statistical model, Energy and Buildings. ISSN 0378-7788
- Anderson B., James P. (2021). Covid-19 lockdown: impacts on GB electricity demand and CO2 emissions. Buildings and Cities.
- Huebner, G. M., Watson, N. E., Direk, K., McKenna, E., Webborn, E., Hollick, F., . . . Oreszczyn, T. (2021). Survey study on energy use in UK homes during Covid-19. Buildings and Cities, 2(1), 952-969.
- Webborn, E.; Few, J.; McKenna, E.; Elam, S.; Pullinger, M.; Anderson, B.; Shipworth, D.; Oreszczyn, T. (2021) The SERL Observatory Dataset: Longitudinal Smart Meter Electricity and Gas Data, Survey, EPC and Climate Data for Over 13,000 GB Households. Energies 14 (21)
- Webborn, E., McKenna, E. J., Elam, S., Anderson, B., Cooper, A., & Oreszczyn, T. (2021) Increasing response rates and improving research design: Learnings from the Smart Energy Research Lab in the United Kingdom. Energy Research & Social Science (83). ISSN 2214-6296
- Crawley J, McKenna E, Gori, V., Oreszczyn, T. (2020). Creating Domestic Building Thermal Performance Ratings Using Smart Meter Data. Buildings and Cities, 1(1), pp. 1-13
- McKenna E, Webborn E, Leicester P, Elam S. (2019). Analysis of international residential solar PV self-consumption. ECEEE 2019 Summer Study on energy efficiency. ECEEE.
- Webborn, E. & Oreszczyn, T. (2019) Champion the energy data revolution. Nature Energy Journal.
- Webborn, E; Elam, S; McKenna, E; Oreszczyn, T; (2019) Utilising smart meter data for research and innovation in the UK. In: Proceedings of ECEEE 2019 Summer Study on energy efficiency. (pp. 1387-1396). ECEEE: Belambra Presqu’île de Giens, France.
- Evaluation of the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme (GHGV): Final outcome and economic evaluation report (published November 2023) Ref: DESNZ research paper: number 2023/028. PDF, 793 KB, 87 pages
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2023). Smart Energy Savings (SENS) Competition: evaluation. Independent evaluation of the impacts of innovative feedback products and services that used smart meter data on household energy consumption. (2023).
- Frontier Economics, Zapata-Webborn, E., McKenna, E. (2023) Project VENICE: The impact of the pandemic on
electricity consumption. - Huebner, G. (2022) Working from home and the future of energy. In The Bartlett Review 2021 (University College London)
- Anderson, B. (2022) All-in spice rack models and how to avoid them @dataknut blog post.
- Energy bills: how much money does turning down the thermostat actually save? Article in The Conversation by Dr Jessica Few and Prof Tadj Oreszczyn
- ‘Homes given poor energy ratings on the basis of faulty modelling‘. The Daily Telegraph’s take on SERL’s work on Energy Performance Certificates.
- Dr Ellen Webborn talks to Andrew Peach Show, BBC Radio Berkshire about smart meters (03:08:29)
- Smart Energy Research Lab – a new energy data resource (UCL webinar 12/05/21). (Slides PDF)
- Accessing SERL Data (UKDS webinar extract 21/01/21). Full materials and video on UKDS website.
See also SERL YouTube Channel
- About the Smart Meter Rollout (external link)
- Public Interest Advisory Group (external link) – The Smart Meter Energy Data Public Interest Advisory Group (PIAG) brings together a range of public interest stakeholders to hold a policy dialogue around how smart meter data can be put to best use to further public policy goals and aid in the energy transition.