The 3rd edition of the SERL Observatory dataset is now available. The dataset now includes participants who joined SERL in the third wave of recruitment in early 2021. This takes the total households that data is available for to over 13,000.
The daily and half-hourly domestic gas and electricity consumption data is accompanied by 20 different weather variables; EPC data (where available) and demographic and building information on the households taken from the contextual survey participants were asked to complete when agreeing to take part in the project.
All SERL data is subject to strict data governance in line with the Smart Energy Code (SEC) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Participants give informed consent when joining the project and can withdraw at any time.
The 3rd edition release is a significant milestone in the work of the SERL project as the data from the full cohort of over 13,000 homes is now available to accredited researchers to use in their research (if their proposed work is approved by the SERL Data Governance Board).
To learn more about accessing the SERL data see: https://serl.ac.uk/researchers/
To read the detailed documentation on the Observatory Dataset see UKDS Catalogue entry (Study Number 8666)