Standard house in Louisiana
Hi, I’m doing a research on single family houses in Louisiana. I’d need to find information on construction methods used for a “standard” house and energy expenditure of an average family living in it. Can someone help me please?where could I look for such information? Thanks!
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Elisa,
Here's some information on residential energy consumption in Louisiana:
http://www.eia.gov/beta/state/?sid=la
Per capita consumption of natural gas in Louisiana homes in 2005: 9.6 million BTU
Per capita consumption of electricity in Louisiana homes in 2005: 6,373 kWh
According to the 2005 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, the average number of people per household in the South is 2.49. So we can now calculate energy consumption figures for Louisiana households:
Average residential consumption of natural gas in Louisiana in 2005 (per household): 23.9 million BTU
Average residential consumption of electricity in Louisiana in 2005 (per household): 15,869 kWh
Most people don't give the South enough Credit
When it comes to consuming more "Source Energy" per household....We are not-too-shabby
I think the South has more opportunity for improvement ... than most other climates
http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/digests/bsd152-building-energy-performance-metrics/files/BSD-152%20Energy%20Metrics.pdf
by the way.... I think there are some typos or math/percentage mistakes in the map I posted from the Building Science website ... the percentages are not matching up with the values
Thanks to everybody for your answers. But I was thinking I would also need an energy consumption per area (rather than per person)...so what can be considered a standard size for a single family house in Louisiana?
Thanks
Elisa,
Here's a table with some data:
http://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2005/hc/hcfloorspace_char/pdf/alltables.pdf
In the South, the average housing unit in 2005 measured 2,161 square feet (average heated square feet = 1,551 square feet; average cooled square feet = 1,295 square feet).
That's great. Thanks!
I have one last question for Martin: in which table is the average number of people per household in the South (2.49)? Is it in one of these tables or did you calculate it by yourself? Sorry but I can't find it! Thanks again
Elisa,
I calculated it myself from a table that I can no longer find; however, it appears that I made a mistake.
This table -- http://www.eia.gov/emeu/recs/recs2005/c&e/summary/excel/tableus1part1.xls -- shows that in 2005, the average number of persons per household was 2.52 in the South and 2.62 in the West South Central region (the census region that includes Louisiana). Sorry for the mix-up.
That was really useful! Thank you very much!
Anyway we will be soon launching a website with the results of our research on low energy buildings. You can keep an eye on bigee.net. Cheers
BigEE quote: "Energy efficiency may allow savings of nearly 100% of the energy consumed by a conventional building...."
That is a pretty "Incredible" statement
John,
I'm not familiar with the term "BigEE", and I don't know whether your quote has anything to do with this thread. Non sequitur?
I did a Google search on "BigEE" -- it seems to be some kind of agency in Germany?
The statement is not so incredible if you think Net Zero Energy Buildings already exist. Anyway here you can find a description of the project: http://www.wupperinst.org/en/projects/proj/index.html?projekt_id=310&bid=43&searchart=projekt_uebersicht. (The website bigee.net is still under construction). Hope this helps.
Martin, sorry for being too brief... I should have said BigEE.net ... the link that Elisa suggested
Sorry Elisa.... my mind jumped to enclosure efficiency ...
John,
OK, I see it now -- my eye glossed right over it upon first reading. I hadn't realize that she provided a link.
posting hint...
provide the "www" "dot" before the website name ... and it will appear as a bold clickable "hot-link"
as in
http://www.bigee.net