Laundry, energy and time: insights from 20 years of time-use diary data in the United Kingdom

摘要: Abstract The uneven temporal distribution of domestic energy demand is a well-known phenomenon that increasingly troublesome for infrastructures and sustainable or low carbon systems. People tend to energy, especially electricity, at specific times the day they do not necessarily so when sun shining wind blowing. potential value response as solution rests on understanding nature timing interconnected activities drive it. paper uses current historical time-use diary data explore change in laundry practices United Kingdom over last 20 years. ‘Doing laundry’ frequently cited potentially ‘flexible demand’ yet very little known about people laundry, who does it particular times, how this has changed what implications might have flexibility demand. Through analysis starts unpack some ‘doings’ contribute considers extent which may enable context consumer response.