Table 5 Summary of surveys collected from participants.

From: The IDEAL household energy dataset, electricity, gas, contextual sensor data and survey data for 255 UK homes

Survey

Data collection period

Participants included

Data collection method

Primary participant survey 1

Varying (undertaken during installation visit)

Primary participant

Computer-assisted personal interview

All-occupant survey 1

Varying (undertaken during or shortly after installation visit)

All home occupants aged 15+

Survey via IDEAL app

Primary participant survey 2

21 September to 5 October 2017

Primary participant

Web survey

All-occupant survey 2

10 October to 2 November 2017

All home occupants aged 15+

Survey via IDEAL app

All-occupant survey 3

23 May to 30 June 2018

All home occupants aged 15+

Web survey

  1. Note that participants in homes that had only recently had their IDEAL systems installed were not asked to participate in Primary participant survey 2 or All-occupant survey 2 - see main text for details.
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