Table 8 Proposed system explainability using thumb rules for Type B house category.

From: A peer-and self-group competitive behavior-based socio-inspired approach for household electricity conservation

TH

CA (Sq.Ft.)

R

TRA

TLA

TA

5Y + A

M

QS_Equ

Avg_kWh

HT

In_0

In_1

In_2

In_3

In_4

In_5

In_6

In_7

Out_1

Out_2

Out_3

20

100–700

0–4

0–12

0–5

0–18

0–2

0–3

0–45

0–70

SH

57

701–900

5–6

13–17

6–7

19–25

3–4

4–5

46–60

71–100

MH

4

901–1400

7–8

18–28

8–9

26–37

5–7

6–8

61–75

101–382

LH

  1. TH total houses, CA carpet area, R rooms, TRA total regular appliances, TLA total lifestyle appliances, TA total appliances, 5Y + A five-year-old appliances, M members, QS_Equ questionary survey equation, Avg_kWh average consumption, HT house type, SD standard deviation, SM small house, MH medium house, LH large house, VLH very large house