gasdata {MPV}

Natural Gas Consumption in a Single-Family Residence

Description

This data frame contains the average monthly volume of natural gas used in the furnace of a 1600 square foot house located in London, Ontario, for each month from 2006 until 2011. It also contains the average temperature for each month, and a measure of degree days. Insulation was added to the roof on one occasions, the walls were insulated on a second occasion, and the mid-efficiency furnace was replaced with a high-efficiency furnace on a third occasion.

Usage

data("gasdata")

Format

A data frame with 70 observations on the following 9 variables.

month

numeric 1=January, 12=December

degreedays

numeric, Celsius

cubicmetres

total volume of gas used in a month

dailyusage

average amount of gas used per day

temp

average temperature in Celsius

year

numeric

I1

indicator that roof insulation is present

I2

indicator that wasll insulation is present

I3

indicator that high efficiency furnace is present