A new approach for modeling of residential energy consumption.

Canada is one of the countries that signed the Kyoto Protocol . If Canada ratifies the Protocol, it will be legally bound to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One of the effective means of reducing the GHG emissions is reducing the end-use energy consumption and the associated emissions from the residential sector. This requires that the energy consumption characteristics of the residential sector, as well as the complex interrelated effects of energy saving measures that can be adopted to reduce energy consumption are well understood. To this end, detailed mathematical models of residential end-use energy consumption are required. So far, two types of models have been used to model residential end-use energy consumption. These are the Engineering Model, used to model the energy consumption at the national and regional levels, and the Conditional Demand Analysis (CDA) Model used at the regional level.