💡 How is electricity consumed by households in Great Britain?

At @nestauk.bsky.social, we have been prototyping a method for identifying patterns of energy usage.

📈 Read our project update and explore our dashboard here: bit.ly/3zW1RB5

🧑‍💻 You can read our technical appendix here: shorturl.at/LFx9u

You can also see more information for some of the above topics. Cost can be split into several sub-themes including the upfront cost of installing a heat pump, the running costs of having a heat pump as a heating system and the related rise of electricity prices.

Here we have the same for the second forum, which is more focused on self-building.

The topics of conversation identified in the context of heat pump conversations and respective breakdown of sentiment, for one of the forums analysed - where we find mostly opinions from homeowners.
NB: those who are unhappy are more likely to share their negative experiences.

🆕 Some of the learnings: 🆕
For most of the 2000s and 2010s, heat pumps were a niche topic on the forums we analysed. But interest has surged, and they were the 7th most discussed energy / heat topic in 2023.

🏡We have analysed over 1 million forum interactions to identify what homeowners say about home heating and heat pumps when posting in online forums. 🏡

Read our report and explore our dashboard here: nesta.org.uk/data-visuali...

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