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Determinants of Urban Residential Electricity Consumption in Burkina Faso: A Study of Dwelling, Household, Socio-Economic and Appliance-Related Factors

by
Komlan Hector Seth Tete
1,*,
Yrébégnan Moussa Soro
1,
Samir Franck Amadou Coulibaly
2,
Rory Victor Jones
3 and
Sayon dit Sadio Sidibé
1
1
Laboratoire Energies Renouvelable et Efficacité Energétique, Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (2iE), Rue de la Science, Ouagadougou 01 BP 594, Burkina Faso
2
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), Trois-Rivieres, QC G8Z 4M3, Canada
3
School of the Built Environment, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6UR, UK
*
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Buildings 2024, 14(3), 683; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14030683
Submission received: 26 December 2023 / Revised: 17 January 2024 / Accepted: 22 January 2024 / Published: 5 March 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Efficiency and Carbon Neutrality in Buildings)
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This study analyses the dwelling, household, socio-economic and appliance-related determinants of urban domestic electricity use in Burkina Faso. A survey of 387 households in Ouagadougou was conducted and combined with their electricity use, collected from energy bills. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first large-scale, city-wide household electricity study undertaken in Burkina Faso. Linear regression models were applied to the data to assess the influence of household, dwelling, socio-economic and appliance-related factors on electricity use. Significant and unambiguous predictors of urban domestic electricity use included household income, dwelling tenure type and ownership, and use of lighting fixtures, television sets, fridges, fans, freezers and air conditioners. Dwelling, household and socio-economic factors explained 70.2% and 70.5% of the variance in electricity use, respectively, when combined with appliance ownership and use factors. This study provides an understanding of the driving factors of domestic electricity use and discusses the implications and applications of this research for a range of stakeholders in the electricity sector.
Keywords: residential electricity consumption; household and appliance factors; regression analysis; Burkina Faso; urban households; city-scale survey residential electricity consumption; household and appliance factors; regression analysis; Burkina Faso; urban households; city-scale survey

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Tete, K.H.S.; Soro, Y.M.; Coulibaly, S.F.A.; Jones, R.V.; Sidibé, S.d.S. Determinants of Urban Residential Electricity Consumption in Burkina Faso: A Study of Dwelling, Household, Socio-Economic and Appliance-Related Factors. Buildings 2024, 14, 683. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14030683

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Tete KHS, Soro YM, Coulibaly SFA, Jones RV, Sidibé SdS. Determinants of Urban Residential Electricity Consumption in Burkina Faso: A Study of Dwelling, Household, Socio-Economic and Appliance-Related Factors. Buildings. 2024; 14(3):683. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14030683

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Tete, Komlan Hector Seth, Yrébégnan Moussa Soro, Samir Franck Amadou Coulibaly, Rory Victor Jones, and Sayon dit Sadio Sidibé. 2024. "Determinants of Urban Residential Electricity Consumption in Burkina Faso: A Study of Dwelling, Household, Socio-Economic and Appliance-Related Factors" Buildings 14, no. 3: 683. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14030683

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Tete, K. H. S., Soro, Y. M., Coulibaly, S. F. A., Jones, R. V., & Sidibé, S. d. S. (2024). Determinants of Urban Residential Electricity Consumption in Burkina Faso: A Study of Dwelling, Household, Socio-Economic and Appliance-Related Factors. Buildings, 14(3), 683. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14030683

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