2.4.1. Community Project Electricity Demand Profile

To model the demand of the project, the electricity demand data was obtained from the distribution system operator's (Electricity Supply Board (ESB)) standard load profiles which is consolidated samples from residence meters which consists of high, middle and low annual usage from national average values Table 2 [35].



The low usage electricity load profile (3100 kWh) was selected and the load profile of each unit was customized to reflect the monthly electricity consumption based on the approximate number of occupants. Simulations were also performed to determine the annual electricity yields available for self-consumption and for grid feed-in. The total electricity demand profile of the project is composed of variable hourly loads, the timing of usage varies for each unit due to preferences and behaviours of occupants [35].
