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In this folder you will find the Dynamic Activity Model for Energy (DAME), a spatial microsimulation model (MSM) of people’s presence and their daily activities (e.g. commuting, shopping, education, leisure, etc.) at a high resolution.
The model will create a synthetic representation of all individuals and households in a study area, combining information from the UK Census of Population as well as a large travel survey (the UK Time Use Survey). In this manner, synthetic individuals will be imbued with socio-demographic characteristics and, importantly, information about how they spend their time during a ‘normal’ day. The model is built on the SPENSER (a spatial MSM for Great Britain3,4) framework and includes people and their activities while present in residential buildings and away from home.
This model will enable us to test hypotheses about variations in energy demand and their relationship with household composition and their socio-economic-demographic features.
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In Step 1 all necessary data is identified, collected, cleaned and organized.
The necessary information are:
- SPENSER synthetic population
- Geographic lookup
- Accommodation information
- Time use information
In Step 2 the data is used to model a synthetic representation of all individuals in a study area.
- The model will be built on the SPENSER (a spatial MSM for Great Britain) synthetic population.
- The synthetic individuals will be imbued with socio-demographic characteristics.
- The synthetic individuals will be connect with households.
In Step 3 the Dynamic Activity Model for Energy is created.
- The synthetic individuals will be imbued with information about how they spend their time during a ‘normal’ day.