PhD Thesis - Energy Systems Research Unit - University of Strathclyde

the measuring period (2 weeks) to create one representative daily profile of energydemand at an hourly time resolution representative of the whole month for eachappliance monitored; these are the base profiles to which the transformation processdescribed below is applied.2.4.2 Explaining the methodology – A three stage-processThe generation of synthetic, high resolution electrical demand data profiles for aparticular appliance type consists of a 3-stage transformation process, shownschematically in Figure 2.5.Fig. 2.5 - The three stage approachUsing a single REMODECE 1-day, hourly resolution appliance profile as a startingpoint, 12 day-long profiles (one for each month of the year) at 1-minute resolutionare generated, that can also incorporate the effects of future appliances’ energyefficiencyimprovements. The specifics of the three stage process are as follows: Stage 1 – using one of the REMODECE datasets of a single appliance(comprising 1-day hourly resolution demand data for a single month of the year)as a starting point, the first transformation generates 12, 1-day hourly resolutionprofiles, one for each month. This is achieved by applying a modifier function to43