Impact of Stay-home Orders on the Electricity Demand of Residential Buildings: Case Study of Saudi Arabia

Initiative Productivity and Economic Diversification
Type Discussion paper
Date 14 April 2022

Belt and Road
Capital expenditure
Circular Carbon Economy (CCE)
CO2 emissions
Consumer behavior
Consumer behaviour
COVID-19 macroeconomic impact
Distributional effects
Econometrics
Economic diversification
Economic growth
Education
Elasticity
Electricity demand
Employment
Energy consumption
Energy Cooperation
Energy demand
Energy efficiency
Energy price reform
Energy prices
Energy subsidies
Energy transformation
Energy transition
Environment
Fiscal policy
Forecast
Foreign Direct Investment
fossil fuel economies
Gasoline demand
GCC
Government expenditure
Green growth
Green Jobs
Household behaviour
Inclusive economy
Input-output framework
Labour Market
Macroeconomics
Non-oil economy
Oil demand
Oil Trade
Oil-rich countries
Productivity
Projections
RAS method
Regional analysis
Regional Connectivity
Renewable energy
Residential buildings
Resilience
Saudi Arabia
Saudi economy
Saudi-Chinese Relation
Sectoral adjustments
Sectoral analysis
Structural breaks
Supply Chain Integration
Sustainability
Sustainable growth
Time series models
Training
Vision 2030
Welfare

Abstract

The analysis presented in this paper evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 stay-home order (or lockdown) on electricity consumption among Saudi residential building stock. Our analysis is based on an assessment of monitored data obtained for a sample of housing units as well as the results from a residential energy model (REEM). Specifically, we estimate the impact of the stay-home order imposed due to COVID-19 in most Saudi regions between March 15 and June 15, 2020, on residential electricity consumption.

Authors

Mohammad Aldubyan

Research Lead Mohammad is a research lead in KAPSARC’s Climate & Sustainability program. His research focuses on energy efficiency and energy demand…

Mohammad is a research lead in KAPSARC’s Climate & Sustainability program. His research focuses on energy efficiency and energy demand in buildings. He is currently leading the Residential Energy Model (REEM), which simulates residential energy demand and estimates the impact of energy efficiency programs on Saudi Arabia’s housing sector. He also leads the long-term KAPSARC Oil Market Outlook (KOMO) in buildings and agriculture sectors.

Mohammad holds an M.Sc. in Renewable and Clean Energy from the University of Dayton, Ohio and an M.Sc. in Economics from Purdue University, West Lafayette.

Expertise

Energy Efficiency in Buildings; Energy Demand; Energy Modeling

Publications See all Mohammad Aldubyan’s publications

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