@article{Shahi_Rijal_Shukuya_2020, title={Study on Household Energy Usage Patterns in Urban and Rural Areas of Nepal}, volume={15}, url={https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JIE/article/view/32761}, DOI={10.3126/jie.v15i3.32761}, abstractNote={<p>In the last decades, the household’s energy demand has increased significantly in various countries including Nepal. In the case of<br>Nepal, 94% of energy use is in the domestic sector. There is a possibility of a huge increase in electricity production, but we are still<br>suffering from load shedding due to the high electricity demand. Electricity use is an important factor for the quality of life and<br>development of a nation. There is not a sufficient number of researches done about electricity consumption in different climatic<br>regions of Nepal which are analyzed by the income level of residents. This study gives descriptive information on the household’s<br>energy uses patterns and investigates the electricity use rate, using electrical appliances in households. This study also identifies the<br>major source of energy use and awareness of energy use. The data were collected from 442 households in three regions in the winter<br>season of 2018. Kalikot is a rural area, Chitwan is a semi-urban, and Kathmandu is an urban area. We have collected electricity bills,<br>family income, and family size, electricity using appliances, expenditure for energy and energy use for heating/cooling, cooking, and<br>lighting. The electricity was used only for lighting purposes in the rural area, but other electrical appliances were used in semi-urban<br>and urban areas. The amount of electricity use has not affected by household income level in the rural area, but it has affected in semi-<br>urban and urban areas. The level of education affects the use of the LED significantly. This study would be helpful to know the<br>electricity use patterns which is useful for energy saving and energy management of the rural and urban areas of Nepal.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of the Institute of Engineering}, author={Shahi, Dinesh Kumar and Rijal, Hom Bahadur and Shukuya, Masanori}, year={2020}, month={Nov.}, pages={402–410} }