Chen etal. [47] performed correlationanalysisamonghouse-
hold variablesandenergyconsumption,andusedamultivariate
regressionanalysistoexploretheoveralleffectofsocio-economic
and behavioralvariablesonresidentialenergyconsumptionof
conditioned spaceinChina.Thedatawasobtainedfromsurveys
applied to642householdsduringwinterand838household
during summerinthecityofHangzhou.Basedontheresults
obtained, theypointout:(1)socio-economicparametersexplain
26.3% ofvariationinenergyconsumptionoftheconditionedspace,
which increasesupto28.8%whenbehavioralvariablesare
included, (2)incomeaccountsfor18%ofvariationinaircondi-
tioner,and(3) floor areaaccountsfor44%ofvariationinair
conditioner.