2015 Volume 12 Pages 23-33
In recent years, an individual duration of out-home activity is staggered due to the diversified lifestyle. On the other hand, the business or retail activities extends the business hours so that the energy consumption of those sectors have been increased. The purpose of this study is to clarify the effect of temporal concentration of out-home activity on sector energy consumptions. This study uses the Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities conducted by the Ministry of General Affairs in 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006. The analysis of covariance structure showed that home sector energy consumption was significantly influenced by regional climate, and business and transport sector energy consumption was significantly influenced by the temporal concentration of out-home activity.
