UK-DALE (UK Domestic Appliance-Level Electricity) dataset

Information

• The UK-DALE (UK Domestic Appliance-Level Electricity) dataset is a publicly available dataset of high-frequency power measurements from multiple homes, intended for use in research on energy disaggregation and related topics.
• The dataset was created in 2013 by researchers at the University of Oxford, and is hosted by the Energy Group at the university.
• The UK-DALE dataset contains data from five homes, with measurements taken at sub-second intervals over a period of several months. The homes are located in the UK and are occupied by families with typical energy usage patterns.
• Each home has a different set of appliances and devices, with varying power signatures, making it a useful tool for testing energy disaggregation algorithms.
• The data is provided in HDF5 format and includes measurements for the total household power consumption as well as individual appliance-level power consumption, where available.
• The dataset also includes metadata describing the homes and appliances, and a detailed documentation on how the data was collected and processed.
• In addition to power measurements, the UK-DALE dataset also includes weather data for each home, allowing researchers to study the impact of external factors on energy consumption.
• The UK-DALE dataset has been used in numerous research studies and competitions related to energy disaggregation and load profiling, and has contributed to the development of various machine learning and signal processing algorithms.
• The dataset is available for free download and use, but users are required to register and agree to a data use policy that includes restrictions on commercial use and redistribution of the data.