Smartline Environmental Sensor Data and Utility Usage, 2017–2023

The Smartline sensor datasets include utility usage (Gas, Water, Electricity), indoors environmental parameters (Temperature, Humidity, TVOC - Total Volatile Organic Compounds, eCO2 - Estimated Carbon Dioxide, P.M2.5 - Airborne Particulate Matter More than 300 households were recruited in 2017 to take part in the Smartline project to provide data on health, wellbeing, community, indoor environment and utility usages. The overarching aim of the project was to explore and trial opportunities for technology to support people to live healthier and happier lives in their homes and communities. 329 households completed survey questionnaires and 279 opted to have sensors installed. The network of sensors, from which the accompanying data derive, provide opportunities to gain insight in to existing utility usage and environmental conditions in homes. Surveys of participating households were undertaken at several points in the project and linked to sensor data, enabling better exploration of the everyday human lives behind the sensor data. Many of the sensors have recorded data spanning more than 5 years, capturing regular patterns resulting from participants daily routines, seasonal climatic variation, and local weather activity. Unexpected events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, cost of living crisis, and a record summer heatwave all fall within the timeframe of the sensor data.</p