以15分钟为间隔记录的整栋建筑荷载数据——即公用事业公司荷载研究数据——已经对南加州的11栋商业建筑进行了分析。已经确定了整个建筑负荷的主要特征，包括系统高峰日（以及特定于建筑的高峰日）的每栋建筑的需求概况。还对整栋建筑的小时负荷进行了统计分析，确定了一天中每小时整栋建筑小时负荷的温度依赖性（按季节）。 分析表明，公用事业公司的负荷研究数据是分析和理解客户用电模式的丰富信息来源，按主要终端用途分类。利用这些数据，可以为理解商业建筑的能源使用模式、温度依赖性和负荷季节变化提供可靠的基础。电力公司可以利用这些信息开发模型，以按客户类别提取主要终端使用负荷曲线的估计值。 单位:I-PCITION:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，1988年，第94卷，pt。2、渥太华

Whole-building load data recorded at 15-minute intervals -- known as utilities’ load research data -- have been analyzed for 11 commercial buildings in southern California. Major characteristics of the whole-building loads have been identified, including each building’s demand profile on the system peak day (and the building-specific peak day). A statistical analysis of the whole-building hourly loads has also been performed, which determined the temperature dependency of whole-building hourly loads for each hour of the day, by season.The analysis indicates that utilities’ load research data are a rich source of information for analyzing and understanding patterns of customer electricity use, segregated by major end uses. Used to advantage, these data would provide a reliable basis for understanding patterns of energy use, temperature dependency and seasonal variation of the load in commercial buildings. Electric utilities can use this information to develop models to extract estimates of major end-use load profiles, by customer class.Units: I-P