## 4 Methodology
### Synthetic Load Profile Generation
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Type of Household** & **No. of Occupants** & **Load** & **Wattage (W)** & **Amount of Time per Day (h)** & **Prefer Usage Time** & **Energy Consumption (Wh)** & **Cost per Day (AUD)** \\ \hline Household 2: & 2 & Fridge & 120 & 24 & 00:00–23:59 & 2880 \\  & & Washing machine & 800 & 0.3 & 13:00–14:00 & 240 \\  & & Fan & 200 & 10 & 17:00–3:00 & 2000 \\  & & Microwave & 1000 & 0.2 & 12:00–13:00 & 100 \\  & & Heater & 2000 & 0 & - & - \\  & & Chargeable devices & 400 & 8 & 22:00–6:00 & 3200 \\  & & Blender & 500 & 0.1 & 9:00–10:00 & 50 \\  & & Toaster & 850 & 0.1 & 6:00–7:00 & 85 \\  & & Iron & 1200 & 0.1 & 19:00–20:00 & 120 \\  & & Vacuum & 1000 & 0.2 & 16:00–17:00 & 200 \\  & & Gaming console & 300 & 2 & 19:00–21:00 & 600 \\  & & Coffee machine & 1000 & 0.1 & 6:00–7:00 & 100 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: Initial load profile 2 created for the project (summer). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Type of** & **No. of** & **Load** & **Wattage (W)** & **Amount of Time per Type** & **Energy Consumption** & **Cost per Day (AUD)** \\ \hline Household 4: & 2 & Fridge & 120 & 24 & 00:00–23:59 & 2880 \\ Middle age & & Washing & 800 & 0.3 & 19:00–20:00 & 240 \\ couple & & Fan & 200 & 4 & 20:00–0:00 & 800 \\  & & Microwave & 1000 & 0.05 & 17:00–18:00 & 50 \\  & & Heater & 2000 & 0 & - & - \\  & & Chargeable & 200 & 12 & 18:00–6:00 & 2400 \\  & & devices & & & & \\  & & TV & 150 & 3 & 20:00–23:00 & 450 \\  & & Rice cooker & 830 & 0.2 & 17:00–18:00 & 166 \\  & & Toaster & 850 & 0.1 & 5:00–6:00 & 85 \\  & & Iron & 1200 & 0.2 & 19:00–20:00 & 240 \\  & & Fan & 200 & 12 & 12:00–0:00 & 2400 \\  & & Microwave & 1000 & 0.1 & 16:00–17:00 & 100 \\  & & Heater & 2000 & 0 & - & - \\  & & Chargeable & & & & \\  & devices & 300 & 12 & 16:00–4:00 & 3600 \\  & & TV & 150 & 6 & 13:00–19:00 & 900 \\  & & Rice cooker & 850 & 1 & 11:00–12:00 & 850 \\  & & Toaster & 850 & 0.3 & 4:00–5:00 & 225 \\  & & Iron & 1200 & 0.5 & 20:00–21:00 & 600 \\  & & Vacuum & 1000 & 0.2 & 14:00–15:00 & 200 \\  & & cleaner & & & & \\  & Dish washer & 1500 & 1 & 18:00–19:00 & 1500 \\  & Gaming & & & & & \\  & console & 300 & 2 & 17:00–19:00 & 600 \\  & & Coffee & & & & \\  & machine & 1000 & 0.3 & 4:00–5:00 & 300 \\ \hline  & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & \\ \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 6: Initial load profile 4 created for the project (summer). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Type of** & **No. of** & & **Amount of Time per Day (h)** & **Prefer Usage Time** & **Energy Consumption** & **Cost per Day (AUD)** \\ \hline Household 3: & 3 & Fridge & 120 & 24 & 00:00–23:59 & 2880 \\ Young family & & Washing & 800 & 0.7 & 9:00–10:00 & 560 \\  & & Fan & 200 & 12 & 12:00–0:00 & 2400 \\  & & Microwave & 1000 & 0.5 & 11:00–12:00 & 500 \\  & & Heater & 2000 & 0 & - & - \\  & & Chargeable & & & & \\  & & devices & 300 & 12 & 16:00–4:00 & 3600 \\  & & TV & 150 & 6 & 13:00–19:00 & 900 \\  & & Rice cooker & 850 & 1 & 11:00–12:00 & 850 \\  & & Toaster & 850 & 0.3 & 4:00–5:00 & 225 \\  & & Iron & 1200 & 0.5 & 20:00–21:00 & 600 \\  & & Vacuum & 1000 & 0.2 & 14:00–15:00 & 200 \\  & & cleaner & & & & \\  & & Dish washer & 1500 & 1 & 18:00–19:00 & 1500 \\  & & Gaming & & & & \\  & console & 300 & 2 & 17:00–19:00 & 600 \\  & & Coffee & & & & \\  & machine & 1000 & 0.3 & 4:00–5:00 & 300 \\ \hline  & & & & & & \\ \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 5: Initial load profile 3 created for the project (summer). However, the proposed deep neural network based model aims at predicting the hourly load profile of a residential building with just having the occupancy rate the input