ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT REPORT (ENERGY AUDIT) For The Submission Of Application To Be A Registered Electrical Energy Manager Under Efficient Management Of Electrical Energy Regulations 2008 Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Department of Development Building MUHAMMAD ARKAM BIN CHE MUNAAIM (Mega Jati Consult Sdn Bhd) 12 JUNE 2015
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT REPORT(ENERGY AUDIT)
For
The Submission Of Application To Be A Registered Electrical Energy Manager Under Efficient Management Of Electrical Energy Regulations 2008
Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Department of Development Building
MUHAMMAD ARKAM BIN CHE MUNAAIM(Mega Jati Consult Sdn Bhd)
Overview Building Description Historical Energy Consumption Load Profile And Energy Apportioning Data Collections Finding And Recommendation Conclusion
Mega Jati Consult Sdn Bhd (MJC) in 2012-2013 was appointed to conduct an energy audit (feasibility study) at 8 (eight) UniMAP’s premises in Perlis.
More than 30 scattered UniMAP’s buildings in Perlis, initiatives driven by School of Environmental Engineering UniMAP was desired to know the actual condition of energy consumption and investigate the awareness of being efficient among the building occupants.
The audit is conducted by 2 approaches, awareness questionnaire to the building occupants and data collection with observation using portable devices.
The audit is refers to MS1525:2007 and Malaysian GBI Rating as a comparison. Meanwhile Electrical Supply Act 1990 and Efficient Management of Electrical Energy Regulation (EMEER) 2008 are used as a guideline to overall objectives in this audit.
Muhammad Arkam Bin Che Munaaim (Leader-Contact Person)Head of auditor for data collection, data analysis, building design review, passive design element observation, reporting findings and recommendation.Assoc Prof Dr. Rodzi Bin Ismail (CETREE USM-Reviewer)Aida Zuriani Binti Zulkafli (Assist Elec Eng)- data collection and data entry.Nurfirdatulhusna Binti Abd Ghani (Assist Mech Eng) )- data collection and data entry.Nur Syafiqah Zakaria (Technical Assistant) - data collection and data entry.Nor Shahida Abd Razak (Technical Assistant) - data collection and data entry.
Load Profile and Energy ApportioningEstimate building end-use energy apportioning**Apportioning based on measurement of electrical board distribution during auditing.
67,382
207,304
32,88514,830
Lighting
Air Conditioning
Office Equipments
Others
By knowing that the major contribution of energy consumption is for air conditioning and lighting, the potential of saving is obtainable for these elements.
Finding and Recommendation: Building-Passive Strategies
Recommendation:
Shading façade shall be use and replace total dark tinted film to see through UV protected film to encourage more daylighting inside building but aware on the solar heat gain.
Finding and Recommendation: Building-Passive Strategies
Recommendation:
Identify the potential daylighting zone and utilize the daylight instead of using artificial light. Re-arrange the floor layout if neccesary to optimize the daylighting from outside.
Finding and Recommendation: Some Active Strategies
Recommendation:
Introduce “timer setting” for air conditioning unit since lot of staff are site-based and actively commute to do servicing out of the office. They tend to leave the AC unit ON even not in use (no occupant). Numbers of overall AC unit = 48 with total of 72 HP.
Finding and Recommendation: Some Active Strategies
Recommendation:
Re-partition the overall office space especially in the area where daylight not utilise. Some of the area near to the window is not required to switch on the light during daytime
Finding and Recommendation: Some Active Strategies
Recommendation:
Plug the leak through open door and door closer is cheap solution. Maintain the light fitting by replacing the faulty part to ensure sufficient lux at working space.
It is found that the building has 3 separate energy meters but that with intention to measure the different office-block energy usage. It is highly recommend to change the metering system from by block-connected to by load-connected to help in energy management and recording.
All these low-cost actions is estimated to reduce the energy usage by 10%. This is due to possibility to decrease the BEI for as high as 287 kWh/m2/year to 250 kWh/m2/year as achievable in same building category as audited building.
Since lighting is contributed to 21% of energy used in this building, mitigate the lighting fitting from normal 2x4 double fluorescent light to energy saving fitting is desired next:
Number of light fittings (Overall) = 153 numbers(153 numbers) : (36W x 2) + (5 W normal ballast x 2)
Then, Each fitting contribute estimate 82 Watt
All fittings 82W x 153 = 12,546 W = 12.5 kW total existing light
Finding and Recommendation: Next ApproachTo change the overall light fittings to electronic ballast with T5 light fitting (total 46.2 Watt) overall estimated new total connected load for lighting:
Number of light fittings (Overall) = (153 numbers x 46.2W) = 7,069 Watt, new connected light load.
Since air conditioner is contributed to 60% of energy used in this building, some engineering control for any wastages of energy due to bad human habit is really helpful such as timer switch:
1) Photocells control for corridor lighting (ground floor)2) Motion sensor control for staircase less-occupied area.3) Reduced heat gain from above ceiling space (attic) by using turbine ventilator to minimize heat conduction through ceiling panel for top floor building.
4) Introduce remote-passive-daylighting to area which can’t be reached by natural daylight through normal fenestrations.
5) Rewarding the unit member when saving energy target is achieved.
6) Continuously record and monitor the energy usage.
MEDIUM-COST:Some Initial final Fitting Changes- Mitigate to T5 light fittings- Imposed automatic OFF timer to the individual AC (must be at 2 pole switch)
- Apply motion sensors, light sensors and turbine ventilator, r-s-daylight.
- Maintenance well
Awareness and administrative control, campaign, incentives, remark the success, check and review, monitor and improve.
Even with all measures taken to ensure EE application is imposed, the main factors that contribute to the success rate is the human behaviour and awareness.
By understanding that electrical energy wastage somehow related to non renewable fossil fuel generating somewhere far from their points of switches, with some awareness, they will have their own conscious and resulting simple energy efficient action individually.