Energy Audit of Al-Qalam University, Katsina State Nigeria: A Simulation Approach

Nafi’u Muhammad Saleh¹ , Joseph Samuel Enaburekhan² , Kadawa Ibrahim Ali³ , Anas Bala⁴ , Mukhtar Isah⁵ , Jamilu Ya’u Muhammad⁶

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.10 , Issue.2 , pp.17-25, Jun-2023

Online published on Jun 30, 2023

Copyright © Nafi’u Muhammad Saleh, Joseph Samuel Enaburekhan, Kadawa Ibrahim Ali, Anas Bala, Mukhtar Isah, Jamilu Ya’u Muhammad . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Energy audit is an effective method used to check the energy usage and wastage in buildings. This study presents the energy audit of Al-Qalam University Katsina. The audit was conducted to investigate the energy consumption pattern of the energy carries; energy end users; the energy used indices and the energy conservation measures in the university buildings. The Data was obtained for a period (2015-2017). Energy model system eQUEST (Quick Energy Simulation Tool) was used to analyze the energy consumption of the end users. It was finally found that the maximum electricity was demanded during the summer session (i.e., April to September) due to high Air condition requirement. After simulation with eQUEST, the results obtained shows that the total annual energy consumption by the end users were 96587kWh space cooling, 18657kWh ventilation fan, 40001kWh miscellaneous equipment and 55433kWh area lighting, having a total sum of 210678kWh, representing air-conditioning (space cooling) 47%, ventilation fan 10%, miscellaneous equipment 17% and area lighting 26%. The average Energy Used Index (average annual electricity use per student) shows to be 240.56kWh/Student/Annum while the average Building Energy Intensity (BEI) was 149.32kWh/m2/Annum.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Air Conditioning, Energy Audit, Energy Conservation, End Users, Lighting

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