Building energy performance a case study at G2 Building UTHM

Abdullah, Kamil and Mohamad, Mohd Hafiz (2018) Building energy performance a case study at G2 Building UTHM. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 50 (2). pp. 161-169. ISSN 2289-7879

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Abstract

Improper energy consumption has become a concern among the building owners. To ensure proper energy consumption of the building, it has become a practice to conduct building energy performance study. The study allows the building owner to confirm possible ineffective energy utilization of the building. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of a building performance for G2 Building in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) for a duration from August 2016 until March 2017. The study is based on collected electricity consumption data for the interval of 30 minutes every day throughout the study period. Building Energy Index (BEI) and Energy Intensity Index (EII) were used as building performance tools. The calculated BEI is 254.24 kWh/m2/year which is far beyond a minimum of 150 kWh/m2/year for nonresidential building in order to achieve a point by Green Building Index (GBI) of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the results on EII shows that a monthly amount of electricity energy was inconsistently consumed throughout a semester break and lecture period at a G2 Building. The present study attempts to address the building energy performance in G2 Building, hence to build up awareness on energy saving among building users.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Building Energy Performance; Sustainable Building; Building Energy Index; Energy Intensity Index
Subjects:	T Technology > TH Building construction T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK2896-2985 Production of electricity by direct energy conversion
Divisions:	Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User:	UiTM Student Praktikal
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2022 04:04
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2022 04:04
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/5180

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