An Overview of Compact Flourescent Lamp Retrofitting In Nigeria: Case Study of Hostel Environment in University Of Lagos

Abstract

This case study cuts across the evaluation of the performance of the use of compact tubes in the University of Lagos hostel environment .Data were collected by means of questionnaires centralized basically on three major areas; the level of awareness of the students with compact fluorescent tube,the current Luminaire information data and finally,the beneficiary experiences and reactions to the retrofitting project of compact fluorescent lamps which has already been executed prior to the review on the evaluation.The latter of the three major areas of case study was solely based on perception of the students which could be affected by psychological,health and environmental factors.A chart of the evaluation of twenty questions in the questionnaire given to each student whose total population is over 500 in the environment of study was demonstrated. Project test duration is two hundred and fifty days. Also, an energy/cost audit calculation were carried out. We found out that about 3197kw-hr/ ₦41,145.39 can be saved by retrofitting the 36 watt fluorescent tube with CFL and about 45,662kw-hr/ ₦587,669.90 for the 60 watt incandescent fluorescent tubes to compact tubes per 120-rooms hostel at a unit cost of ₦12.87 per kw/hr. For effective application, we also calculated house hold use.