Energy Efficiency and Conservation Schemes Proposed for an Educational Building in Oman

Abstract

The energy is substantial input for the economic growth of any country. In lieu of developing countries, increase in energy demand requires huge investments. Consequently, energy cost reduction, efficiency improvement and energy conservation utilization, management and audit are needed. In Sultanate of Oman, energy demand has been rising rapidly due to contemporary growing economic and population. The non-renewable natural gas produces energy. This prompts the move toward renewable energy sources and the implementation of Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) schemes such as energy audit and conservation. It is an analysis of the energy flow within a building that attempts to balance the energy input with its use not affecting the energy output. It is used to classify the entire energy stream. Energy management is used to attain and maintain an optimum energy flow to reduce energy costs and prevent the misuse of energy. Comprehensive EE&C measures are needed to conserve energy and for load leveling. In this paper, energy audit, conservation and management studies are conducted for Salalah College of Technology. The saving in the energy is achieved by implementing EE&C schemes through load observation, identifying the unnecessary usage of power and weak links in energy usage.