Abstract
Energy used for lighting is one of the major components of total energy consumption in buildings. Nowadays, buildings have a great potential to reduce their energy consumption, but to achieve this purpose additional efforts are indispensable. In this study, the need for energy savings evaluation before the implementation of lighting control algorithms for a specified building is highlighted. Therefore, experimental tests have been carried out in a university building with laboratories and other rooms, equipped with KNX building automation system. A dimmable control strategy has been investigated, dependent on daylight illuminance. Moreover, a relationship between external and internal daylight illuminance levels has been evaluated as well. Based on the experimental results, the authors proposed a method for the rough estimation of electrical energy savings. Since, according to the EN 15232 standard, Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) play an important role in buildings’ energy efficiency improvements, the BACS efficiency factors from this standard have been used to verify the experimental results presented in the paper. The potential to reduce energy consumption from lighting in non-residential buildings by 28% for offices and 24% for educational buildings has been confirmed, but its dependence on specific building parameters has been discussed as well.
Highlights
Buildings are responsible for almost 40% of the world’s energy consumption, including up to65% of electrical energy [1,2,3]
Since the lighting control systems and daylight availability in the rooms are considered in this paper, the authors have focused on the control functions dedicated to them and their potential for energy efficiency improvements
The study presented in this paper focuses on the feasibility of daylight-centered control strategy implementation in non-residential buildings
Summary
Buildings are responsible for almost 40% of the world’s energy consumption, including up to. Larsen et al [28] introduce a new estimation methodology for electrical energy consumption in an office with daylight- and occupancy-controlled artificial lighting Considering this aspect, the analysis of energy efficiency improvements for a school building has been presented and discussed in [29]. The above brief discussions indicate that the estimation of potential energy savings due to advanced, daylight-centered lighting control strategies must take into account many factors affecting daylight penetration inside a building as well as control function integration. These factors should be incorporated in the design of buildings and lighting.
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