Background

A brief introduction of the project In particular, buildings in university have been shown to consume increasing amounts of energy. This is despite their greater potential for energy reduction due to the low building densities within the campus, as well as their reduced operational periods during vacations that coincide with peak energy demand seasons.

University buildings have a considerable local socioeconomic impact, going far beyond the university itself, owing to their scale. This is also because of the number of people using its facilities not only for educational and research purposes, but also living and participating in a variety of cultural activities within the campus. Hence, energy effective campus planning and design is imperative.

Based on a university’s history, the majority of the buildings on its campus may be old, with only a part of them built more recently. Due to that, the potential for implementing sustainable campus design is limited, and restricted to only a part of the campus buildings. It is necessary to explore the energy saving potential of the existing buildings by analyzing their intrinsic energy consumption patterns and taking into account their utilization related features. Therefore this study attempted to analyze the potential opportunities for saving energy and their effects with the goal of considerably reducing energy consumption.