Ouf, M M; Issa, M H and Mallory-Hill, S (2014) A protocol to evaluate school buildings' energy consumption. In: Raiden, A and Aboagye-Nimo, E (eds.) Proceedings of 30th Annual ARCOM Conference, 1-3 September 2014, Portsmouth, UK.
Abstract
Buildings contribute 20 to 40% of the worldÕs energy consumption, making the need to regulate and minimize their energy use a priority. A standard protocol was developed by the University of Manitoba Construction Engineering and Management Group to evaluate energy consumption across a sample of Manitoba schools in collaboration with the Manitoba Public School Finance Board. The protocol aims to evaluate school buildings' overall historical energy consumption and real-time electricity consumption at the space level. An extensive literature review was carried out to identify relevant parameters, methods and instruments to evaluate buildingsÕ energy use. The protocol identifies school data parameters as well as historical energy data and real-time electricity data parameters to be collected, related methods and recommended values for these parameters. The protocol is currently being validated through its practical application to the sample of Manitoban schools identified. This protocol is expected to be useful to future researchers looking to evaluate other school buildings in other locations and enable buildings operators and managers to track their buildingsÕ energy performance.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | electricity consumption; energy consumption; evaluation protocol; school |
| Index terms: | manager, literature review, energy consumption, construction engineering, collaboration, school building, electricity consumption, energy use, energy performance, public school |
| Subjects: | educational institutions, engineering methods, management, energy systems, data analysis and analytics, construction type, practitioner |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Education, Roles and Professions, Construction Technology, Sustainability, Research Practice, Engineering Principles |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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