Preliminary Study and Analysis on the Electricity Consumption of a Library Building

• Published in: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
• Main Author: Hussin N.; Yaakob Y.; Razak A.A.; Baharum F.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2024
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85185977477&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-031-51859-1_7&partnerID=40&md5=448c8df5f32673fe04e539f1505ab7f4

Energy consumption in higher education buildings is huge due to their large number of buildings and population. Within the educational buildings, university campuses have complex functions by providing space for various activities and disciplines. University campuses with library building have different features and changing energy needs compared to other buildings. The electricity consumption in the building comes from the use of air conditioning systems including air handling unit operations, lighting, computers, office equipment and elevator systems. In this research, energy consumption analysis was conducted at Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) at Permatang Pauh campus. This project is aims to  determine the energy consumption of library buildings and to analyze the connection between the indoor temperature and humidity. The study is based on the electricity consumption by using the Fluke 1750 with data logger. It is found that the energy consumption of chillers system is to be around 46.7%, lighting and sockets follow with 22.5%, AHU with 19.7 and 11% for others. This study shows that the indoor temperature and humidity have the highest influence on the building energy consumption. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.