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An Intelligent Energy Management System for Educational Buildings

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  • Ahmad Al-Daraiseh
  • Nazaraf Shah
  • Eyas El-Qawasmeh

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There is a wide variation in the energy consumption between different educational institutions due to the adoption of different management strategies and different levels of occupants’ environmental understanding. The presence of large amounts of information and communication technology (ICT) equipment and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system causes a major consumption of energy in higher education institution (HEI) buildings. The main objective of this research is to investigate the use of ICT to optimize the energy consumption in HEI buildings and reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission. The first phase of the system has been implemented at King Saud University to measure energy consumption through sensors that read energy consumption of electrical appliances and devices every 10 seconds. The analysis of collected data allows us to develop and employ energy saving strategies that lead to a reduction in total energy consumption. Our preliminary results show that up to 17% of energy consumption can be reduced by simply dealing with standby energy loss of labs’ computers. The novelty of this research comes from the use of a functional database approach to deal with high volume of data and query performance and the incorporation of a timetabling system in energy management system.

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  • Ahmad Al-Daraiseh & Nazaraf Shah & Eyas El-Qawasmeh, 2013. "An Intelligent Energy Management System for Educational Buildings," International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, , vol. 9(9), pages 209803-2098, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:intdis:v:9:y:2013:i:9:p:209803
    DOI: 10.1155/2013/209803
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