Mukhamedov, Abdulkhamid (2020) Assessing and Improving the Current Energy Management at the UG Library. Integration Project, Industrial Engineering and Management.
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Abstract
In light of today’s concerns with environmental pollution and gas emissions, public buildings became the focus of energy improvements to reduce energy consumption. In the EU, public buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of the total energy consumption and offer significant opportunities for improved sustainable development of individual countries and the EU as a whole. The Green Office, a department that focuses on the sustainability of operations at the University of Groningen, believes that the UG Library might consume excessive energy for a relatively few visitors during the extended evening openings. Therefore, the building has been assessed against the EPBD criteria and shortcomings of the current system were identified and quantified, where possible. Moreover, strategies and challenges in becoming an nZEB building are discussed, with brief long-term and more detailed short-term energy saving opportunities provided. By carrying out a literature review, conducting interviews and a survey, as well as briefly inspecting the library’s energy management, it became clear that further energy improvements can still be possible despite the library’s certification as an Energy Label A building. While the annual energy reduction as a result of these changes seems minor, together they offer low- to no-cost solutions that can yield up to 17,370 EUR/year in savings and an approximately 10% decrease in energy demand.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Integration Project) |
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| Supervisor name: | Bosch, A.J. |
| Degree programme: | Industrial Engineering and Management |
| Thesis type: | Integration Project |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2020 12:29 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jun 2020 12:29 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/22216 |
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