Assessment of Economic and Environmental Impacts of Energy Conservation Strategies in a University Campus

Oyedepo, Sunday Olayinka; Anifowose, Emmanuel G.; Obembe, Elizabeth O.; Dirisu, J. O.; Khanmohamadi, Shoaib; Kilanko, O.; Babalola, P.O.; Ohunakin, Olayinka S.; Leramo, R.O.; Olawole, C. Olukunle

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“…According to Oyedepo et al. (2020) , every operation in an universitarian campus generates considerable environmental impacts and they need to be measured in order to subsidize the search towards sustainability solutions.…”

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The environmental impacts of face-to-face and remote university classes during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Rampasso

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Sustainable Production and Consumption

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The environmental impacts of face-to-face and remote university classes during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Giusti

Rampasso

et al. 2021

Sustainable Production and Consumption

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Smart Toilets and Toilet Gadgets in Sustainable Smart Cities: An Overview of Personal Health Monitoring

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Kilanko

Kilanko³

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Green Energy and Technology

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Healthcare as a service in most developed countries has advanced more than just electronic medical records (EMR), automated hospital experience, hospital information systems, and the like of it. Healthcare services have attained the height of remote surgery, computer-aided surgery, and remote patient monitoring and care due to the advancements in information and communication technology coupled with the advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) ability on the Internet of things. The use of smart gadgets in the toilet capable of collecting data relevant to healthcare makes the gadget a personal health monitoring device, which is a medical care supplement to traditional health monitoring. This provides an effective, non-invasive, nondestructive, low-cost, accuracy, and timesaving method of conducting health monitoring on the user in real time.

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Assessing the Potential of Implementing a Solar-Based Distributed Energy System for a University Using the Campus Bus Stops

2022

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Large educational facilities hold great potential for the implementation of solar-based distributed energy systems. The aim of this paper is to present a prototype and an assessment of a solar-based bus shelter photovoltaic system intended to be implemented at a campus scale that serves as an energy-distributed system. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a campus with an area of 7.3 km2 and bus stops’ roof area availability of around 1100 m2 was selected as a case study. The proposed system, apart from considering on-site generation, also considers an increase in end-use services such as the installation of television screens for information, charging docks, surveillance cameras, internet service, and lighting. For the assessment, a load facility survey and an estimation of the baseline energy use was conducted based on two demand use conditions, corresponding to 12 and 24 h for different archetypical stations. It was found that the baseline annual energy consumption for all the bus stops represents from 55–111 MWh. In this paper, an initial prototype of a solar-based bus shelter PV system is presented, and an assessment is carried out to understand its potential application at a large scale. The analysis shows that energy use in the retrofitted stations would rise to 167 MWh/year; however, apart from covering on-site demand, the system has the capacity to generate an additional 175 MWh, feeding nearby university buildings. It is calculated that the system could save around 130 t CO2e annually. The economic analysis shows that the project has a discounted payback (DPB) of almost 9 years and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 5.9%; however, in scenarios where renewable generation and carbon incentives are applied, this improves the project’s DPB to 6 years and the IRR to 13%.

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Assessment of Economic and Environmental Impacts of Energy Conservation Strategies in a University Campus

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

The environmental impacts of face-to-face and remote university classes during the COVID-19 pandemic

The environmental impacts of face-to-face and remote university classes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Smart Toilets and Toilet Gadgets in Sustainable Smart Cities: An Overview of Personal Health Monitoring

Assessing the Potential of Implementing a Solar-Based Distributed Energy System for a University Using the Campus Bus Stops

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