MECH3023 Building Energy Management and Control Systems

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Building Energy Use (BEU)

1. Energy Use in Buildings

2. Energy Efficiency

3. Submetering

4. Demand Analysis

5. Load Inventory

[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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Further Reading:

• EEBP, 2002. Metering Energy Use in New Non-domestic Buildings, GIL 65, Energy Efficiency Best Practice (EEBP) programme, UK. [PDF] www.cibse.org/pdfs/GIL065.pdf
• FEMP, 2006. Guidance for Electric Metering in Federal Buildings, DOE/EE-0312, Federal Energy Management Program, US Department of Energy, USA. https://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/adv_metering.pdf
  

References:

• EMSD, 2005. Energy Efficiency and Conservation for Buildings, Energy Efficiency Office, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Hong Kong. [PDF from EMSD]
• Hong Kong Energy End-use Data, http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/eng/pee/edata.shtml

Web Links:

• Automatic meter reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_meter_reading
• Automatic meter reading (AMR) of Towngas https://www.towngas.com/Eng/Cust/Business/ResidentialProjects/AMRSystem.aspx
  
• Electricity meter -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_meter
• Hawthorne effect -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect
• Smart meter -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_meter
  
• Utility submeter -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_submeter
  

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| Created: Feb 2014 | Update: 29 Mar 2014 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |