USING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY HUB IN THE UNIVERSITY ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF PREVENTING A NEW OUTBREAK OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. The problem addressed by the project is the need to develop a new approach to energy saving and energy efficiency management in higher education institutions (HEI), whose main components are energy management, energy audit, energy certification, monitoring based on the reasonable use of international standards ISO 50001: 2011, which allows reducing or completely eliminating the barriers to energy efficiency measures related to lack of awareness of energy saving potential.

METHODS. The international protocol of efficiency measurement and verification is proposed to be used as a basis for methodological support of energy efficiency analysis and control in the automated information system of energy efficiency analysis. The method of rationing of heat energy consumption, which takes into account the required level of statistical significance of energy resources saving when carrying out energy saving measures, was used to control the energy efficiency of HUB use of knowledge on energy efficiency. The methodological support of the subsystem of analysis of energy efficiency of heat energy resources consumption is considered.

FINDINGS. A three-part system for improving the energy efficiency of a university based on the HUB of energy efficiency knowledge is proposed: an automated dispatch management system; an automated information system for energy efficiency analysis and a corporate management system for the heat and power complex.

CONCLUSION. Compliance with the consumption rate calculated using the proposed method during the whole study period (second half of 2019 – beginning of 2021) allows to obtain a statistically significant value of thermal energy savings, which will significantly reduce the energy costs of the university in the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. An example of the use of the proposed energy efficiency knowledge HUB for building 4 of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design is presented.