Assignment 02:
Energy Audit E-Report
This project put to the build environment where is closest to us. In assignment 02, we going to prepare an energy audit e-report to the building that we stay at usually. With the analysis from the building context, weather, occupant, building design and the electric application, this project will allow student to understand a variety of factor that effecting the electricity demand of the building and differences of the calculated demand and the actual consumption when human factor was put into the study.
The objectives of this project are as follows:
• To identify the principles of energy efficient systems and overall practice of potential energy savings through inspection
• To evaluate energy consumption and the implementation of its strategies to reduce energy usage in design to deliver low energy architectural design
Learning Outcome
• Identify the principles of energy efficient systems in architecture and building technology.
• Apply strategies of renewable energy to deliver low energy architectural design
Final Outcome
The starting of the project, site analysis as the main factor will be the first thing to studies, then is building layout, openings and facades studies, energy load profile will be closely related with the energy consumption pattern and the occupant behavior where we can see a different of the calculated energy load and the actual consumption load.
Then, after knowing the overall situation of the energy usage, potential energy saving strategies and energy management will be proposed for the building.
Reflection
Energy is the biggest topic for nowadays society, everyone is discussion on the rise of electric tariff cost, water tariff cost, petrol gas cost and we all keep complaining and looking forward what that government can be done to lower down the cost of electric and water. We never forget we are the on who have the right to enjoy what we deserve for as citizen of this nation. However, we forget our duty as a son of the beautiful mother of nature to protect our globe from getting worst. Instead, what we do is just trying to exploit as much as we can from this beautiful planet. Gradually, the consequence will be come bigger and bigger...
This assignment give me an awareness to our daily energy consumption. Even thought, I am not studying my own house, yet I can truly realized that how is our daily behavior in an indirect way bring damages to our planet. No matter how small it is, in a long run will bring a great impact to us. Hence, after this assignment, I learn how to calculate and analyze out energy consumption in depth to find out the source of problem. From analyzing the site to the building, a lot of detail need to be welly translated for instance, the surrounding element within the context and point out how is this affect the micro climate of the building and what will be effected in term of indoor temperature, indoor space illuminance level and etc. Aside from that, human behavior will be a great variable factor that may give affect to the energy consumption as different people have difference personalities and preference for their own living space. By analyzing and understanding the human career, movement pattern, living style and rough daily schedules, I able to calculate the approximate energy consumption of each of them by from the electric and water bill.
More and more, I really appreciate this module skilling me as an architecture student to not only able to design for a new building but also bring a new life to an existing building with some practical energy saving strategies and create a whole new norm in human living life style which leading the human being toward a better future by taking responsibilities as an architect.
TGC---(Discipline Specific Knowledge - Lifelong learning - Thinking & Problem Solving Skill - Communication Skill - Intrapersonal Skill - Citizen & Global Perspectives - Digital Literacy)