Pandemic and bills: The impact of COVID-19 on energy usage of schools in South Africa

Autor: J.A. Samuels, Marthinus J. Booysen, S.S. Grobbelaar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Occupancy
bepress|Engineering
Natural resource economics
Smart meter
Energy (esotericism)
Geography
Planning and Development
engrXiv|Engineering|Electrical and Computer Engineering|Power and Energy
Management
Monitoring
Policy and Law
Article
School responses
Carry (investment)
bepress|Engineering|Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pandemic
engrXiv|Engineering|Civil and Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment
bepress|Engineering|Electrical and Computer Engineering|Power and Energy
COVID-19
Differential (mechanical device)
Energy usage
School energy profiles
School electricity
Base load power plant
engrXiv|Engineering
bepress|Engineering|Civil and Environmental Engineering
engrXiv|Engineering|Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carbon footprint
Business
Zdroj: Energy for Sustainable Development
ISSN: 0973-0826
Popis: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on global operations and economies. Inadvertently, lock-downs and working from home have reduced the daily carbon footprints of inter alia transport and office buildings. A beneficial consequence of carbon footprint reductions is the ability to measure the differential demand of occupants, to benchmark the base load of buildings, and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements. In this paper we evaluate the change in energy demand in five public schools in South Africa with changes in occupancy due to the COVID-19-imposed lockdowns. We make recommendations to carry these savings into the everyday operation of the schools, and estimate the savings for forthcoming closures.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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