Reduction of Energy Consumption By Energy Audit And Energy Management

This report discusses on research regarding energy audit and energy management. In this project, the project studies on the energy consumption of a pharmaceutical factory in Selangor. This project is focused on proposing a method for energy audit and suitable suggestion for energy saving and management. In order to achieve this objective, this report first discusses the potential of energy audit and energy saving measure that can be implement on site. The factory aims to reduce 5% of the monthly consumption. A details analysis of the collected data was illustrated in tables and graphs. The data was collected using power analyzer at the incoming supply of the equipment. From the data, it show that for this factory operation, the most consumption area of electricity is on Air Handling Unit(AHU) and lighting. Retrofit measures is taken such as implementing of Variable Speed Drives(VSD) for AHU. The installation can save up to 40% of the energy usage of that specific unit with the payback period between 8 month to 18 months. Delamping is a good measure in order to reduce the energy consumption for lighting. Malaysian Standard-Code Of Practice On Energy Efficiency And Use Of Renewable Energy For Non-Residential Buildings, MS 1525: 2001 is referred for the luminance minimum value. The factory achieved 2% of reduction in total energy consumption monthly. As conclusion, energy audit is the start point of the energy management program that aims to increase the energy efficiency of a facility by recognizing any possibilities to cut down the energy usage.