Energy Audit

A team of CIT faculty from EEE stream conducts Energy Audit regularly and thereby take measures for energy conservation

A detailed survey of the entire load was undertaken by the members of the Energy Audit Report Committee starting from the canteen, Administrative block, workshop and Machines lab, High voltage and Relay lab, Generator room, MC Block, Hut and ATM block, CRC block, Transportation and PE department, Boys Hostel, Mess and Polytechnic block and submersible pumps.

The load survey was conducted in every class room, staff chambers,all the laboratories and workshops and every load – category wise was noted and the total load of the campus was estimated. The detailed survey and the consolidated connected loads are herewith enclosed. The total connected load works out to be 851.0663 KW .

Suggestions

Details of loads like fans, lights etc with their ratings should be displayed at the entrance of classrooms, staff rooms, labs etc of all the blocks in entire campus to create awareness among students and staffs.

Even though the entire campus buildings are highly ventilated,many windows stoppers are not in proper condition. This makes usage of fans and lights. Sorting out above problems, utilization of natural resources can be made by saving power consumption.
Energy saving messages like,should be displayed near switch boards of all class rooms, labs, hostel rooms etc. in the campus to create awareness among students and staff on avoiding power wastage.
Sensors detecting presence of people can be implemented for automatically turning on/off loads like fans, lights etc.
Corridor tube lights and CFLs can be replaced by LED bulbs of lower wattage in MC, CRC and Admin (2ndand 3rdFloor) to save power consumption.
To achieve generation autonomy, it is advisable to install rooftop solar system, with net metering.
As observed sanction power is 250KVA it is possible to implement 50KWP solar plant.
Life span of RTS system is 15-20 Years, payback period is 5-7 Years beyond this it will be free energy for whole campus. Advantage of net metering is, excess power generated will be automatically supplied grid.
Billing is done based on generated power utilization in campus and power supplied to grid.
In future, it will be made mandatory for educational institutions to install roof top solar plants. It is the right time for this option.
Detailed analysis can be done with experts/suppliers to get a clear picture of month wise average generation for the whole year, cost of installation and payback period.