Improved Energy Saving for R22 Building Air Conditioning Retrofitted with Hydrocarbon Refrigerant, Study Case: Civil Engineering Department of ITS

Abstract:

Sepuluh November Institute of Technology (ITS) encourages the ECO Campus program. The program enables ITS to systematically identify, evaluate, manage and improve their environmental performance and practices. One of the program issue is energy saving in building. The energy saving effect of an air-conditioning system retrofit project is analyzed by Energy Conservation Opportunities (ECOs) Method. These ECOs are assessed in terms of their costs and benefits, and an economic comparison to rank the various refrigerants. Finally, an Action Plan is created where certain ECOs are selected for implementation. Civil Engineering Department has a responsibility to design infrastructure and green building concept planning. This department also has the largest energy consumption in this faculty comparing the other department. The energy consumption on this Department is 60829 kWh/month. The value of IKE is 13.39 per month with the largest electrical energy consumption in air-conditioning system is 57% from total consumption. The energy used of air-conditioning sytem is 523.692 kWh. The energy saving opportunities by CFC retrofitting with hydrocarbon can save its power consumption about 20%. It also saving cost and reducing the electricity bill of 1643871.838 IDR/month. The payback period of investment costs of retrofit R-22 to Hydrocarbonis about 13 month.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 493)
• Pages: 281-286
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.493.281
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Widyastuti Widyastuti, Ary Bachtiar Krishna Putra, Ridho Hantoro, Eky Novianarenti, Arrad Ghani Safitra
• Keywords: Civil Engineering Department, Energy Consumption Opportunities, Global Warming, Retrofit

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-7007(97)00083-2

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