Energy Audit: A Case Study to Reduce Lighting Cost

Abstract

An energy audit is an inspection, survey and analysis of energy flow for energy conservation in a building or system to reduce the amount of energy input into the system without negatively affecting the outputs. Energy demand is an increasing pressure for any government. For the developing country like India, the energy generated decides the economic
growth of the country. Being the fifth largest power generator and the fourth largest power consumer in the world, energy demand and scarcity rules the country. Energy demand in our country is increasing exponentially. Energy conservation can be the best solution for the raising energy demand. Lighting is an area, which provides a major scope to achieve energy
efficiency at the design stage, by incorporation of modern energy efficient lamps, luminaries and gears, apart from good operational practices. This paper focuses on energy auditing by conducting a case study of mechanical engineering block2 of MRCET on conventional lighting loads and replacing with energy efficient lamps and comparing the results.