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      Design and Evaluation of Electrical Services for an Energy Efficient Home

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      Cletus Uche Okoye 1 , Najeem Olawale Adelakun 1
      Zenodo
      Design, Electrical services, energy efficiency, model

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          Nigeria  is  facing  an  acute  shortage  of electric  power  that  drives  economic  activities. Consequently,  all  sectors  of  the  economy  are  facing a  retrogression  in  productivity.  Besides,  even  much of  the  power  made  available  either  from  the  grid  or self-generation  is  wasted  due  to  poor  installation design  and  use  of  inefficient  devices  and  equipment such  as  filament  bulbs,  and  fluorescent  lamps (among  others).  This  work  examines  the  present common  practice  of  electrical  services  that  wastes energy  with  the  viewing  to  advancing  the  best practice  that  minimises  overall  energy  /  power  loss.  A three-bedroom  flat  and  an  eatery  in  Nigeria  were used  as  a  case  study.  Load  audit,  analysis  and calculations  were  made  to  assist  in  making  vital decisions  as  to  the  types  and  sizes  of  luminaires, cables  and  protective  devices  (among  others)  to  be used  in  accordance  with  known  standards  and regulations.  The  results  show  that  71.8%  and  69.1% respectively  of  energy  is  saved  for  lighting  in  threebedroom  flat  and  eatery;  37.4%  and  30.8%  in  other loads  used  in  three  bedroom  and  eatery  respectively. All  this  is  as  a  result  of  use  of  frugal  design  and energy  saving  –  saving  devices.  This  further  implies a  saving  in  absolute  cost  of  energy  consumed  in  a particular situation. 

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          Zenodo
          2019
          15 December 2019
          Affiliations
          [1 ] The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro Ogun State
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          10.5281/zenodo.3930491
          6e23e2a1-f052-45a9-8705-d99e6605cd74

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          Design, Electrical services, energy efficiency, model

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