Comparison of University Departments Regarding Their Area and Load Profile of an Existing Campus

Abstract

The realization of the German Energiewende requires the use of innovative methods. The project EnEff: Stadt: Campus Lichtwiese aims to implement the Energiewende for an exemplary district. With a separated campus of Technische Universitat Darmstadt a suitable quarter is used for the investigations. To fulfill the Energiewende the expertise of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, architecture and computer science are combined to investigate the energy-efficient development of the campus by the use of intelligent coupling of different energy sectors. The goal of the project is a concept of a self-regulating energy campus, an autonomously operating system. Therefore a simulation model with exact load profiles is needed for the campus. To simultaneously raise awareness of the resident departments, the load profile of each department is analyzed separately. Therefore the buildings of the campus need to be clustered with respect to the departments. Furthermore the lot size of all buildings is analyzed and categorized. The load profiles are measured for different seasonal and social dependance to obtain meaningful data. Measurements are taken at every MV-/LV-transformer of the campus for a week to obtain typical curves for workdays and for the weekend. At last the origin of the discovered high base load is analyzed.