Energy evaluation and conservation strategies for a Nigerian private college facilities: Case analysis of energy audit of Covenant University

Systematic audit of energy consumption is pivotal to energy utilization and energy conservation. This will enable management to make informed plan, decision and policy based on statistical energy report. This article presents an energy roadmap for a global private university that will help achieve equitable energy usage and prevent energy misuse. Refrigeration and air conditioning consumed energy the most among guest house, cafeteria 1 and cafeteria 2. Guest house which has the cooling equipment mostly installed showed to be the most energy consuming structure. The daily consumption of air conditioners in the whole building is 3.5968 MWh. In a drive towards a sustainable future, new structure should be designed such that there is insignificant electrical energy demand and existing structures forms and facades should be retrofitted to reduce energy consumption. The audit has demonstrated that more energy can be saved for better use if natural or passive means are enhanced, energy saving methods are inculcated, and behavioural patterns influenced towards energy savings. In a movement towards an able to last future, updating existing equipment of old buildings will conserve already valuable supplies producing more and using up the natural assets rather than producing more and using up the natural assets.Systematic audit of energy consumption is pivotal to energy utilization and energy conservation. This will enable management to make informed plan, decision and policy based on statistical energy report. This article presents an energy roadmap for a global private university that will help achieve equitable energy usage and prevent energy misuse. Refrigeration and air conditioning consumed energy the most among guest house, cafeteria 1 and cafeteria 2. Guest house which has the cooling equipment mostly installed showed to be the most energy consuming structure. The daily consumption of air conditioners in the whole building is 3.5968 MWh. In a drive towards a sustainable future, new structure should be designed such that there is insignificant electrical energy demand and existing structures forms and facades should be retrofitted to reduce energy consumption. The audit has demonstrated that more energy can be saved for better use if natural or passive means are enhanced, energy saving methods are inculca...