Journal of Ecohydrology

Journal of Ecohydrology

The Effect of Different Climates on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Heating Energy Consumption for Academic Buildings Using Optimal Scheduling

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
ََAmirhossein Fathi 1
Hossein Yousefi
Mohammad Salehi 2
laleh Ghahremani 3
kianoosh choubineh 4
Kiavash Zareei 5
1 School of mechanical engineering, Shiraz university, Shiraz, Iran
2 Department of Energy Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Mining Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology. Isfahan.Iran
4 Department of Renewable Energies and Environment, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
5 School of electrical and computer engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
10.22059/ije.2022.339247.1610
Abstract
This paper is to quantify the effects of optimal university curricula on reducing heating energy consumption in various climates. Changing the courses’ time slots could decrease energy use. All educational limitations, availability of professors, number of classes, and each departments’ rules are considered. Universities are often located in the cities, and most Iranian city buildings consume natural gas for heating. Therefore, natural gas reduction means a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions in urban space. The optimal curricula could lower the thermal demand. The common method to adjust the curricula is to start a semester earlier or changed the setpoint temperature. The model optimized the planning for 2700 locations in Iran with different climates. The results showed that the optimal scheduling led to one percent to 25 percent heating energy reduction. The average saving among the studied points is nearly four percent. Among them, the amount of reduction is bigger for desert climates.
Keywords
University Curricula
Educational Limitation
University Course
Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Energy Consumption Reduction
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Journal of Ecohydrology
Volume 9, Issue 1
Spring 2022
Pages 127-141

  • Receive Date 21 January 2022
  • Revise Date 03 March 2022
  • Accept Date 16 April 2022
  • First Publish Date 16 April 2022
  • Publish Date 21 March 2022