4 FAQs about School uses 60kWh power cabinets in Canada

How do school buildings contribute to energy consumption?

School buildings contribute considerably to overall energy consumption due to their large number within the building stock . They represent an excellent opportunity towards improving energy efficiency as they “can be used as communication means towards pupils and their families, and can thus reach many different society groups” .

Are classrooms contributing to new schools' increased electricity consumption?

The new school's classroom, on the other hand, consumed on average 8.74 Wh/m 2 /day for plug loads and 11.55 Wh/m 2 /day for lighting. These results indicate that classrooms may not be contributing to new schools' increased electricity consumption. Fig. 3. Daily electricity consumption for classroom (a) Lights and (b) Plug Loads.

How do you measure school electricity consumption?

Real-time total school electricity consumption was also obtained by downloading data from the advanced utility meters available in two of the schools. For the third school without an advanced utility meter, real-time electricity consumption in the school main cable was monitored using a DENT ® ElitePro XC meter.

Do classroom lighting and plug loads affect electricity consumption?

The post-hoc pair-wise comparisons also showed statistically significant differences in electricity consumption for lighting and plug loads during work and non-work hours between all pairs of classrooms, except for lighting between the old and new schools' classrooms during non-work hours.

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