Framework for Efficient Electrical Energy Management Practice in Public Universities in Southwestern Nigeria

Abstract

Energy management practices are subject to various worries that impact on achieving electricity saving objectives. This is most apparent in the case of Public Universities in Nigeria due to the number of electricity end users with conflicting interests. Efficient electrical energy management in Public Universities in Nigeria becomes crucial. The present work developed a multidimensional framework of efficient electricity management by considering all relevant measures of performance. To achieve the formation of this evaluation framework, it has considered the case of three relatively old public universities and collected the viewpoints of 4728 respondents comprising students, staff, and business owners involved in the aggregate electricity use in Public Universities in Nigeria. We adopted a quantitative survey and questionnaire as instrument for gathering relevant data. The results of the analysis of data obtained during the survey were used to develop the framework by considering key attributes. The study concluded that the formation of the newly-proposed quantitative efficient electricity management framework for improving the energy performance of public university buildings can provide the university management with an effective tool to benchmark with different university buildings internationally and assist the priority setting of efficient electricity savings.

Keywords: Framework, Efficiency, electrical energy management, Practice, Public universities, Southwestern Nigeria