Strategies for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Public Service Buildings within a Hot and Humid Climatic Zone: A Case Study in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Catalina Vallejo; Luis Godoy; Francis Vásquez; Geovanna Villacreses; Marco Orozco; Santiago Navarro

doi:10.37116/revistaenergia.v21.n1.2024.651

Strategies for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Public Service Buildings within a Hot and Humid Climatic Zone: A Case Study in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Estrategias para Mejorar la Eficiencia Energética en Edificios de servicios públicos, en una Zona Climática Calurosa y Húmeda: Caso de Estudio en Guayaquil, Ecuador

Published 2024-07-24

https://doi.org/10.37116/revistaenergia.v21.n1.2024.651

Open | Download

PDF (Spanish) FLIP HTML (Spanish) XML (Spanish) EPUB (Spanish)

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2024): Revista Técnica "energía", Edición No. 21, ISSUE I

Section

EFICIENCIA ENERGÉTICA

How to Cite

Strategies for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Public Service Buildings within a Hot and Humid Climatic Zone: A Case Study in Guayaquil, Ecuador . (2024). Revista Técnica "energía", 21(1), PP. 133-142. https://doi.org/10.37116/revistaenergia.v21.n1.2024.651

DOI

https://doi.org/10.37116/revistaenergia.v21.n1.2024.651

Dimensions

PlumX

How to Cite

Strategies for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Public Service Buildings within a Hot and Humid Climatic Zone: A Case Study in Guayaquil, Ecuador . (2024). Revista Técnica "energía", 21(1), PP. 133-142. https://doi.org/10.37116/revistaenergia.v21.n1.2024.651

Download Citation

license

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Catalina Vallejo

Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-0484

Luis Godoy

Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético

Perfil Google Scholar

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2878-5175

Francis Vásquez

University of Connecticut

Perfil Google Scholar

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-4838

Geovanna Villacreses

Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0964-0907

Marco Orozco

Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-6685

Santiago Navarro

Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4881-7485

Show authors biography

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Diego Jijón, Jessica Constante, Geovanna Villacreses, Tania Guerrero, Modelling of performance of 2 MW wind turbines in Ecuador: Electric-wind potential , Revista Técnica "energía": Vol. 15 No. 1 (2018): Revista Técnica "energía", Edición No. 15
Francis Vásquez, Carlos Naranjo, Andrea Lobato, Evaluation of the effect of meteorological variables on the thermal performance of a residential building based on monitored data , Revista Técnica "energía": Vol. 19 No. 1 (2022): Revista Técnica "energía", Edición No. 19, ISSUE I
Lisseth Jami, Catalina Vallejo, Francis Vásquez, Luis Condo, Luis Godoy, Methodology of association of cadastral and electrical information using GIS and SQL tools: Case study in Quito Ecuador , Revista Técnica "energía": Vol. 19 No. 1 (2022): Revista Técnica "energía", Edición No. 19, ISSUE I

public service buildings

Energy Efficiency

Energy Savings

Energy Monitoring and simulation

Since 2010, there has been an approximate annual increase of 1% in CO₂ emissions due to buildings. The reduction of energy consumption and consequently the mitigation of Greenhouse Gases are global goals due to the global issue of climate change. A key step in achieving these goals is to improve the energy performance of buildings, thereby reducing energy consumption and emissions generated by the built environment. In this regard, the present research focuses on identifying and estimating strategies to reduce energy consumption in buildings known as Community Police Units (UPCs) located in the city of Guayaquil, which corresponds to a very hot and humid climate zone. The study consists of statistical analysis of the historical energy performance of 43 buildings sharing the same architectural design. Additionally, the selection of a representative building was made for energy use monitoring and energy simulation. The results revealed a potential saving of 16 000 kWh per year by reducing the control temperature of the air conditioning system by 1°C and adjusting the on/off schedule. This is equivalent to 1 150 USD and 5 metric tons of CO₂ emissions.

Article visits 1721 | PDF visits 387

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” 2023. doi: 10.59327/IPCC/AR6-9789291691647.001.
R. Khosla, O. Abdelaziz, R. Gluckman, and L. Riahi, Keeping it chill. Nairobi, 2023.
A. Edelman, A. Gedling, R. Konovalov, Elena McComiskie, A. Penny, D. Roberts, Nicholas Templeman, Shelley, Trewin, and M. Ziembicki, “State of the Tropics,” 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.jcu.edu.au/state-of-the-tropics/publications/2014-state-of-the-tropics-report/2014-report/State-of-the-Tropics-2014-Full-Report.pdf
A. Penny, M. Templeman, Shelley McKenzie, D. Tello, and E. Hunt, “State of the tropics,” 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343441325_State_of_the_Tropics_2020_Report
T. Harso, R. Vale, and B. Vale, Sustainable Building and Built Environments to Mitigate Climate Change in the Tropics. Springer International Publishing, 2017. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49601-6.
A. Bastida, “Hoja de ruta para reducir los HFC en el Ecuador,” 2023.
E. M. Pickering, M. A. Hossain, R. H. French, and A. R. Abramson, “Building electricity consumption: Data analytics of building operations with classical time series decomposition and case based subsetting,” Energy Build., vol. 177, pp. 184–196, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.07.056.
M. Palme et al., “Estrategias para mejorar las condiciones de habitabilidad y el consumo de energía en viviendas,” 2016. [Online]. Available: http://www.iner.gob.ec/biblioteca/
J. Litardo, R. Hidalgo-León, P. Coronel, A. Damian, J. Macías, and G. Soriano, “Dehumidification Strategies to Improve Energy Use at Retailers: A Case Study of a Supermarket Located in Guayaquil, Ecuador.” Nov. 16, 2020. doi: 10.1115/IMECE2020-23930.
H. G. Kim and S. S. Kim, “Complementary Methodology for Energy Efficiency Ratio-Based Assessments with Change-Point Model Parameters,” Buildings, vol. 13, no. 11, 2023, doi: 10.3390/buildings13112703.
Y. Hirano, K. Gomi, S. Nakamura, Y. Yoshida, D. Narumi, and T. Fujita, “Analysis of the impact of regional temperature pattern on the energy consumption in the commercial sector in Japan,” Energy Build., vol. 149, pp. 160–170, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.05.054.
J. Devore, Pobability & Statistics for Engineering and the Scinces, Eighth. Boston: Brooks/Cole, 2010.
Energy Star, “Portfolio Manager Technical Reference Climate and Weather,” U.S, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.energystar.gov/buildings/tools-and-resources/portfolio-manager-technical-reference-climate-and-weather
ASHRAE Guideline 14-2014, Measurement of Energy, Demand, and Water Savings. Atlanta, GA, USA, 2014.
ASHRAE, ASHRAE Handbook: Fundamentals. 2017.
L. Godoy-Vaca, E. C. Vallejo-Coral, J. Mart, M. Orozco, and G. Villacreses, “Predicted Medium Vote Thermal Comfort Analysis Applying Energy Simulations with Phase Change Materials for Very Hot-Humid Climates in Social Housing in Ecuador,” Sustainability, vol. 13, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031257.
Agencia de regulación y control de energía y recursos naturales no renovables, “Pliego Tarifario del Servicio Público de Energía Eléctrica - Año 2024,” 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.cnelep.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Pliego-Tarifario-SPEE-2024_compressed.pdf
L. Haro, “Factor de emisión de CO2 del sistema nacional interMinisterio de Energía y Minasconectado de Ecuador,” Qui, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.recursosyenergia.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wp-1692720103183.pdf