CDR CAREER EPISODE 1
1) Introduction:
[CE 1.1]
This career episode illustrates my Research Project on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. The project is titled ‘An Internet of Things-based Energy Monitoring System for a Mining Hut’, and it was meant to be submitted in Month/Year and started in Month/Year.
The project’s duration was from Month/Year to Month/Year. I completed my master’s degree at Murdoch University, Western Australia.
2) Background:
[CE 1.2]
Nowadays, the only solution to a sustainable future is the efficient use of energy resources, which makes it necessary to improve energy efficiency in the workforce sector, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing greater comfort for many people.
That’s why this project was developed to provide an optimal solution to improve the thermal performance of a Mining Hut. In this research, both the heating and cooling energy were optimizedintending to maintain the thermal comfort of the occupants.
The core objective of this research project is the energy optimization of the HVAC system of Mining Hut with the help of an Internet of Things-based energy monitoring system by installing smart sensors and energy meters. During the project’s tenure, the Mining Hut was monitored for more than 3 months to gain a full understanding of temperature and energy load variations.
The monitoring phase provided extensive knowledge of the building’s thermal energy requirements by evaluating time lag, heat losses, energy load, and the building’s decrement factor, and by recommending the required changes to enhance the energy efficiency of the workforce building.
[CE 1.3]
I was accountable for the following tasks:
- Conducted an extensive literature survey on the given research topic.
- Prepared the work methodology, selected the equipment for monitoring, performed mapping of the monitoring points, and analyzed the monitored data.
- Discussed the analysis results with the supervisor and calculated heat losses inside the mining hut building.
- Arranged frequent meetings and developed the weekly progress reports.
- Abided by the international standards and developed the final thesis document.
CDR CAREER EPISODE 2
1) Introduction:
[CE 2.1]
The aforementioned career episode illustrates the main project for the Master’s in Renewable and Sustainable Energy. The project is named Analysis of an Existing House in Terms of Passive Solar Design and Energy Rating with Potential Improvements for Energy Efficiency. It was started in Month/Year and completed in Month/Year.
2) Background:
[CE 2.2]
Nowadays, it is significant to improve residential sector energy efficiency to reduce energy use in the built environment and enhance thermal comfort by reducing heating and cooling energy loads. Improving energy efficiency, particularly in the residential sector, is of utmost importance to reduce energy consumption and maintain thermal comfort in buildings.
it is important to study and examine an existing residential building to analyze the potential improvements that can be made, both in terms of minor changes in the building design as well as the amount of retrofitting that will be required.
Therefore, in this project, an existing residential house was analyzed in terms of orientation, zoning, and required thermal mass requirements based on its climatic information and the type of material that was being used to build the house to improve the passive solar design.
To improve its energy efficiency, the electrical appliances used in the house were audited to obtain a building energy rating using the NABERS energy rating tool, with a focus on devices that consume a high amount of electricity.
In this project, the residential house studied for improving energy efficiency and passive solar design was 11 Bungaree Road, Wilson, and it comprises 3 bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a laundry, and a washroom. The house has underground power and a sewage system.
[CE 2.3]
I performed the following major tasks:
- Studied the residential house background, floor plan, and described the existing design of the house in terms of passive design principles of location.
- Analyzed different characteristics of the existing house, i.e. zoning, windows, shading, etc.
- Analyzed to improve the energy efficiency of the house.
- Developed the project documents and the project flowchart.
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CDR CAREER EPISODE 3
1) Introduction:
[CE 3.1]
In this third career episode, I am going to explain the project ‘Energy Audit and Potential Ways of Energy Reduction in a Domestic House’. I commenced it during the final year of my master’s degree in Renewable and Sustainable Development. The total project duration was Month/Year to Month/Year.
2) Background:
[CE 3.2]
This project will analyze the amount of energy that is being consumed by a domestic house to reduce the energy usage by 10% and 40% through an energy audit program that will calculate the consumption of electricity, fuel and gas over a period of one year by focusing on the monthly consumption through representing the data in the form of tables and charts to undergo Pareto analysis.
An Energy Audit using Pareto analysis was conducted to provide a clear picture of the household’s highest-energy-consuming appliances. As the energy supply includes gas and electricity tariffs, performing an energy audit program will help determine the impact of these tariffs on the cost analysis of energy consumption.
This project’s core objective was to focus on the highest-energy-consuming devices to implement energy-efficiency measures using modern or existing technologies in a domestic house, helping achieve the nation’s energy-efficiency target.
Data collection is limited to average appliance use, including peak electricity usage. This project primarily focuses on energy usage reduction rather than analyzing the cost reduction level for the prices for which energy usage is being charged.
[CE 3.3]
The following tasks were conducted by:
- Calculated the total amount of consumption of energy consumption in a domestic house.
- Performed Pareto Analysis and developed the energy mass balance diagram.
- Provided ways to reduce the Energy Consumption.
- Involved in the documentation process.
- Organized meetings with the supervisor. Get complimentary CDR samples at AustraliaCDRHelp.Com.
