MAHA, SOMTOCHUKWU AZUKA and Covenant University, Theses (2021) ADOPTION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY STRATEGIES IN THE DESIGN OF A HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDING IN LAGOS, NIGERIA. Masters thesis, Covenant University.
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Energy Efficiency is the use of less energy to carry out the same activity hereby ensuring that energy waste is avoided hereby reducing the demand for energy. Energy Efficiency is a method of achieving eco-friendly design as it reduces greenhouse gas emissions while saving money and reducing the overall life-cycle cost of the building. Energy Efficiency is typically achieved by the adoption of more technological manufacturing processes in the design of materials, equipment or appliances that ensure the reduction of energy use or demand or by using widely accepted strategies for reducing energy loss or wastage. With Lagos being the most populated state in Nigeria, and being the economic centre of the country, it hosts the most amount of commercial and administrative activities in the nation and inadequate power supply being a norm in the nation. High-rise buildings consume more energy than low or medium rise buildings, the adoption of Energy Efficiency is highly important in the design of a High-Rise office building so as to reduce the long term operational costs on power as well as providing a sustainable and environmentally friendly solution to the power issues faced in the nation. This study investigated the adoption levels of Energy Efficiency strategies by Architects in Lagos Nigeria, through the use of Google forms in distributing questionnaires as well as the adoption levels of Energy Efficiency strategies in existing High-Rise office buildings in Lagos Nigeria achieved by carrying out case-studies on selected High-Rise office buildings. The findings of this research are that Architects within the study area have knowledge on the identified energy efficiency strategies in literature, but the received questionnaires indicate that the client’s budget is the largest factor that affects the adoption of the energy efficiency in their building designs.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | energy efficiency, high-rise, office building, high-rise office building |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NA Architecture Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2021 12:16 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2021 12:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/15430 |
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