Energy consumption in typical Caribbean office buildings: A potential short term solution to energy concerns

Erwin Elliot Edwards, Sunday Osaretin Iyare and L.L. Moseley

Renewable Energy, 2012, vol. 39, issue 1, 154-161

Abstract: This paper examines the feasibility of energy efficiency as a short term solution to the Caribbean’s energy problems. It considers energy consumption across selected office buildings in Barbados, typical of Caribbean architecture. By comparing their energy consumption to that of the energy consumption for the building with the “best observable” consumption in the selected group, the energy efficiency is determined. Data for five (5) buildings with similar characteristics were collected, analyzed and normalized to facilitate a direct comparison between them. The selected indicator was Energy Consumption per Unit Area (IE = E/A).

Keywords: Energy; Efficiency; Inefficiency; X-efficiency; Performance; Consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.07.037

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