Performance Evaluation of Retrofitting in GCU Lahore and its Scope in Public Institutes of Punjab

Abstract

Growing demand of electricity is a challenge which affects the fate of our economy. Punjab is the major consumer of electricity which consumes more than 60 % of electricity produced. Energy conservation is one of the step towards decreasing the demand supply gap. Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency (PEECA) conducted energy audits of public sector institutes in order to find the conservation potential which leads towards the retrofitting of conventional electrical appliances with efficient ones for relieving the burden on national grid. PEECA had chosen Government College University Lahore as a pilot project and retrofitted efficient electrical appliances by finding energy conservation potential. In this paper, energy conservation targets are highlighted which were achieved after the retrofitting of efficient electrical appliances in GCU Lahore. Moreover, it has also been demonstrated that if efficient electrical appliances would be retrofitted in other public institutes of Punjab, then huge amount of energy can be saved.