Facilities & Community in partnership with IT, is pleased to announce the release of its latest Energy Conservation Initiative, the Electricity Monitor application.
Residents of the Gardens and Island communities can now track their energy consumption benchmarked against similar properties and get advice on conservation techniques and energy management.
To access this information go to the Energy Conservation Program website, or click here.
If you subscribe to this initiative, you will receive a personal email informing you that an update is available; currently, January to April 2014 data is accessible for your review.
For further information and/or queries, please contact energyconservations@kaust.edu.sa
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This is great. One relatively cheap way that KAUST could save a huge amount of energy would be to install one-way vents for the fans in residential bathrooms. Currently, the fan ducts allow air and humidity to flow into the house from outside unimpeded. If you keep your bathroom door closed, you’ll notice that it’s much hotter and more humid than outside.
Another improvement would be to make the dryers vent directly to the outside. My dryer vent goes all the way from one side of the house to the other, heating the house all along the way and making it take much more energy to dry clothes!
I’m sure there are many other construction-related issues like these that, if fixed, would save a lot of energy.
I definitely agree with Dr. Ketcheson, or, failing that, maybe we need at least HVAC specialists to give us the optimal way to use the air conditioning. Optimal means health first (allergies due to humidity, condensation,…) and then energy saving. Maintenance department’s advice and efforts (not opening the windows, putting fan to the max) to avoid condensation problems don’t convince me and are definitely not energy saving!
“allergies due to humidity, condensation,…” is big health concern and needs to be addressed.
To my experience, taxing (even a little bit) the energy is the most efficient way to get people involved in voluntarily saving it.
Hello,
Well I guess the rent we already pay already covers the cost of energy.
I am sure many people already pay attention to many little things that when added, can really create an impact, such as: turning off lights whenever they are not necessary, stop the water while washing our hands or body or brushing our teeth. I notice that when we educate our children to these habits, they become very concerned and pick up quickly. We just have to remember we ought to preserve our resources for our future generations…and how lucky we are to have 24/7 electricity and water.