Gestión energética aplicada a la operación del edificio del Ministerio de Ambiente (Quito-Ecuador)

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to the operation of the building of the Ministry of Environment, by practicing proper energy management. It also provides a worked example of renewable energy and the use of energy efficiency as an energy resource that has tremendous advantages, abundant, and relatively low cost. The management and administration of electrical systems in the public sector, is not regarded as important for the portfolios of state, energy management proposes an analysis of the current status of the electrical system through a simple and sequential methodology based on the opinion of the authors; resulting in possible solutions, corrections, modifications and improvements to the system. The applicability of an alternative solution led to the installation and commissioning of a photovoltaic system of 5 kW capacity located on the terrace of the building object of this study; obtain significant energy savings annually and the Ministry of Environment be an entity that promotes the use of alternative energy, energy efficiency and environmental best practices.