An Energy Audit Approach Towards Mitigating Power Infrastructural Dearth in Nigeria Universities: ABUAD as a Case Study

Power and ICT infrastructures are vital drivers for modern 21
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century education. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 and African Union (AU) agenda 2063 highlight sustainable energy and access to quality education. The power infrastructure deficit in Nigeria adversely impact the university education in the country. This research work examined this problem with Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Nigeria as a case study, by auditing the various power infrastructures, determining the investment cost and developing a synchronized distributed power blend for optimal use. The power houses were modeled using the existing infrastructure parameters. The investment cost was evaluated using the life-cycle cost approach and the resulting audit data was used to estimate the fuel consumption and the cost saving when the generators were synchronized. The optimal performance of its generating sets resulted in a cost saving equivalent of $197898.50 per annum. The case study met its power infrastructural needs relatively to others.