Isolated Energy Management Learning Platform through Smart and Green Building Design: A Case Study of USIS Building, Naresuan University

Learning process has been shifted from lecture-based to active learning. Active learning can be defined in three main categories (1) an instructional approach (2) not an instructional approach and (3) active learning not defined but viewed as a learning approach. Among these definitions there is a common issue on strongly focusing student centered activities. Nowadays electrical engineering curriculum has to cover not only the basic knowledge of electrical power systems but also modern technologies to cope with the disruptive issues. One of the important technologies in electrical engineering is a smart grid of which the smallest management unit can be viewed as an isolated unit. The objective of this paper is to develop isolated energy management platform through smart and green building design in order to support active learning in higher education of Electrical Engineering program. The developed system has been installed in a building which can be used as a demonstration of a small isolated energy management system as well as active laboratory for research.