Proposal and Validation of Energy Indicators on University Campus

The objective of this paper is to analyze the energy consumption in the new campus of the Universidad Nacional de Rafaela (UNRaf). The university, located in the central region of Argentina, is in a process of expansion that resulted in the construction of a new campus. The article validates the methodology used, which consists of using the first building already constructed as a reference. Energy consumption and space use patterns were surveyed for a whole year. With the data collected in this building, energy efficiency indicators are obtained, and with them, an estimate is made of the electrical energy that will be consumed by the new building under construction. Finally, an indicator is corrected, and the conclusion is reached that the methodology used is not ideal for estimating the consumption of electrical energy per month. In view of this disadvantage, a series of steps to improve the estimates are proposed as future work.