Project Abstract
Huachiew Chalermprakiet University opened in 1992. The university has 886 staff many of whom have been working with the university from its early days. The university working days are from Monday to Saturday (3,744 hours per year). Aside from maintaining full-teaching operations, the university also strives to have impeccable green credentials through a low energy consumption profile.
From 2012 to 2015, the university has engaged in an energy saving program and this has resulted in reduced energy consumption. To achieve the goal of energy efficiency, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has created a culture of energy saving in all levels of university operations. We have encouraged employees to be personally involved in energy conservation activities. There are team members, who lead the campaign to reduce the carbon footprint. It started with energy conservation training for every staff so they could guide others and apply their know-how and skills in their working routines. We also encourage students to join the campaign by using energy economically, during student activities within the university. Then there are also ongoing outreaches to the community. Activities are conducted to educate students about energy saving as part of our corporate social responsibility program.
For the past four years through energy conservation activities (both investment and non-investment), we have reduced energy consumption by more than 2,620,435 kWh, which is equal to 1,903.79 tons of CO2 emissions. The reduction of energy consumption gave us a total savings of over 10.99 million baht with the average ROI of 3.37 per year. Recently, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University was awarded the Best Energy Saving Building of MEA 2015 from the Metropolitan Electricity Authority of Thailand with prize money of 2 million baht. Also we were honored at the Thailand Energy Awards 2016 and ASEAN Energy Award 2016.
A culture of energy saving was not easy to create but at Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, WE CAN. It is our firm belief that our success story is driven by our staff, who is committed to the energy conservation program.
Strategy
Inspiration
From H.M.King Bhumibhol Adulyadej’s words in June 24, 1994, “May you manage the university along the path of righteousness.”, we reminded ourselves in thinking, speaking and doing to follow our King’s words. We aimed to apply his words in conducting our energy conservation projects.
“May you manage the university along the path of righteousness.”
Clearness to Sustainable Energy Saving
Participation is the heart of success at Huachiew Chalermprakiet University. Our energy conservation achievement originated from our directors and managers, joined by our staffs, students and other organizations. These various parties have driven energy conservation policies and activities, and then eventually became Huachiew Chalermprakiet University’s culture in energy conservation. We also established policy committees, energy management committees and energy audit committees. We have many energy conservation activities which were succeeded by participations from every level of Huachiew Chalermprakiet University’s people. Some of these projects are the “Bike, Grow, Save” and R2I Project.
Huachiew Chalermprakiet University is guided by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prachak Poomvises who committed to “RUN THIS UNIVERSITY WELL” and the “6 Huachiew Chalermprakiet University virtues”. This eventually became our “VIRTUE ENERGY CONSERVATION”. We also have concrete policies and clear goal in mind. Along with our staff, continuous funding and evaluation, we can accomplish energy conservation activities. Together with a systemic energy management, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has been successful in attaining sustainable energy conservation.
In order to reach our energy conservation goal, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University had announced energy conservation policies and established organizations to drive these policies and do actions in energy conservation. These organizations were established from every level of Huachiew’s staffs, supported by sufficient funding from the university with continuous evaluation and development. Not only we focused on finding appropriate energy saving policies and actions, but we also created a culture of organization in energy conservation by encouraging teamwork, educating and training. Thus, our people can apply energy conservation to their works and lives.
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Innovativeness
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1.Classroom Energy Monitoring Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has installed energy monitoring device in our classrooms which will enable us to manage our classrooms more efficiently. In the near future, we will be able to adjust our classrooms and the number of students in those class to optimize energy consumption. |
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2. Green Bus Station and Energy Saving Security Point Aiming to elevate scenery in Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, we have planted many trees and plants in our campus. These trees and plants do not only make our university livelier, but also reduce solar heat transfer to our facilities. |
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3. Loss Nay Installation Indoor Air Quality is a crucial factor for our students learning capacity. Hence, we have installed Loss Nays or Air Exchange Machine in our classrooms. These machines do not only increase our classrooms’ indoor air quality, but they also reduce energy consumption in those classrooms. |
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4. Student Scholarship from energy saving In doing energy conservation, we believe that these benefits will, at last, be given to the next generations. At Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, those money savings from our energy conservation projects will be given as scholarships to our students. |
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For over 5 years of energy conservation, we have funded more than 34.15M Baht investment in peopleware, systemware and hardware. These have resulted in a total energy saving of over 2,620,434 kWh.
Measure
Replicability
Establishment of Organization of Energy Management
Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has established an energy management organization since 2011, in order to succeed in its sustainable energy conservation goal. The organization consists of the Chairman of Energy Management who is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prachak Poomvises himself, the Board of Committees who apply policies into everyday works, sub-committees who analyze and develop energy saving projects and a working group which is consists of various people from each department.
Employee Development and Educational Training
At Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, we have continuously educated our people in energy conservation. Focusing on every level of our staffs and students, our people had a clear understanding about energy conservation which will lead to firm energy conservation awareness. In order to do so, we invited specialists in energy conservation from the Ministry of Energy and energy consultant firms to educate and train our people in energy conservation. We also observed and learned from other successful organizations, and brought and applied those knowledge to our organization; some of them can even be applied at our staff’s house.
Table 1: Energy Conservation Training Courses
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Name of Course |
Day / Month / Year |
Quantity (People) |
Quantity of Training (Time) |
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Internal Training |
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New Staff Orientation in Energy Conservation |
16 Oct. 2013 |
60 |
1 |
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Energy and Environment Seminar |
21 Oct. 2013 |
24 |
1 |
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Energy Awareness Seminar I |
11 Nov. 2013 |
39 |
1 |
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Basic Energy Saving Seminar |
16 Nov. 2013 |
55 |
1 |
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Energy Management Training |
21 Nov. 2013 |
27 |
1 |
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Basic Energy Saving Seminar |
26 May. 2014 |
32 |
1 |
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New Staff Orientation in Energy Conservation |
29 Jun. 2014 |
69 |
1 |
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New Staff Orientation in Energy Conservation |
6 Aug. 2014 |
18 |
1 |
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Energy Awareness Seminar II |
17 Dec. 2014 |
55 |
1 |
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New Staff Orientation in Energy Conservation |
1Jul. 2015 |
63 |
1 |
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New Staff Orientation in Energy Conservation |
8 Jul. 2015 |
13 |
1 |
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Basic Energy Saving Training |
17 Jul. 2015 |
26 |
1 |
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Collaborative Energy Conservation Training |
13 Aug. 2015 |
52 |
1 |
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Collaborative Energy Conservation Training |
13 Aug. 2015 |
46 |
1 |
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R2I : Routine To innovative changed to “Routine to Innovative” |
18 Sep. 2015 |
66 |
1 |
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New Staff Orientation in Energy Conservation |
14 Dec. 2015 |
45 |
1 |
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New Staff Orientation in Energy Conservation |
14 Dec. 2015 |
71 |
1 |
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New Staff Orientation in Energy Conservation II |
18 Dec. 2015 |
74 |
1 |
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External Training |
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Learning Energy Conservation at Phayathai Sriraja Hospital |
24 Feb. 2013 |
84 |
1 |
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Learning Energy Conservation at Ayutthaya Hospital |
20 Jan. 2013 |
88 |
1 |
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Technology Demonstration Seminar |
25 Oct. 2013 |
5 |
1 |
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7th Energy saving for H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
6-7 Mar. 2014 |
16 |
1 |
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Electrical system maintenance to increase energy efficiency |
27 Jun. 2014 |
2 |
1 |
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Preparing for EnMR (ISO 50001) |
26 Nov. 2014 |
1 |
1 |
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Preparing for ISO 50001 |
14-15 Aug. 2014 |
2 |
1 |
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Senior energy manager training: Practice of electrical system |
17- 21 Nov 2014 |
1 |
1 |
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Senior energy manager training: Theory of electrical system |
12-16 Jan. 2015 |
1 |
1 |
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8th Energy saving for H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
5-6 Mar. 2015 |
10 |
2 |
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Learning Energy Conservation at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand) |
10 Jul. 2015 |
54 |
1 |
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Learning Energy Conservation at Phayathai 2 Hospital |
10 Jul. 2015 |
54 |
1 |
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Learning Energy Conservation at Energy Saving Building of H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
15 Jul. 2015 |
49 |
1 |
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Learning Energy Conservation at Richmond Hotel (Thailand) |
15 Jul. 2015 |
49 |
1 |
Applicabilities and Knowledge Management
To succeed in energy conservation and make it applicable with everyday works, we conducted innovative energy saving contests (R2I: Routine to Innovative for Energy Saving) to encourage our staffs and students to apply energy conservation ideas in their lives.
These projects resulted in reduction in energy costs, work processes, man-hour and energy consumptions. In order to enlarge the sphere of impact from this knowledge, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University conducted a seminar to present and discuss each of the ideas, with Miss Laksawan Wongworrakan, the director of Richmond Hotel as the guest speaker on “Energy Saving Success in a Hotel Facility. We also received honor from Mr. Sanit Ungsusint, the Vice-President of Metropolitan Electricity Authority to open the seminar, which was participated by more than 50 organizations.
Innovative energy saving contest (R2I: Routine to Innovative for Energy Saving)
Public Relation about Energy Management through Various Channels
Aiming For other organizations to have opportunities to learn from our success in energy conservation, we told our stories through various channels including magazines, websites, Facebook and TV channels.
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| Magazine Energy Saving |
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| MONO29 TV Channel and Spring News |
Activities: Projects / activities applied for internal and external of organization
With our “Virtuous Energy Saving” campaign, we wholeheartedly applied our motto and energy saving ideas to serve our society through various activities such as sports day, and energy conservation trip in Huachiew’s campus. The activities and projects were conducted in more than 100 communities by our staffs and students who are determined to serve our society using our virtuous energy conservation project.
Social healthcare services
3P Activities
Energy Day 2013-2015
Planting mangroves
Walking to promote the energy activities
Walking to stimulate energy saving activities
Our energy conservation activities were participated by both internal and external organizations. These activities were aimed to educate our staffs and students about energy conservation through the various aspects of the activities. From 2013-2015, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has conducted more than 27 energy conservation activities. We also have a PR-Board, a website and a Facebook with more than 15,000 followers, in order to let other organizations learn what we do.
Practicability
In evaluating the results in energy conservation, apart from the total energy saving, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University evaluated the Specific Energy Consumption Index (SEC Index). This indexes consist of (1) Total Heat Energy (MJ)/Area (sq.m.), (2) Total Electricity (kWh)/ Staffs and Students (Person), and (3) Total Electricity (kWh)/ Area (sq.m.). Due to our energy conservation policies and projects, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University’s energy conservation and SEC Index have continuously reduced since 2012.
Cost-effectiveness
Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has done various energy conservation activities, both non-investment and investment projects. In non-investment projects, we focused on creating energy conservation awareness. Thus, our staffs and students can practice and pass on these ideas to the society. For investment projects, we considered three aspects: (1) RESULTS (Sustainable and Consistency), (2) ROI (Return on Investment) around 3-5 years, and (3) SUBSIDY from the government.
From 2013-2015, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University reduced energy consumption by more than 10.99M Baht with an average ROI of 3.11 years, and with subsidy from DEDE Subsidy 80:20 Project. Huachiew Chalermprakiet University also considered projects with ROI of over 5 years, but be able to become learning centers in energy conservation.
Table 2: Energy Conservation activities during 2013-2015
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Energy Conservation Activity |
Conservation per year |
Invest. (THB) |
Payback Period (year) |
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Electricity |
Fuel |
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(kWh) |
(THB) |
CO2 Reduced (TON) |
(MJ) |
(THB) |
CO2 Reduced (TON) |
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Year : 2013 |
Measures from non-investment (staff participation) |
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Uninstall light bulb in over necessary areas |
100,740 |
423,108 |
73.19 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Cafeteria’s 1st floor lighting zoning |
44,712 |
187,790 |
32.48 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Seasonal timer for lighting on University wall |
1,169 |
4,912 |
0.85 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Library Building lighting zoning |
14,904 |
62,597 |
10.83 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Library Building HVAC control system |
56,700 |
238,140 |
41.19 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Measures from investment |
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Installing rope switch for lighting |
4,968 |
20,369 |
3.61 |
– |
– |
– |
30,000 |
1.47 |
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Replaced to chiller 200 Ton (auditorium Phase1) |
127,296 |
521,914 |
92.48 |
– |
– |
– |
3,100,000 |
5.94 |
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Replaced to inverter air-conditioner bookstore areas |
43,143 |
181,201 |
31.34 |
– |
– |
– |
950,000 |
5.24 |
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Replaced to LED in bookstore areas |
3,629 |
15,241 |
2.64 |
– |
– |
– |
46,000 |
3.02 |
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Total for 2013 |
397,261 |
1,655,271 |
288.62 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4,126,000 |
2.49 |
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Year : 2014 |
Measures from non-investment (staff participation) |
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Library Building Chiller Timer |
84,000 |
344,400 |
61.03 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Energy Saving Awareness in lighting |
24,090 |
98,769 |
17.50 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Turn off PC Monitor when not in-use |
32,120 |
131,692 |
23.34 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Turn off Lighting in Staff Zone when not in-use |
13,365 |
54,797 |
9.71 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Time schedule for cleaning conference hall |
18,720 |
76,752 |
13.60 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Remove cooling drinking water tank |
23,652 |
96,973 |
17.18 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Re-wire switch in classroom |
25,436 |
104,288 |
18.48 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Reduce boiler usage in office area |
56,064 |
235,469 |
40.73 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Reduce turn on time for lighting in stadium |
8,760 |
36,792 |
6.36 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Lighting zoning in indoor stadium |
30,240 |
127,008 |
21.97 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Measures from investment |
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Replaced to VRF air-conditioner |
303,928 |
1,276,498 |
220.81 |
– |
– |
– |
8,585,000 |
6.73 |
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Replaced to chiller 200 T (auditorium Phase 2) |
127,296 |
521,914 |
92.48 |
– |
– |
– |
3,100,000 |
5.94 |
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Replaced to chiller 150 T (library) |
112,320 |
471,744 |
81.60 |
– |
– |
– |
2,887,980 |
6.12 |
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Total for 2014 |
859,991 |
3,577,095 |
624.80 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14,572,980 |
4.07 |
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Year : 2015 |
Measures from non-investment (staff participation) |
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Turn off UPS after worktime |
28,105 |
116,917 |
20.42 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Library Building Chiller Timer |
81,000 |
332,100 |
58.85 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Reduce intensity of PC Monitors |
13,070 |
54,372 |
9.50 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Lighting Timer at University Gate |
14,600 |
60,736 |
10.61 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Reduce boiler usage in student dormitories |
100,740 |
423,108 |
73.19 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Turn off Air-conditioners 15 minutes earlier in workdays |
40,500 |
168,480 |
29.42 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Measures from investment |
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Replaced to inverter air-conditioner |
184,270 |
766,563 |
133.88 |
– |
– |
– |
7,500,000 |
9.78 |
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Installed heat Condensing Unit |
5,840 |
24,294 |
4.24 |
– |
– |
– |
42,800 |
1.76 |
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Installed VSD motor at CHP |
27,144 |
112,919 |
19.72 |
– |
– |
– |
446,640 |
3.96 |
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Installed Smart Class Room System |
11,753 |
48,892 |
8.54 |
– |
– |
– |
132,400 |
2.71 |
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Replaced to LED T8 |
674,983 |
2,807,929 |
490.39 |
– |
– |
– |
4,723,688 |
1.68 |
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Replaced external lighting to LED |
10,512 |
43,730 |
7.64 |
– |
– |
– |
240,108 |
5.49 |
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Install lighting senser and dimmer |
141,662 |
589,314 |
102.92 |
– |
– |
– |
1,108,288 |
1.88 |
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Installed Chiller Management System |
26,053 |
108,380 |
18.93 |
– |
– |
– |
508,250 |
4.69 |
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Installed solar cell |
2,950 |
12,272 |
2.14 |
– |
– |
– |
249,952 |
20.37 |
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Total for 2015 |
1,363,182 |
5,760,043 |
990.37 |
– |
– |
– |
15,452,126 |
2.68 |
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Total 3 Year |
4,620,724 |
2,620,434 |
10,992,408 |
1,903 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34,151,106 |
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Consistency
To encourage staff to participate in energy saving programs, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has conducted various activities to develop three mains drivers of energy saving, which consist of three distinct wares as follows:
Employee development (Peopleware): This part was developed through annual energy saving training and “6 Virtues” development activities. These six virtues comprised of diligence, patience, thriftiness, merciful, honesty and gratefulness.
System set-up (Systemware): Through staff collaboration, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has planned to receive ISO50001-Energy management within this year, which has standardized our sustainable energy saving program.
Efficiency (Hardware): Systems were fine-tuned. It will ensure that energy, supplied, is efficiently consumed and machines and systems are correctly maintained. Along these processes, development plans are considered under the criteria of “ROI period of less than three years”
Table 3: Energy Conservation Planning and Activities 2016-2018
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No. |
Energy Conservation Activities |
Period |
Annual Energy Conservation Goals |
Invest. (THB) |
Payback Period (Year) |
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Electric |
Fuel (LPG) |
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(kW) |
(kWh) |
(THB) |
(kg) |
(THB) |
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Year : 2016 |
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1. Employee development (Peopleware) |
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1.1 |
Energy Saving Awareness Training |
Jan – May 2016 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
500,000 |
– |
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1.2 |
Visit companies with successful energy saving buildings |
Mar – May 2016 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
200,000 |
– |
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2. System set-up (Systemware) |
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2.1 |
Apply ISO 50001 in university |
Jan – Aug 2016 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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2.2 |
Apply for ISO 50001 Certification |
Aug – Nov 2016 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
300,000 |
– |
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2.3 |
Innovation Contest R2I |
Jun – Oct 2016 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
50,000 |
– |
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3. Efficiency (Hardware) |
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3.1 |
Replaced to inverter air-conditioner (Phase 1) |
Jul – Dec 2016 |
88 |
234,133 |
973,993 |
– |
– |
6,500,000 |
6.67 |
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3.2 |
Replaced to LED T8 (Phase 1) |
Jun – Sep 2016 |
78 |
167,400 |
696,384 |
– |
– |
1,000,000 |
1.44 |
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3.3 |
Installer Meter (Phase 1) |
Apr – Aug 2016 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
500,000 |
– |
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Year : 2017 |
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1. Employee development (Peopleware) |
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1.1 |
Energy Saving Awareness Training |
Jan – May 2017 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
500,000 |
– |
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1.2 |
Visit companies with successful energy saving buildings |
Mar – May 2017 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
200,000 |
– |
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2. System set-up (Systemware) |
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2.1 |
Develop work procedure to comply with Energy Saving Program |
Jan – Dec 2017 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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2.2 |
Study ISO 14001 system |
Jan – Dec 2017 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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2.3 |
Innovation Contest R2I |
Jun – Oct 2017 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
50,000 |
– |
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3. Efficiency (Hardware) |
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3.1 |
Replaced to inverter air-conditioner (Phase 2) |
Jul – Dec 2017 |
88 |
234,133 |
973,993 |
– |
– |
6,500,000 |
6.67 |
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3.2 |
Replaced to LED T8 (Phase 2) |
Jun – Sep 2017 |
47 |
100,440 |
417,830 |
– |
– |
600,000 |
1.44 |
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3.3 |
Installer Meter (Phase 2) |
Apr – Aug 2017 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
500,000 |
– |
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3.4 |
Install On-grid Solar Cell |
Jul – Dec 2017 |
16 |
23,360 |
97,178 |
– |
– |
1,000,000 |
10.29 |
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Year : 2018 |
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1. Employee development (Peopleware) |
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1.1 |
Energy Saving Awareness Training |
Jan – May 2018 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
500,000 |
– |
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1.2 |
Visit companies with successful energy saving buildings |
Mar – May 2018 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
200,000 |
– |
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2. System set-up (Systemware) |
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2.1 |
Continues development to a Green University |
Jan – Jul 2018 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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2.2 |
Innovation Contest R2I |
Jan – Oct 2018 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
50,000 |
– |
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3. Efficiency (Hardware) |
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3.1 |
Replaced to inverter air-conditioner (Phase 3) |
Jul – Dec 2017 |
88 |
234,133 |
973,993 |
– |
– |
6,500,000 |
6.67 |
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3.2 |
Replaced to LED T8 (Phase 3) |
Jun – Sep 2017 |
18.6 |
40,176 |
167,132 |
– |
– |
240,000 |
1.44 |
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3.3 |
Installer Meter (Phase 3) |
Apr – Aug 2017 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
500,000 |
– |
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Total |
1,033,775 |
4,300,504 |
– |
– |
26,390,000 |
6.14 |
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Performance
Verifiability and Impact
Energy Saving
For over 5 years, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has continuously been conducting various energy saving projects. Huachiew Chalermprakiet University’s Board of Directors also managed 34.15M Baht funding for educating our staffs and students (Peopleware), developing our working systems (Systemware) and replacing old machines with efficient ones (Hardware) to maximize efficiency of our energy consumption. Due to these developments Huachiew Chalermprakiet University can reduce energy consumption by more than 2,620,434 kWh.
Table 4: University Energy Efficiency Index during 2012-2015
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Year |
(1) Electricity (kWh/Year) |
(2) Fuel (MJ/ Year) |
(3) Total Energy Used (MJ/ Year) [(3) = (1)*3.6 + (2)] |
(4) Areas (m2) |
(5) Energy Efficiency Index (MJ/m2) [(5) = (3)/(4)] |
Save [%] |
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|
2012 |
7,346,000 |
– |
26,445,600 |
102,712 |
257.47 |
– |
|
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|
2013 |
6,707,000 |
– |
24,145,200 |
102,712 |
235.08 |
8.70 |
|
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|
2014 |
6,031,000 |
– |
21,711,600 |
102,712 |
211.38 |
17.90 |
|
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|
2015 |
6,269,000 |
– |
22,568,400 |
108,847 |
207.34 |
19.47 |
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|
Sum. |
26,353,000 |
– |
94,870,800 |
– |
– |
– |
|
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|
Avg. |
6,588,250 |
– |
23,717,700 |
– |
227.82 |
– |
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Environmental Effect
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Reduction of CO2 Emission due to Energy Saving Plans
Since 2011, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University can reduce CO2 emission by more than 1903 Tons of CO2 from its total energy consumption. We also launched the “Clean Bicycle Project” which totally replaced motorcycle usage in our campus. The project was initially started with only 100 bicycles, given to Huachiew Chalermprakiet University by our alumni who graduated in that year. Now, there are over 500 bicycles available in every corner of Huachiew Chalermprakiet University’s campus. This project not only reduced CO2 emission by motorcycles, but also pollution, sound and risks from accidents and crimes in our campus. Huachiew Chalermprakiet University also provided 6 electrical shuttle cars which our staffs and students board from building to building. These cars were named after the six virtues of Huachiew Chalermprakiet University to remind those who use them about what drives our organization.
Clean Bicycle Project
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Waste and Pollution Management
Pollution and waste are by-products of human activities. Having this awareness, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University analyzed our activities to reduce these by-products. One of our achievements was 100% reduction of foam material in our cafeterias and replacing them with degradable ones. From this success, we initiated other activities in Huachiew Chalermprakiet University to reduce the consumption of foam as well. We were also awarded World Class Standard Mass Catering by the Food Institute (WHEN), Department of Industrial Works. This indicated our success in our waste management project, such as personal waste management and bacteria bank which can be used in cleansing processes. Huachiew Chalermprakiet University also aimed to reduce our paper consumption. Starting in 2010, we reduced our paper cost by more than 85.5% or equivalent to 2.3M Baht.
100% Foam Reduction and Decreased Paper Consumption
Changing the university's project to increase green space
Bacteria Bank and Chemical-free Vegetables
Recycling
Huachiew Chalermprakiet University has applied the 3R processes in our waste management. These 3R consist of:
REDUCE – We encouraged our staffs and students to reduce paper consumption through various projects such as applying online system in booking and doing polls, and sharing meeting documents by e-mail instead of the printed-out version.
REUSE – At Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, our people use both sides of the A4 paper. We also apply “REUSE” concept in other fields such as using left over materials in gardening and watering our plants by water from the canal in the campus.
RECYCLE – We have performed waste management in order to recycle our wastes into different kinds of usable materials and develop those wastes to become products. By doing so, we can reduce some of our material costs.
Completeness
Success in energy saving was not made by a single person, but by collaboration and the efforts of all staff of Huachiew Chalermprakiet University. We owe our success to the teamwork and active education/training of our staff and students, which have eventually created a culture of energy saving at all levels of University operations.
Benefits
An immediate benefit was the saving of 2,620,435 kWh in energy consumptions, which was equal to 1,903.79 tons of CO2. This translated into a substantial financial savings of 10,990,409 baht. However, the most valuable long-term benefit has been the opportunity to inspire staff at all levels to adopt energy saving as their own campaign. This resulted in creativity at the individual and team levels that did not only increase daily energy saving, but also enhanced life quality for our personnel and students. We are ready to share what we learned and support other organizations on their journey to sustainable energy success. At Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, we are honored to contribute to Thailand’s green initiatives. Our ultimate goal is to play our part to conserve energy and make the world a better place for the benefit of the next generation.