Gunasegaran, Muthu Kumaran and Hasanuzzaman, Md. and Tan, ChiaKwang and Abu Bakar, Ab Halim and Ponniah, Vignes (2022) Energy analysis, building energy index and energy management strategies for fast-food restaurants in Malaysia. Sustainability, 14 (20). ISSN 2071-1050, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013515.
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Commercial buildings in Malaysia contribute to 35% of the total electricity demand. During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy faced a challenging situation that forced many businesses to shut down. However, fast-food restaurants with drive-through features managed to get through this pandemic phase without much effect from the economic impact. Since COVID-19, the operational guidelines have changed for restaurants. However, from an energy perspective, fast-food restaurants are high energy consumers in the retail sector. This paper analyses the load profile of fast-food restaurants and the potential strategies that can be adopted in a free-standing fast-food restaurant. From analysis, it is calculated that a total of RM 97,365.9 of utility savings can be obtained in a year. A total of 91,392.1 kg CO2, 881.8 kg SO2 and 385.5 kg CO pollutant emissions can be reduced. The BEI for the restaurant was reduced to 856.4 kWh/m(2)/year. By converting to energy-saving strategies, the return on investment was 27.3% and 3.7 years, which is a very short period of time and is attractive for businesses of this nature.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Malaya and Gerbang Alaf Restaurants Sdn |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Building energy index; Energy audit; Greenhouse gas emission; Cost assessment; Building energy consumption |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| Divisions: | Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2023 07:34 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2023 07:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/40846 |
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