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Quantifying Human-Activity Energy Contributions for Sustainable Campus Building Design Zulkarnain Marzuki; Ridwan Sanjaya; Antonius Ardiyanto
Advance Sustainable Science Engineering and Technology Vol. 8 No. 4 (2026): August-October
Publisher : Science and Technology Research Centre Universitas PGRI Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/asset.v8i4.2866

Abstract

The movement of students in the corridors and on the staircases generates electric power from each step. In order to analyze this possibility of energy generation, researchers conducted a study over five working days at the busiest locations. Researchers examined the time and the number of people present, temperature, light, CO2 levels and the total number of steps using mobile phones every five minutes. The results reveal that walking and climbing generate about 0.053kWh/week, which is less than 0.01% of total energy consumption of the building (2877kWh/week) and that walking brings additional heat amounting to 80-100W/person during periods of activity. Even though the impact of activity is utterly trivial in respect to the electricity produced by the student flow, the new approach improves building energy models.