Abstract
This study was on energy efficiency of residential building in Ekiti state. Three objectives were raised which included: To evaluating energy efficiency and behavioural patterns by various kinds of a residential building in Ekiti State, to examine the energy efficiency and behavioural pattern of households by examining the metering system used in various residential building types in Ekiti state and to identify the energy-intensive behaviour in residential buildings in Ekiti state. A total of 77 responses were received and validated from the enrolled participants where all respondents were drawn from selected residents in Ekiti state. Hypothesis was tested using Chi-Square statistical tool (SPSS).
Chapter One Summary
The objectives of the study are;
- To evaluating energy efficiency and behavioural patterns by various kinds of a residential building in Ekiti State
- To examine the energy efficiency and behavioural pattern of households by examining the metering system used in various residential building types in Ekiti state
- To identify the energy-intensive behaviour in residential buildings in Ekiti state
Chapter Two Summary
Interest in environmentally responsible buildings commenced around the middle of the last century owing to the ambition of several communities that advocated green buildings consequent to the need for an ecological world (Charles, 2008) After few years, embargo by OPEC resulted in energy crisis. This led to the promotion of regulations to minimize energy consumption by buildings (Berardi, 2013) and the use of energy consumption as a yardstick for measuring building sustainability. Up until now, energy performance is mostly used to assess the sustainability of buildings (Cole, 2004; Berardi, 2012). Ball et al. (2011) argued that energy reduction is a major focus of mitigating the effect of climate change. Energy efficiency refers to using less amounts of energy to achieve results that have been achieved with a certain quantity of energy. It means using energy in a way that reduces the quantity of energy required to provide building services (Etiosa, 2009; Chung et al, 2006).
Chapter Three summary
In this study, the researcher adopted the convenient sampling method to determine the sample size. Out of all the entire population Selected residents in Ekiti state the researcher conveniently selected 80 participant out of the overall population as the sample size for this study. According to Torty(2021), a sample of convenience is the terminology used to describe a sample in which elements have been selected from the target population on the basis of their accessibility or convenience to the researcher.
Chapter Four Summary
| Gender
Male |
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| 42 | 54.5% | |
| Female | 35 | 45.5% |
| Age | ||
| 20-25 | 15 | 19.5% |
| 25-30 | 19 | 24.7% |
| 31-35 | 23 | 29.9% |
| 36+ | 20 | 25.9% |
| Marital Status | ||
| Single | 10 | 12.9% |
| Married | 64 | 83.1% |
| Separated | 0 | 0% |
| Widowed | 3 | 3.9% |
| Education Level | ||
| WAEC | 00 | 0% |
| BS.c | 35 | 45.5% |
| MS.c | 42 | 55.5% |
| MBA | 00 | 0% |
Chapter Five summary
Based on the findings of the study, it is, therefore, concluded that level of usage of the prepaid meter is very low in the study area, most of the residential buildings in the study area make use of postpaid meter and that energy-intensive activity are more prevalent in post-paid metered households compared to prepaid metered household, hence, the metering system directly account for disparities in energy-intensive domestic activities in the study area
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