Energy Consumption and Intensity at Building Construction Industry

Abstract

Based on the research at developing country, 30 to 40% of natural resources were exploited by construction industry which are 50% of energy be used for heating and cooling the building. If energy demand can be reduced or industry delayed, energy usage will be reduced. As a result, that energy consumption guideline must be established to control the usage of energy. The objective of this research is to know the energy consumption and intensity at construction industry. For this research, it will focus on the specification of the project site based on contract sum, location, and environment before know on how to reduce energy. The case study for this research covers several high-rise building construction industries. Selected data have been taken from the case study which are manpower, energy used, plant machinery and master work program. All the data given have been analyst and come out with their total floor area result have been tabulated. Technically, construction can be divided into six stages which are initial construction, coordination, implementation, critical, testing and commissioning and handover stage. At the end of the research, a new method to measure Energy Consumption Guideline for Building Construction Industry have been established.