Proposal For Optimizing Energy Consumption And Evaluating The Economic Impact Through The Use Of Lighting Control Sensors In Multi-Family Housing Projects

Abstract

This research work proposes the incorporation of a lighting control system through motion sensors in multi-family housing projects, with the main objective of contributing to energy and economic savings, with sustainable constructions and with environmental care, through reducing the carbon footprint. For this, the energy consumption in lighting of a multi-family dwelling building was analyzed with a lighting control system of manual switches and the consumption of 4 buildings with lighting control sensors. Likewise, a project with architectural characteristics similar to the selected buildings was chosen, in order to estimate the energy and economic savings that would be generated due to the incorporation of the sensors. The proposed lighting control system using sensors significantly reduced energy consumption in departments and common areas, thus obtaining a reduction in CO2 emissions. Furthermore, by means of such savings, the initial investment could be recovered in an acceptable period of time.