Powering the future university campuses: A mini-review of feasible sources

Paul A. Adedeji; Stephen Akinlabi; Nkosinathi Madushele

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2019.05.003

Powering the future university campuses: A mini-review of feasible sources

Paul A. Adedeji, Stephen Akinlabi, Nkosinathi Madushele

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Abstract

Energy is more of a necessity than of luxury in the 20th century. Indications from increasing global population, increasing quest for education and increasing plug load devices, enlarging research scopes, it is envisaged that demand on electricity consumption in higher institutions of learning will increase in future. Higher educational institutions are therefore expected to prepare for the demand upsurge without increasing their carbon footprint. Hence, the use of clean energy sources through embedded generation is a viable means of achieving this. This article provides a mini-review of four renewable energy sources abundant in a university environment. The future campuses are energy-rich campuses that take advantage of every means of power generation in an environmentally friendly manner.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-8
Number of pages	6
Journal	Procedia Manufacturing
Volume	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.05.003
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	2nd International Conference on Sustainable Materials Processing and Manufacturing, SMPM 2019 - Sun City, South Africa Duration: 8 Mar 2019 → 10 Mar 2019

Keywords

Energy harvesting
Renewable and sustainable energy
University campus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

UN SDGs

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Powering the future university campuses: A mini-review of feasible sources

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