Initiative 1

Project Title

Smart Lighting Control System for Sustainable Operation of UniMAP Main Campus

Researchers

Ir. Ts. Tunku Muhammad Nizar Bin Tunku Mansur

Prof. Madya Ir. Dr. Rosnazri Bin Ali

Ir. Dr. Nor Hanisah Binti Baharudin

Dr. Kumuthawathe Ananda-Rao

Shukur Bin Abdullah

Azliman Bin Musa,

Mohd Azlizan Bin Mod Adib

Nurizzati Binti Abdul Uloom

Faculty of Electrical Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

Project Description

This innovation is specially designed as an energy saving solution for restrooms and corridors at UniMAP Main Campus buildings. The main purpose of this project is to provide automatic lighting control system to avoid waste of electricity supply during the interval of unused time which is in line with SDG 7. Toilets and corridors are important facilities in buildings used by everyone in the campus. Lamps will be switched-on manually to provide adequate lighting for users' comfort. Based on the observation and field data measurement, most of the time lamps are found not to be switched-off after using the facilities. This situation results in waste of energy where lamps are left in operation without anyone present for a long time. Therefore, a “Smart Lighting Control System" has been proposed as a solution to the problem. The fully developed system is installed by retrofitting the existing lighting wiring system. In total, 180 sensors have been installed at 119 locations at UniMAP Main Campus buildings where budget is provided by the university under INSPIRE 2019 Research Grant Scheme. Based on the result obtained, the energy usage has dropped on the average 77.5% for each restroom. This situation has given tremendous benefits to the university operation where the university could save 20460 kWh per year and reduced RM 7468 from electricity bill per annum. In addition, this project also contributes to the environmental sustainability where the amount of energy saved is equivalent to 14199 kg of CO2 avoidance to the environment.