ENHANCING ENERGY EFFICIENCY THROUGH ADAPTION OF BIOMIMICRY STRATEGY IN RESORT HOTEL, MAMBILLA PLATEAU.TARABA STATE

📄 Project Abstract

Resort facilities use a large amount of energy for its operation; cooling, lighting, heating and the 24hours time frame operation of the facility per day to provide comfort and services for guest (Bohdanowicz, 2009).The demand for energy has been met by fossil fuel for decades increasing the carbon footprint on the planet. the building industry today works towards reducing the carbon footprint. Biomimicry has shown to be effective in enhancing energy performance over the past years. This research is aimed at using biomimicry strategy to achieve energy reduction in Holiday resort hotel in the temperate climate of Mambilla plateau, Taraba. To achieve that, there was exploration of the concept of biomimicry relating to energy reduction in buildings and identify the appropriate biomimicry approach to be used. The study employed a mixed methodology with the use of case studies and computational simulations using quasi-experimental approach. Using the tree trunk mechanism as a strategy and p...