PASSIVE SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY In the Design of a Shopping Mall Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

📄 Project Abstract

The idea that shopping malls exists for all intents and purposes solely for buying and selling has long passed, Malls now boast of far greater scale in terms of both sizes and activities carried on within; and with such transcendence comes also the need to make it as affordable, comfortable and functional as possible, this is where energy comes into play. Energy efficiency as the name implies looks at how to reduce its demand, measures on how to both recycle and exploit renewable resources. The shopping mall is a high energy demand building to be built, maintained up to its estimated lifespan; which brings about the need to cost effectively enhance and lower fuel cost, curb environmental pollution, reduce demand on non-renewable fuels. However it is a fact well established that barriers do exist which could be a deterrent to said goal actualization and they appear in forms of economic backing not feeling the payback in a short span of time due to lack of adequate information on its imp...