Project Details
| Name | Year | Location | Client | Type | Description | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American International School | 2016 | Lagos, Nigeria | A.I.S.L. | School | Facility energy audit | Energy Audit |
Project Background & Objectives
The American International School project was initiated as a primary sustainability and efficiency initiative to optimize power consumption and reduce operational overhead for a premier educational facility. Commissioned by A.I.S.L., the commercial-scale assessment was designed to identify energy conservation opportunities and curb heavy reliance on costly regional power supplies. Within this critical facility management context, PDP Energy was selected to spearhead the technical investigation. The primary company-specific objectives centered on executing a comprehensive facility energy audit, utilizing rigorous data diagnostics to establish baseline energy patterns and target areas of structural and electrical inefficiency throughout the campus footprint.
Project Challenges
Conducting an intensive energy audit across an active, multi-building educational campus introduces unique operational and data-gathering complexities. Tracking real-time power fluctuations across diverse facility zones—ranging from climate-controlled classrooms and high-demand IT infrastructure to specialized laboratory environments—demands detailed technical coordination. PDP Energy had to overcome these analytical hurdles by collecting and processing massive consumption datasets without disrupting the school’s daily academic schedules. This required deploying advanced power logging equipment, cross-referencing intricate HVAC system loads, and evaluating structural thermal efficiencies to safely pinpoint waste without impacting student and staff comfort.