Energy Auditing Application and Household Installation for Optimization of Power Consumption in Bauchi State Metropolises, Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the energy auditing of domestic power consumption for various appliances was used to improve energy efficiency as consumers need to be more aware of their energy consumption/auditing. This will increase the understanding of accurate and economizing methods of energy consumption. The study followed empirical observation to achieve its objectives by using a micro-controller unit that continuously monitors and records the energy consumption. Energy
auditing was also conducted on how the public viewed electricity bills were calculated, the cost, consumption, and the ways to moderate the burden of electricity bills. The study was limited to Bauchi State metropolises and it involved only 10 respondents for in-house sampling. The result of this
interview was analyzed, and it was revealed that the mode of payment of electricity bills fluctuates with the standard of living, climate, and types of residence reliant on the usage in each household. The Contemporary World today is making a giant stride in the development of all human endeavours due to the development of science and technology, the advance has assuaged most of the manual works that human is doing and replaced them with a machine. This development has caused demand for electrical energy to be increased exponentially over the last decades and so also the bill so also the need for energy auditing. However, the use of the inverter is one of the most helpful methods to reduce electricity consumption.