A Statistical Approach for the Continuous Improvement of the Energy Utilization in the Technology Building Laboratories

Abstract

This project focuses on improving the electricity energy utilization in the Technology Building Laboratories. School of Engineering has spent a significant amount of capital irrigating the computers in the labs. In our study, we found that the electricity expense on each student is $115.95 per year, and the total electricity expense on students is$25,736 annually. Since number of students going to the labs is normally distributed, we try to explore methods of increasing number of students utilizing the computers to decrease the per capita electricity expense, and thus an optimized energy utilization will be achieved