130218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final

Awareness raising on the three targets (hotels, cruise boats
transport)
150,000 €
3 to 5 years
Cruise fleet refurbishment 5,000,000 € 2 to 3 years
Land transportation replacement
To be defined
Hotel and resort refurbishment (revolving fund) 1,000,000 € 4 to 5 years
Efficiency in lighting heritage sites 200,000 € 2 to 3 years
Residential buildings
4.2.3.1 Current situation
The residential buildings’ sector is the second highest sector in terms of energy consumption with 25% of the
total energy used and GHG emission. The Luxor distribution company LEPCo distributes the electricity used
in residential buildings. The City of Luxor has 159,604 residential buildings in 2005. The building sector is
one of the key sectors to be addressed, as it is the second highest sector in terms of energy consumption and
GHG emission. This sector represents 25% of the total energy consumption 1,243 GWh/ year and 26% of
the total GHG emissions 501 kteqCO 2/ year.
The residential buildings consume a total of 690,697 MWh of electricity annually, all households being
connected to the grid. Note that 60 per cent of households are connected to the natural gas network.
4.2.3.2 Short-term actions (3 to 5 years time frame)
There is a lot to do to raise public awareness on energy issues, inviting inhabitants to reduce their
consumption and, as a consequence, cut their energy bill. This is to be applied on residential buildings. An
awareness campaign doesn’t require a huge amount of money and can bring interesting results for both
parties: the client learning to use less energy, the electricity utility (LEPCo) improving its services.
Such awareness campaign to promote efficient behaviour should focus on few measures:
- Promoting the proper temperature at home: using excessive air’ cooling is not good for public health
and result in huge electricity consumption. Adjusting air conditioning systems’ thermostats to be
always at 24 degrees Celsius in summer would save up to 25 per cent of the energy consumption,
- Promoting behavioural changes at home: turning off lights, proper management of refrigerator, time
of use of washing machines, boiling waters in kettles and replacing classical bulbs with efficient
devices, promoting energy efficient cooling/ heating devices, as the one on the market are not good
enough. People usually buy cheap equipment without taking into account the higher level of energy
consumption, which results in a higher “global cost” over a certain period of time, and emphasises on
buying green label appliances,
- Control elevators’ use to limit their use to 3 rd floor unless users have medical issue/problems,
- Apply plastic sheets on windows’ glass/glazing to reduce the impact of solar radiation impending on
the external buildings’ façades.
A rough calculation allows considering that a widespread awareness campaign could result in a 30 per cent
reduction of electricity consumption (estimation being more difficult on other fluids) in 50 per cent of
households and private buildings.
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