280218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final_revised
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Awareness raising on the three targets (hotels, cruise boats<br />
transport)<br />
150,000 €<br />
3 to 5 years<br />
Cruise fleet refurbishment 5,000,000 € 2 to 3 years<br />
Land transportation replacement<br />
To be defined<br />
Hotel and resort refurbishment (revolving fund) 1,000,000 € 4 to 5 years<br />
Efficiency in lighting heritage sites 200,000 € 2 to 3 years<br />
Residential buildings<br />
4.2.3.1 Current situation<br />
The residential buildings’ sector is the second highest sector in terms of energy consumption with 25% of the<br />
total energy used and GHG emission. The <strong>Luxor</strong> distribution company LEPCo distributes the electricity used<br />
in residential buildings. The City of <strong>Luxor</strong> has 159,604 residential buildings in 2005. The building sector is<br />
one of the key sectors to be addressed, as it is the second highest sector in terms of energy consumption and<br />
GHG emission. This sector represents 25% of the total energy consumption 1,243 GWh/ year and 26% of<br />
the total GHG emissions 501 kteqCO 2/ year.<br />
The residential buildings consume a total of 690,697 MWh of electricity annually, all households being<br />
connected to the grid. Note that 60 per cent of households are connected to the natural gas network.<br />
4.2.3.2 Short-term actions (3 to 5 years time frame)<br />
There is a lot to do to raise public awareness on energy issues, inviting inhabitants to reduce their<br />
consumption and, as a consequence, cut their energy bill. This is to be applied on residential buildings. An<br />
awareness campaign doesn’t require a huge amount of money and can bring interesting results for both<br />
parties: the client learning to use less energy, the electricity utility (LEPCo) improving its services.<br />
Such awareness campaign to promote efficient behaviour should focus on few measures:<br />
- Promoting the proper temperature at home: using excessive air’ cooling is not good for public health<br />
and result in huge electricity consumption. Adjusting air conditioning systems’ thermostats to be<br />
always at 24 degrees Celsius in summer would save up to 25 per cent of the energy consumption,<br />
- Promoting behavioural changes at home: turning off lights, proper management of refrigerator, time<br />
of use of washing machines, boiling waters in kettles and replacing classical bulbs with efficient<br />
devices, promoting energy efficient cooling/ heating devices, as the one on the market are not good<br />
enough. People usually buy cheap equipment without taking into account the higher level of energy<br />
consumption, which results in a higher “global cost” over a certain period of time, and emphasises on<br />
buying green label appliances,<br />
- Control elevators’ use to limit their use to 3 rd floor unless users have medical issue/problems,<br />
- Apply plastic sheets on windows’ glass/glazing to reduce the impact of solar radiation impending on<br />
the external buildings’ façades.<br />
A rough calculation allows considering that a widespread awareness campaign could result in a 30 per cent<br />
reduction of electricity consumption (estimation being more difficult on other fluids) in 50 per cent of<br />
households and private buildings.<br />
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