Electricity Demand, Forecast and Scenario Analysis of Shopping Malls, Kathmandu Valley

Type Conference Paper - Proceedings of IOE Graduate Conference
Title Electricity Demand, Forecast and Scenario Analysis of Shopping Malls, Kathmandu Valley
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
URL http://conference.ioe.edu.np/ioegc2015/papers/IOEGC-2015-045.pdf
Abstract
Commercial sector is one of the important sectors in terms of Revenue collection and fuel consumption in Nepal.
Shopping malls are one of the main area among commercial sectors that are arising over Kathmandu and outside
Kathmandu also. They are also responsible for high fuel consumption in Nepal. Yearly, a large amount of energy is
consumed by the Shopping malls especially the ones with movie theater for providing their services. Considerable
amount of non-renewable energy is used by them. The use of inefficient technologies also constitute for high
fuel consumption. This leads to the Green House gas emissions and pollution. Energy demand management
and selection of efficient fuel for end use technology not only reduces fuel consumption, but also increases the
use of renewable energy. The report intends to analyze the energy demand Shopping Mall with movie theatre in
Kathmandu valley. As of 2015, there are five Shopping Malls with movie theatre in Kathmandu. A questionnaire is
developed and survey is carried out in shopping mall. This primary data will be used to develop a computer model
using LEAP software. The base year for the model is taken 2015 whereas the end year is assumed 2022. Different
scenarios are developed to predict the future energy consumptions of the shopping mall in different technological
situations.They can be categorized according to the services are offered. The categorization includes Clothing,
Electronics, Accessories, Coffee Shop, Corporate Office, Grocery, Beauty Parlor and salons, Cosmetics, Movie
Theater, Gaming zone, Jewelry, food court and area under management. Among these categorization, movie
theatre accounts for high energy consumption, consuming 397750 Kilowatt-hours electricity monthly for all theatre
mall. All other consume in similar pattern for individual shops but as a whole due to domination of clothing shops
in its number all shop consume 62533 Kilowatt-hours of electricity monthly.

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