NUST H-12 Campus as a Net Zero Energy Campus (Feasibility and Cost Estimation)

Abstract

In today's world climate change is a serious problem faced by all the countries. Therefore, to combat it the only way forward is to construct greener and less energy consuming buildings. Moving towards zero energy buildings is of high importance as buildings are the highest consumers of energy thus construction of greener buildings will lead to the conservation of already depleting fossil fuel reserves. These Net Zero Energy buildings will ultimately become a part of Net Zero Energy Communities. With this pretext, our project is aimed to convert our university campus into a net zero energy campus which will lead to reduction in air pollution and lesser CO2 emissions. This project will also bridge the research gap that exists between the academia and industry while setting a benchmark for future projects. This project is our contribution towards environmental conservation and reduction of pollution.