ENERGY MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION BASED ON FACILITIES LAYOUT PLANNING FOR PORT CONSTRUCTION: MEDITERRANEAN REGION CASE STUDY

Abstract

The construction industry is one of the largest sectors in the world economy, but it suffers from a lot of problems, most of them related to construction project management, like cost, productivity, safety, schedule, site layout, and environmental impact. Sustainable development and climate change are global challenges that must be protected from the impact of construction, especially ports. In this approach, this research has to focus on the ports, which contain all kinds of activities, buildings, and facilities. As a result, ports rank among the most environmentally impactful constructions. The emission of carbon dioxide (CO2), sulphur oxides (SO2), and nitrogen oxides (NO2) from ports has a key impact on climate change and the greenhouse effect; consequently, the solution to this problem is using clean energy through construction facility layout management in ports. The aim of this research is to convert an existing port to a green port through energy savings using solar and wind energy using Homer software to obtain an optimal port construction facility layout with minimum cost, area, and gas emissions. This case study takes place in the Mediterranean region using Homer software to obtain ten hybrid renewable energy systems, each producing 1000 kwh, and then calculate the area needed for each one. This case uses all the results of cost, area, and carbon emissions on SPSS to validate and get the optimal construction facility layout. The final selection indicates that PV, converter, or battery is the optimal HRES for the selected region, which provides the minimum cost of energy, which saves 70% more than the other scenarios and also saves around 85% of the area required by its alternatives. Since there are no carbon emissions in this scenario, the research concludes that it offers the best environmental protection.