Energy Transition Policy, Efficiency and Implementation Strategies in the Nigerian Built Environment
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Renewable energy, Transition, Energy efficiency, Climate change, Policy implicationsAbstract
Renewable Energy as a clean energy source has over the years been neglected in the energy consumption and distribution apparatus of the Nigerian Energy sector. In most metropolitan areas in Nigeria, office buildings consume a lot of energy during their life cycle especially where they are concentrated due to the economic values and employment opportunities they offer the citizenry, as most of the energy used by them is generated from fossil based fuels. In spite of the myriads of high-sounding Renewable energy policies and associated technologies propagated in Nigeria, up till now, the implementation of clean energy sources is still currently slow in implementation. The study aimed at identifying the current gaps existing in the energy policy-efficiency and its implementation strategies in the building construction sector; in order to improve the decision making process geared towards effective implementation. The methodology employed qualitative-content analysis on the secondary data from the reviewed literature from forty-four (n=44) relevant articles sourced from Google Scholar, Semantics, and Scopus. The findings identified the successes and failures of the programs and policies targeted at Renewable Energy and its Efficiency studies over the years. The approach was geared towards a steady transition in implementing Renewable Energy and clean energy efficiency resources in the Nigerian building construction landscape. The results revealed that there is currently a slow transition towards the adoption of renewable energy sources as a method of clean energy and energy efficient means of power generation and use in the global space of the Nigerian context and policy makers should implement favorable measures towards checking this current anomaly. This study suggested further investigations on the latent factors that posed barriers between energy policy decision making process and implementation strategies in the Nigerian energy sector vis-à-vis its subsidiaries.
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