ONTARE. REVISTA DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LA FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA
Electrical energy diagnosis of an office building belonging to a branch of the Federal Public Administration, located in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was conducted. The results showed that the house had a power consumption of 531,866 kWh billed while the actual consumption of the unit was 234,630 kWh, representing only 44.1% of consumption described when billing. Due to its characteristics, this property presented an index of electricity consumption (ICEE) of 133 kWh/m2 which is less than the benchmark set by CONUEE: 160 kWh /m2 for buildings of the Federal Public Administration. After analyzing the electric billing and, the results of the census to know the power consumption profile of the property, the potential economic saving and energy measures were obtained, which represented operational measures without investment, technological
