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What are the specific aspects of Freie Universität’s strategy for conserving energy?

Freie Universität’s strategy for conserving energy encompasses five main areas:

Dialogue and transparency regarding energy consumption (to address potential organizational measures for saving energy)

  • Talks and on-site visits with departments and administrative units in order to discuss the core aspects of energy consumption, the possibilities for saving energy when organizing research, the needs-based use of lab and office equipment, and to encourage the appropriate use of thermostats
  • Informational events within individual departments, workshops for university members at the Center for Continuing Education, etc.
  • Project website with background information, FAQs, recommended actions, communication through social media channels
  • Prompts – i.e., displays shown on screens within the Freie Universität computer network; emails and posters with tips and tricks for saving energy
  • Communicating examples of good practice
  • Transparency regarding energy consumption in the larger university buildings

Implementing the guidelines set out by the federal government and the state of Berlin

  • Reducing flow and target temperatures of heating and ventilation systems / Implementing the guidelines set out by the federal government and the Berlin Senate with a target temperature of 19°C in offices, seminar rooms, and lecture halls
  • The temperatures in stairways and hallways must be reduced to a minimum.

On-site energy checks at the university (coordinated with the individual departments)

  • Efficiency analyses: evaluating and adjusting heating and ventilation regulations, as well as providing suggestions for reducing the run times of room ventilation systems
  • Minimizing the periods for which outdoor lighting remains switched on
  • Identifying low-investment potential areas for saving additional energy (e.g., the use of thermostatic valves, installing buttons for ventilation systems requiring them to be turned on manually rather than automatically, presence detectors for lighting, switching to LED lighting)

Green IT

  • Needs-based IT usage (phones, access points), power management, data management

Modernization program

  • Replacing inefficient electrical appliances (including refrigerators and freezers)