THE GREEN CAMPUS CHALLENGE - AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH TOWARDS FOSTERING ENERGY EFFICIENCY I NUNIVERSITY CAMPUSES

1ST International Conference on Energy Environment and Sustainability26-27 September 2012 – ISEP, Porto

316 Higher education institutions

Potencial for reduction in energy demand

≈ 391.000 Students

≈ 25.000 Staff

• One of the key focus aspects from the EU Energy Efficiency Plan of 2011 is the role that public sector buildings may have in fostering energy efficiency.

• Publicly owned or occupied buildings represent about 12% of the area of the EU building stock and it is estimated that the public sector typically represents 5-10% of the whole energy use in EU Member States

FACULTY TECHNICAL STAFF

Technical Measures

Behavioral Measures

Energy Eficciency Plan

STUDENTS

An inclusive approach to all actors in the higher education sector

Best measures suggested for policy orientation and

implementation

Green Campus Timeline

Jan. - Jun. 2011•Website and Facebook launch•Public sessions and universities registration

Jul. - Dec. 2011•Webinars•Teams registration•Youtube and Slideshare channels•Technical visits in each university

Jan. - Jun. 2012•Energy audits in each university

•Newsletter publication•Projects delivery•Evaluation of the projects and presentation of the 12 best projects to the jury

Jul. - Dec. 2012•Awards ceremony• iTunes channel launched

•Publication of best practices manual

• Jury´s members

• Awards

1st prize: 6.000 €2nd prize: 3.000 €3rd prize: 1.500 €Best behavioral measure: 1.500 €Best technical measure: 1.500 €

The Green Campus in numbers

81 Registered teams from 28 higher education institutions

≈ 2.2 GWh/yearIdentified energy savings

≈ 1056 ton CO2/yearCO2 emissions avoided

29 Projects presented from 22 buildings and 17 institutions

320 Participants, including students, faculty and staff

12 Finalists

Bsc.47%

Master46%

PhD7%

Students academic background

Students87%

Faculty11%

Staff2%

Teams Composition

81Registered teams

12Finalist teams

Teams composition

Best Energy, IPVCE Factor, FC/ULEco2green, FEUCEcoLogic, FF/ULEsquadrão Classe A++, FC/ULIPB Green Campus, IPBLEEC – IPT, IPTISEP – TF, ISEPTeam A++, IST/UTLTechBioEnergy, IPBVIS – renovate, ISMATZero Building, ESAC

12 Finalist Teams

Some results – 12 best projects

• 2.240.784 € of investment

• Avoided electricity: 1.122.920 kWh/yr.

• Avoided natural gas: 700.036 kWh/yr.

• Avoided greenhouse gas emissions 1.056 CO2/yr.

• 9 years of return period in average (5,75 yrs. if thermal refurbishment measures are not taken into account)

Some results – 12 best projects

Category Measures Team

Lighting

Switches installation Team A++Presence detectors Zero Building

Elevator lighting Esquadrão Classe A++

Reduction of the lighting schedule ISEP TF

Presence detectors ISEP TF

ClimatizationInstallation of a chiller in the roof ISEP TF

Sectioning of the heating circuits IPB Green CampusWindows isolation Zero Building

RenewablesPhotovoltaic systems E factor

Parking lot requalification EcoLogicPhotovoltaic skin Team A++

Management PC´s substitution Zero Building

Retrofit Reinforcement of thermal isolation VIS-renovate

Behavioral Awareness program Ecologic

OthersData center cooling systems IPB Green CampusFrequency changer Zero Building

Ecube installation Esquadrão Classe A++

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Challenges and next steps

• Promoting a stronger participation from the faculty and technical staff

• Expanding the collection and analysis of the buildings data to all the participating teams, and making a compilation of all the collected data for research

• Implementation of some of the best measures

• Launching of a best practices book

• Launching the Green Campus Challenge for 2013

THANK YOU!

http://www.greencampusportugal.info/

http://www.facebook.com/GreenCampusPT

http://www.youtube.com/user/greencampuspt

http://www.slideshare.net/Green-Campus/

http://itunes.apple.com/pt/itunes-u/green-campus-desafio-eficiencia/id543882793