Energy and Climate
Low Carbon Energy Use/Tracking
In order to contribute to achievement of UN SDG 13, TSUULL undertakes meaningful initiatives in invoking climate action through education, innovation and adherence to climate commitments, to make the necessary changes to protect the planet. These changes also provide huge opportunities to modernize the lifestyle of people, which causes to create new job positions and promote better prosperity across the globe.
TSUULL Sustainability Practices Office, founded on the purpose to ensure the achievement of UN SDGs, monitors, controls and tracks the procedures’ outcomes undertaken within the framework of the UN SDG13 Action Plan developed in collaboration with the head of the university and the Office. One of the top prioritized goals is considered to start procuring 100% of its grid energy from renewable sources by 2023. To date, this goal has been accomplished and fully functioning. Meaning, TSUULL produces its 100% of electricity from solar panels crediting small quantity to biomass, as well as, retails its clean energy to local institutions as it generates excessively in summer seasons contributing to a greener future. The table on the right, shows university renewable energy production in 2022.
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REBEWABLE ENERGY |
PRODUCTION (IN KWH) |
|
BIODIESEL |
3,000 |
|
SOLAR PANEL |
28,525 |
|
TOTAL |
31,525 |
In 2022, TSUULL annual energy consumption constitutes 21,482 kWh. The total generation of clean electricity in this very year, accounts for 31,525 kWh meeting the university demand almost for 150%.
31,525 / 21,482 (Electricity usage) = 147 %
TSUULL campuses are highly organized, regulated places that acts as innovation hubs to develop buildings that are carbon-neutral, sustainable, and energy-efficient. Both campuses constatntly in search of developing solutions to meet their energy efficiency targets by conducting energy audits and identifying the activities significantly increasing their electricity expenses. TSUULL Campuses apply variety of creative strategies to improve energy usage on campus since there is an increasing emphasis on the clean energy future.
Within a few decades, all carbon emissions must be eliminated globally to prevent catastrophic climate change. This calls for an immediate overhaul of the world energy system. TSUULL makes effort on how to help with this difficulty globally. It persistantly examines how innovation and policy may influence energy systems with an emphasis on climate change as well as sharpen analytical and decision-making abilities of the university administration. TSUULL's approach towards the goal is interdisciplinary, practical and applied.
OUR TARGET is to be carbon neutral by 2050
Renewable energy Sources to power the Campuses and use of the most energy efficient appliances;
To power the campuses, we have switched to renewable energy sources. To 2023, Our campuses are fully powered by the energy produced in house – by solar panels. No natural resourced energy is currently being purchased. On the contrary, the university supplies other organizations with the electricity generated by solar cells on campus since it does not own the batteries which allow energy storage.
We aim to achieve more within this strategy by exploring and putting into practice a variety of renewable energy sources, along with exploring and putting into practice a variety of technologies to build a highly efficient infrastructure, which accounts for a large portion of the carbon reduction on campus. Among those new technologies, energy storage from renewable sources for use on campus when energy demand increases is out next action we are targeting towards. In keeping with our goals for sustainability, we are dedicated to identifying alternate sources of energy for our campus in order to drastically cut our carbon emissions and support a sustainable planet.
Optimizing university infrastructure through energy efficient strategies;
We have made initiatives to improve our energy efficiency and address overuse of heating, lighting, and air conditioning, which allows us to both cut our fuel costs and carbon emissions.These initiatives to date include the replacement of all lighting system with LED lamps which consume significantly less energy than the appliances the university owned prior; Main Building ground floor LED lamps have been installed with the sensor function which contributes greatly to the efficiently use of energy; The air conditioners are all installed around the campus with the inverters which is considered the most energy efficient. The university buildings are designed with wide windows with the energy efficiency purpose which means the passive daylight lighting is enough for the rooms and some corridors with stairs. The buildings are also designed with the natural air ventilation system, that considerably contributes to campus energy efficiency. The implementation of these measures will continue throughout the campus. TSUULL strives for saving money on the annual energy bills, which leads to a decrease in carbon emissions.
Increase recycling rate and improve waste management;
We have already taken steps to ensure that no waste from the university is dumped. We still have work to do to increase recycling rates and decrease the quantity of waste we produce. Recycling as much of our waste as we can not only benefits the environment and prevents it from being dumped in landfills, but it also saves the university money because recycling is much less expensive.
TSUULL needs to send all of its dry mixed recycling to a recycling facility for processing, and all of its general garbage should be sent to an energy recovery facility to be turned into energy.
Reduce single-use plastic;
The university is in need to extend its partners in terms of single use plastic free businesses. There is great deal of effort put into reduction of single-use plastic so far, however, when the number of food suppliers with no single-use plastic policy will allow the university to go much more plastic free than it has ever been. It is important to replace plastic cutleries with wooden ones, plastic straws with biodegradable alternatives, provide water urns in all outlets for staff and students to refill their own water bottles and installed more water fountains across campus, biodegradable take away boxes to replace polystyrene boxes previously used. Thus, it needs to be ongoing to remove single-use plastic across campus.
Energy Efficient Appliances Usage
Renewable energy sources and amount of energy produced
Innovative and Impactful Programs in Energy and Climate Change
Carbon Emission calculator report