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Fig. 2 TUC Campus blocks’ main characteristics
2013, respectively. These buildings cover about 8,500 m
2 requiring 66 kWh/m
2 year
(Barth and Rieckmann 2012).
The aforementioned can be observed in Fig. 2, in which there is a schematic
depiction of the TUC campus and all the blocks constituting it. The energy needs of
the whole University are very high and the funds that are allocated to these needs
are, inevitably, extremely devastating if someone considers the total national budget allocated for TUC. These facts lead to a dead end for the University as the
allocated budget for its laboratories, students and student care matters, is very low
and inadequate. As for laboratories, their staff is not able to conduct proper research
if they are not funded by external organizations and European Union programs. Furthermore, the majority of student care problems are hard to be fixed in a proper way
and they remain half-fixed or not fixed at all, as there are insufficient funds to cover
such needs.