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diminishing the quality of its services. The actual mid-term reduction rate to be
achieved was set to 20%. The plan provisioned action aimed towards the following:
• Energy consumption reduction
• Water consumption reduction
• Paper usage reduction
• Recycling
TUC planned in a mid-term reduction by 20% of the energy consumption, with a
long-term plan of a 60% energy consumption reduction. The first goal was achieved,
as it can be seen in the results section, and this allows the responsible authorities
to have faith that the long-term goal is realistic and achievable (TUC and Digalakis
2013).
3 Completed Actions
The actions taken can be grouped into two main categories:
(a) Monitoring systems and
(b) Interventions regarding energy saving.
3.1 Monitoring Systems
In the context of the recording and collection of the required data, the following were
implemented:
• Access to the telemetry data was enabled provided by the power supply company
to medium-voltage consumers, as well as the web access to the e-bill service. In
this way, the university had the opportunity to immediately monitor the monthly
total consumption of electricity.
• A web-based database of oil consumption-related receipts was created and the
storage tanks were written down in order to enhance the transparency. In addition,
there is undergoing a necessary update of the delivery system before the payment
of the bills.
• Eighteen (18) energy-metering telemetry devices were bought, implemented, and
placed into crucial points of the campus. At the same time, easy-to-use software
has been developed in order to record and analyze the data.
• An energy map of the university was created showing in real time the energy
consumption of the preferred points in the university. This is publically open to
the visitors of the TUC official website.
• The power consumption data of the TUC are open source (available to everyone)
and can be used by research and study groups.
N. Sifakis et al.
diminishing the quality of its services. The actual mid-term reduction rate to be
achieved was set to 20%. The plan provisioned action aimed towards the following:
• Energy consumption reduction
• Water consumption reduction
• Paper usage reduction
• Recycling
TUC planned in a mid-term reduction by 20% of the energy consumption, with a
long-term plan of a 60% energy consumption reduction. The first goal was achieved,
as it can be seen in the results section, and this allows the responsible authorities
to have faith that the long-term goal is realistic and achievable (TUC and Digalakis
2013).
3 Completed Actions
The actions taken can be grouped into two main categories:
(a) Monitoring systems and
(b) Interventions regarding energy saving.
3.1 Monitoring Systems
In the context of the recording and collection of the required data, the following were
implemented:
• Access to the telemetry data was enabled provided by the power supply company
to medium-voltage consumers, as well as the web access to the e-bill service. In
this way, the university had the opportunity to immediately monitor the monthly
total consumption of electricity.
• A web-based database of oil consumption-related receipts was created and the
storage tanks were written down in order to enhance the transparency. In addition,
there is undergoing a necessary update of the delivery system before the payment
of the bills.
• Eighteen (18) energy-metering telemetry devices were bought, implemented, and
placed into crucial points of the campus. At the same time, easy-to-use software
has been developed in order to record and analyze the data.
• An energy map of the university was created showing in real time the energy
consumption of the preferred points in the university. This is publically open to
the visitors of the TUC official website.
• The power consumption data of the TUC are open source (available to everyone)
and can be used by research and study groups.