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3.3 Undergoing Actions
Several actions are planned to be executed in the near future, such as
• Purchase and implementation of a solar thermal system in the campus’ restaurant
for the supply of hot water. An oil-burning conventional boiler has been used until
now.
• Installation of controllers and energy meters in every office space using
autonomous split-type air-conditioning systems.
• Supply and installation of additional heat-shrinkable frames equipped with lowtemperature glass (Low E).
• Gradual replacement of electrical kitchen utensils with LPG ones.
• Replacement of old conventional lamps with energy-saving LED ones into interior
places.
4 Results
It is of high importance to underline the fact that the energy data of the TUC became
available for anyone interested. It is a good initial point to start and perform research
activities such as data analysis, modeling and therefore runs optimization algorithms
in order to enhance the buildings and the end-users’ (staff, students, etc.) behavior
toward sustainability.
On the other hand, since there were not dynamic measures regarding the energy
consumption of the campus facilities and the supply of the energy-metering telemetry
devices was, practically, a huge step forward that can enable the optimization of
the consumption schemes and diminish extreme and improvident energy use. The
analysis of the data is operated by easy-to-use software that can be used to extract
some secure and concrete conclusions.
All the undertaken actions had an impact on the campus activities toward a greener
manner and as a result, they have led to immediate results that can be taken seriously
into account and permeate confidence for the future. These actions were not just
some distinct energy policies that had to be applied but a common attempt, of the
responsible authorities, to achieve their much desired, mandatory, energy goal and
comply with European Commission’s guidelines regarding energy.
By observing Table 2, someone can easily understand that these 4 actions had a
remarkable impact on the energy savings of the university and especially the two
first, as they indicate that something so simple can lead to huge energy savings.
Following the same motive, the first action presented remarkable energy savings and
the comfort of the users is improved, drastically, as well.
First and foremost, the number of students was increased since 2012, but the
same did not happen to the total energy consumption. The main reason for it was the
aforementioned actions and the exact data for these two parameters are presented in
Fig. 3.
N. Sifakis et al.
3.3 Undergoing Actions
Several actions are planned to be executed in the near future, such as
• Purchase and implementation of a solar thermal system in the campus’ restaurant
for the supply of hot water. An oil-burning conventional boiler has been used until
now.
• Installation of controllers and energy meters in every office space using
autonomous split-type air-conditioning systems.
• Supply and installation of additional heat-shrinkable frames equipped with lowtemperature glass (Low E).
• Gradual replacement of electrical kitchen utensils with LPG ones.
• Replacement of old conventional lamps with energy-saving LED ones into interior
places.
4 Results
It is of high importance to underline the fact that the energy data of the TUC became
available for anyone interested. It is a good initial point to start and perform research
activities such as data analysis, modeling and therefore runs optimization algorithms
in order to enhance the buildings and the end-users’ (staff, students, etc.) behavior
toward sustainability.
On the other hand, since there were not dynamic measures regarding the energy
consumption of the campus facilities and the supply of the energy-metering telemetry
devices was, practically, a huge step forward that can enable the optimization of
the consumption schemes and diminish extreme and improvident energy use. The
analysis of the data is operated by easy-to-use software that can be used to extract
some secure and concrete conclusions.
All the undertaken actions had an impact on the campus activities toward a greener
manner and as a result, they have led to immediate results that can be taken seriously
into account and permeate confidence for the future. These actions were not just
some distinct energy policies that had to be applied but a common attempt, of the
responsible authorities, to achieve their much desired, mandatory, energy goal and
comply with European Commission’s guidelines regarding energy.
By observing Table 2, someone can easily understand that these 4 actions had a
remarkable impact on the energy savings of the university and especially the two
first, as they indicate that something so simple can lead to huge energy savings.
Following the same motive, the first action presented remarkable energy savings and
the comfort of the users is improved, drastically, as well.
First and foremost, the number of students was increased since 2012, but the
same did not happen to the total energy consumption. The main reason for it was the
aforementioned actions and the exact data for these two parameters are presented in
Fig. 3.