new.siemens.com/global/en.html, May. 21, 2024 –
The University of East London (UEL) has reduced its carbon emissions by 10 percent from its 2020/21 baseline to 2022/23 in the first phase of its new net zero strategy, putting the organisation on track to achieve its 2030 net-zero target.
UEL partnered with leading technology company Siemens to develop the strategy, which included a roadmap to reduce carbon emissions across the university's campuses in the London Docklands and Stratford, which are home to 25,000 students.
The first major step towards energy and therefore emission reduction on campus was through the installation of LED lighting in all buildings and upgrades to all building management system controllers.
As part of the second phase, Siemens is installing technologies across the University's campuses which will help it to decarbonise its energy consumption. This includes the installation of approximately 2MW of solar photovoltaics (PV), which is estimated to generate 1.2 GWh of zero carbon electricity a year, and the installation of 27 electric charging points at the University's Docklands Campus, which will go live in the next month. UEL estimates that 90 percent of this zero carbon energy will be consumed across the University's campuses, with the remainder exported to the National Grid.