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The Fuenlabrada Campus has just launched three installations with which it advances with its firm step towards energy sustainability.
The rector has led a visit to the new infrastructures and after it has pointed out that “He brings us here the intelligence of having generated in this Campus, the pilot of how Sustainable Campuses should be. With electric recharging points for cars, an efficient Classroom project and the Renewable Energy Generation Plant”.
The rector spoke these words before the 'star' of this commitment to sustainability, the photovoltaic intelligent sunflower ('smartflower') capable of generating up to 6.200 KWh of energy per year, which allows energy to be consumed regardless of when it is produced, "everything a symbol in a university that, like the sunflower that now stands in a prominent place on this Fuenlabrada Campus, tenaciously seeks to move away from past shadows and look to the future with optimism”, Ramos pointed out.
The rector has also applauded the fact that this inauguration coincides with the start of the Climate Summit today in Madrid and has indicated that these facilities want to make “the Fuenlabrada Campus a space where we approach the challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.
More than 5.000 euros in energy savings the first year
As part of this commitment to sustainability, the Campus has been equipped with a renewable energy generation plant in the satellite building of the Stadium. Thanks to this equipment, the water in the locker rooms can be heated by means of a Geothermal Heat Pump and Thermal Solar Panels. These photovoltaic panels provide the electrical energy needed for the operation of the geothermal system.
The sunflower, for its part, has 18m2 of solar panels that form a perfect circle and work by following the sun until the last rays of the day, in order to maintain an angle of incidence of 90 degrees. In addition, it cleans itself automatically when folding and unfolding the panels, removing dust from the plates.
On the other hand, in Lecture Hall I, an 'efficient classroom' has been set up, based on a normal campus classroom. In this space, different energy saving measures and improvement of environmental comfort will be implemented. Among the measures we can mention the change of technology in LED lighting, control of the lighting on/off by presence, temperature regulation with a sensor installed in the classroom, stop of the air conditioning system when the windows are opened and night ventilation the reduction classroom temperature, among others.
The objective of this classroom is to test the measures and gradually transfer them to other classrooms and spaces on campus.
Between all these infrastructures it has been estimated that energy savings valued at 5.400 euros can be achieved.
Promotion of the use of electric vehicles
Another novelty that the university community of Fuenlabrada will find is the presence of two recharging points for electric cars in the garage of departmental building I. These recharging points allow four vehicles to be charged at the same time.
The rector has been accompanied on his visit by the Councilor for Citizen Participation of the Fuenlabrada City Council, Antonio González Moldes; the vice-rector for Innovation and Transparency, Juan Antonio Melero; the deans of the Faculty of Communication Sciences and the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering, Miguel Baños and Javier Simó, respectively; the manager of the Fuenlabrada Campus, Borja Goñi and the executive managing director of Smartflower Iberia, Julio Matilla.