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Tuesday, November 03, 2020 at 06:30

The Rey Juan Carlos University renews the certification of the Energy Management System

Thanks to the collaboration of the Energy Efficiency Unit (UNEFE) and the different University services that influence efficient energy management, the external authorship carried out by the Spanish Association for Standardization (AENOR) has been successfully passed. 

Mercedes Rodriguez Loeb

CO2 emissions and global warming force companies and public administrations to take action to reduce their carbon footprint. In this sense, the University, having such a large real estate park, must focus its strategy on reducing the emissions and consumption of buildings, improving their energy efficiency and increasing environmental quality and comfort. For this, the Energy Management System is used, which is a strategic tool that allows the reduction of energy consumption to advance towards a sustainable future. 

For yet another year, the URJC has renewed the certification of this system and has taken a further step by adapting the System to the latest version of the ISO 50001:2018 standard at the Móstoles and Fuenlabrada campuses. This will help achieve continuous improvement in energy management and strengthen the commitment of the University.  

To achieve these objectives, the Rey Juan Carlos University has defined an ecological transition plan for the 2021-2024 period based on four lines of action.  

The University buildings have a high demand for energy, especially in matters of air conditioning and lighting, for this reason an attempt will be made to reduce consumption in these systems with three major measures: the migration of the existing Control System to a modern one oriented towards obtaining greater energy efficiency and better comfort, changing lighting to LED technology that would reduce consumption by up to 60%, and continuing to expand the scope of the Energy Management System to include the rest of the URJC campus. 

The second objective is self-consumption. To this end, photovoltaic systems have already been installed on the roof of buildings such as Lecture Hall I in Móstoles and two Smart Flower to raise awareness among the university community. A geothermal heat pump generation system supported by solar thermal and photovoltaic panels has also been implemented in the stadium on the Fuenlabrada campus. 

On the other hand, it will try to improve the management of assets with digitization, with BIM digital modeling, with which it is intended to achieve a real Smart Campus where 3D models are the containers of all the necessary information of the building.  

In this sense, there are already two digital twins of two University buildings. Within this Smart Campus, the use of technology plays a fundamental role: IoT devices, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Big Data... And the deployment of long-range wireless networks has begun, as well as the installation of IoT devices to measure the environmental conditions in the buildings of the Fuenlabrada campus. 

Finally, to achieve this ecological transition, a new transport model will be launched in the University Community, sustainable and based on the promotion of clean fuels and new means of transport such as bicycles, scooters... 

All these projects, framed in the 2021-2024 period, are compatible with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals within the 2030 Agenda.