The URJC successfully passes the follow-up audit of the Energy Management System

Writing / Alberto Gómez Rodríguez

Global warming and CO2 emissions force all institutions and public administrations to reduce their carbon footprint. The Rey Juan Carlos University, having such an extensive real estate park, focuses its strategy on reducing the consumption of buildings and the emissions they generate. To do this, it has improved its energy efficiency, thus increasing comfort and environmental quality. One of these actions is the Energy Management System, a strategic tool that allows the reduction of energy consumption to achieve a sustainable future.

Thanks to the great implementation of this tool, the URJC has passed, for yet another year, the follow-up audit of the Energy Management System (SGEn) complying with the standards set by the ISO 50001:2018 standard.

The novelty of the URJC for this year's audit has been the incorporation of the Alcorcón Campus to the System. This, together with the improved Móstoles and Fuenlabrada campuses, helps to achieve continuous progress, strengthening the University's commitment to efficient energy management and sustainability. All these projects, framed in the 2021-2024 period, contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) within the 2030 Agenda.  

The Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Transfer and Relations with Companies, Fernando Enrique García Muiña, affirms that "this will help maintain a leadership position in this field compared to other public entities and demonstrate its firm commitment to efficiency and sustainability"

It is not surprising that in 2020, the University of Indonesia placed URJC in 60th place in its annual ranking of the universities most committed to sustainability and the environment. And it is that, the Rey Juan Carlos University is a pioneer in the efficient management of energy within the Administration, and is the first Spanish university to implement an EnMS.

For the future, García Muiña points out that the University is working on “the migration of the existing Control System aimed at obtaining greater energy efficiency and better comfort. Also in the change of lighting for LED technology that would reduce consumption by up to 60%. The installation of photovoltaic systems on roofs of buildings and car parks. And lastly, to improve asset management by implementing the BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology as the center of the Smart Campus project”.

Thanks to the collaboration of the Energy Efficiency Unit (UNEFE), dependent on the Office of the Vice President for Innovation, Transfer and Business Relations, and the various University services responsible for efficient energy management, the URJC has once again become a benchmark in this field.