URJC renews its Energy Management System certificate

The Rey Juan Carlos University, a pioneer in efficient energy management in the field of Public Administration, is the only Spanish public university to have the UNE-EN ISO 50.001 Energy Management System certification since 2014, when it was obtained for the first time.

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The Energy Management System has been audited this year 2024 by the certifying company OK, being a strategic tool that allows monitoring and reducing energy consumption to achieve a sustainable future. The campuses of Móstoles, Fuenlabrada and Alcorcón have been evaluated within the system. These represent more than 75% of the total energy consumption of the university, thus ensuring that most of the energy consumed is managed efficiently, in addition to providing solutions that promote continuous improvement with the consequent greater energy and economic savings year after year.

Jose Ruben Rodriguez Garcia, responsible for the Energy Efficiency Unit (UNEFE), which depends on the Students, Social Projection and Sustainability area, points out that in addition to efficient management of energy use, “very important improvement actions have been implemented in recent years that will reduce consumption, such as the migration of the air conditioning control system to a much more advanced and intelligent one, the massive replacement of fluorescent lighting with LED technology or photovoltaic installations that can cover up to 20% of electrical demand. Along these lines, Rodríguez states that “projects focused on decarbonisation have also begun to be executed and studied by reducing the consumption of fossil fuels by replacing boilers with heat pumps and reducing the energy demand of buildings”.

The Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, Fernando Enrique García Muiña, participated in the audit carried out by ADOK, as a representative of the university's senior management, thus demonstrating the importance that this type of initiative has for the URJC.

These types of actions are being supported in an important way by the new director of Students, Social Projection and Sustainability, Virginia Álvarez Rodríguez.

The revalidation of this certificate represents a recognition of the work of the URJC as a whole, for its commitment to sustainability and, specifically, to the work of the Energy Efficiency Unit, Maintenance Service and all the University services that collaborate in the efficient management of energy.