Energy Use
In 2021, OzU achieved an energy use of about 75 MWh, which represents about a % 80 decrease from the 2019 numbers. This result was significantly influenced by COVID-19 and the move to remote learning, as well as the previously completed energy efficiency efforts and focus on building optimization. OzU continues to operate onsite tri-generation plants at the campus and it has installed solar PV across the rooftops of the University building portfolio, maximizing the use of on-site renewable energy generation wherever practical. During 2021, OzU generated over 19GWh of electricity onsite. 85% of our annual electricity consumption is met with the 1.560Kw Trijen natural gas power plant, which was commissioned in September 2017. With this system, the flue and jacket water waste heat generated by Trijen’s operation is used for heating and cooling. This corresponds to 20% of the annual heating and cooling needs. OzU has several applications to restrict its carbon footprint including the use of wind power and solar panels on all the non-green roofs, as well as a trigeneration system for heating and cooling. It has recently started using a web-based carbon footprint calculator and carbon management software that provides the capacity to measure, track, report and manage its carbon footprints based on the guidelines of “The Greenhouse Gas Protocol”. Ozyegin calculates Scope One and Two Emissions: emissions intensity and emissions reductions, using 2018 as the base year. OzU achieved a 34 percent decrease in greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 from the 2018 emissions baseline. (From 8891 tonnes Co2 to 5905 tonnes Co2)