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Sustainability: How can CO2-neutral university operations succeed?
Image: NNHHAt the 8th Hessian Sustainability Day, members of Hessian universities will discuss the conditions under whichCO2-neutral university operations can succeed and what challenges and obstacles exist on the path to climate neutrality.
Hesse's universities play a particularly important role in achieving the state government's goal of making Hesse climate-neutral by 2045 and the state administrationCO2-neutral by 2030. Due to their size, the universities in Hesse, with around 220,000 students and almost 50,000 employees for teaching, research and university operations, are among the major consumers of energy. They are responsible for around 50 percent ofCO2 emissions within the state administration. In order to achieve the target, it is therefore particularly important that a real and sustainable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 equivalents) of at least an additional 2 percent per year is targeted. This is to be achieved through the implementation of various measures to save energy and increase energy efficiency in the areas of buildings, procurement, mobility, etc. and the effectiveness of the measures is to be reviewed on the basis of the annualCO2 balances.
The innovation and structural development budget of the state of Hesse with a focus on sustainability (2021-2025) and the CO₂ reduction and energy efficiency program (COME) are important building blocks. They serve to support the implementation of the Hessian Higher Education Pact (HHSP) 2021 to 2025 and promote necessary structural adjustments at universities, such as the establishment of green offices and other measures that help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now the questions are: What happens after the funding? How can we achieve climate neutrality?
The event is being held in cooperation with the Sustainability Network of Hessian Universities (NNHH). The network was founded in 2022 to exchange ideas on the topic throughout the state, create synergies, pool knowledge and act as a possible contact point for the HMWK. At the event, the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, the Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Kassel will present exemplary measures and concepts for saving energy fromCO2 emissions and thus their path to climate neutrality.
Venue: UNI:Lokal, Wilhelmsstraße 21, 34117 Kassel.
More information about the event, such as directions, program schedule and a description of the presentations, can be found on our website: www.uni-kassel.de/go/tag-der-nachhaltigkeit
Link to registration: https://veranstaltungen.uni-kassel.de/event/wege-zur-klimaneutralitaet
Contact:
Green Office
Georg Mösbauer
Phone: +49 (0)561 804-3811
Nadine Chrubasik
Phone: +49 (0)561 804-2519
Nora Platiel-Straße 2, D- 34125 Kassel
Mail: tag-der-nachhaltigkeit@uni-kassel.de
Web: www.uni-kassel.de/go/greenoffice