TU Graz was the first university in Austria to decide to become climate-neutral by 2030 and has adopted an ambitious roadmap to do so. The measures range from saving energy, increasing efficiency and in-house production of green energy to buildings, procurement and mobility. The basis for the documentation of progress is a comprehensive and precise greenhouse gas balance, which includes the entire university infrastructure and is updated annually.
Two Awards 2022
The ambitious project “Climate-neutral TU Graz 2030” has now been awarded two prizes: In July there was the “State Energy Globe STYRIA AWARD 2022” 1st place in the “Application” category. And at „Sustainability Award 2022“ the “Climate-neutral TU Graz 2030” was awarded 2nd place in the field of “Administration and Management”.
news-text-info">Information, news and contacts on the “Climate-neutral TU Graz 2030” project can be found at klimaneutrale.tugraz.at.
40 (bundles of) measures for the climate-neutral Graz University of Technology
With the “Climate-neutral TU Graz 2030” project, TU Graz is one of the pioneers among Austria’s universities and will be investing around eleven million euros in a climate-neutral future over the next few years. Around 40 (packages of) measures are currently being implemented, including environmentally friendly electricity , to increase the use of bicycles, e-mobility and promotion of train use for business trips within Europe, expansion of the video conference infrastructure, longer service life of IT devices, increased use of lower-CO2 food in the canteen (including no beef in the canteen by 2024) as well as promoting the participation of employees and students.
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