The energy efficiency project won by Szent István University contributes to the achievement of national and EU goals. As part of this initiative, solar panel systems have been installed on three of the university’s campuses to partially replace local electricity consumption and make the institution’s operations more environmentally friendly.
The university has installed small, household-sized power plants that feed electricity into the grid at two locations in Budapest (Túri István Street and Thököly Street) and one in Gödöllő. This development, involving the Soroksár Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Horticultural Sciences, the Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture, and the Gödöllő Campus, was implemented under the Environmental and Energy Efficiency Operational Programme, co-financed by the EU. The project successfully replaced electricity generated from fossil fuels with a much more environmentally friendly technology, thereby increasing the use and spread of renewable energy. By installing solar panel systems, the university has gained the opportunity to operate in a more cost-effective and energy-efficient manner. The solar panels are designed to have an 18-year lifespan, during which time the total cost of the investment will also be recouped.
In the long term, these innovations will make the university’s operations more sustainable while contributing to the achievement of important national and EU energy goals.
The development was implemented from EU funding in the project KEHOP-5.2.11-16-2016-00022 under the Environmental and Energy Efficiency Operational Programme.
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