There are two plants that now cover large parts of the roof at Långhuset and Teknikhuset. Akademiska hus has invested just over SEK 5 million and owns one facility and leases the other to Örebro University.
- The combination is probably one of the larger facilities in Örebro county and one of the larger on a campus in Sweden, says Martin Ekdahl, environmental engineer at Akademiska hus.
Corresponds to housekeeping for 100 apartments1432 panels can deliver up to 460 kilowatts at most. The plant is estimated to contribute about 400,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. This corresponds to roughly the annual consumption of household electricity for 100 apartments.
The solar cell plant is expected to reduce the university's annual energy consumption by six percent. In other words, some distance to self-sufficiency. But climate work continues at the university seat.
- We make energy efficiency in different ways. We work with ventilation and local utilization, and think about our travels. But most important is to educate our students who can help manage sustainability challenges and conduct research that gives students knowledge, says Johan Schnürer, Rector of Örebro University.
More electricity for someone elseAcademic houses aim to reduce energy consumption in their properties throughout the country by 50 percent from 2000 to 2025. Today, up to about 30 percent of that target has been reached.
- We want to show what we can do to make our energy use as green as possible. If we can install here, then it will be more green electricity on the outside to someone else, says Martin Ekdahl, environmental engineer at Akademiska hus.