The installation of technology enabling the use of renewable energy on the University of Lodz buildings will constitute the result of the project. The planned investment will be for the production of electricity, which will be used in part for its own needs and, in the case of heat, entirely for its own needs. A proportion of electricity in excess of own consumption will be stored in the grid for later use. The measures taken will not only result in financial savings, but will also raise the environmental awareness and knowledge of building users on environmental protection, energy conservation and renewable energy sources.
The investment stages
The first phase of the investment started in 2023. That’s when the formal part of the project consisting in obtaining connection conditions began. The installation of photovoltaic panels at the University of Lodz Faculty of Management began in February 2024.
The next buildings that will be subjected to the procedure are as follows, the Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, and the Faculty of Law and Administration. The first phase of the investment will be completed with work at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology. This phase of the task is expected to be completed by 30 June 2024.
The second phase of the investment will begin once the formal procedures have been completed and will include the entire Student Campus, the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, the Faculty of Chemistry, the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of International and Political Studies. According to the schedule, work on these buildings will begin in June 2024.
The entire investment should be completed by 31 December 2024.
The following tasks will be carried out as part of the signed funding agreement:
- Construction of photovoltaic installations on the following buildings of the University of Lodz: Faculty of Management, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics (up to PLN 1,940,580);
- Construction of a photovoltaic installation on the building of the University of Lodz Faculty of Law and Administration (up to PLN 1,042,507);
- Construction of a photovoltaic installation on the building of the University of Lodz Faculty of Economics and Sociology (up to PLN 1,112,265);
- Construction of photovoltaic installations on the following buildings of the University of Lodz: Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection and Faculty of Chemistry (up to PLN 1,195,650);
- Supply and installation of photovoltaic panels for the University of Lodz Faculty of International and Political Studies (up to PLN 220,725);
- Supply and installation of photovoltaic panels for the University of Lodz Faculty of Philology (up to PLN 430,650);
- Supply and installation of photovoltaic panels for the University of Lodz Library (up to PLN 382,815);
- Supply and installation of photovoltaic panels for the University of Lodz Student Campus comprising the following student dormitories: No 5, No 7, No 8, No 9, No 11, No 13 (up to PLN 985,500);
- Supply and installation of photovoltaic panels for the University of Lodz Student Campus comprising the following student dormitories: No 2, No 3,No 13 and the canteen (up to PLN 1,048,5000.
Source: Investments and Renovations Department, University of Lodz
Edit: Communications and PR Centre, University of Lodz