DLSU-D switches to Renewable Energy

The Campus Sustainability Office (GAEM) has announced that over 60 percent of DLSU-D’s energy load is now powered by renewable energy.

 

According to a letter to the community by Campus Sustainability Office Director Marlon Pareja, he explained that a national law which allows institutions with large power consumption to choose their preferred source of energy encouraged the University to enter into a contract with a retail electricity supplier that provides pure renewable energy through its geothermal plant.

This will be the first step to gradually switch to renewable energy (RE) sources with the aim of shifting to RE completely in the immediate future.

Because of the move, DLSU-D carbon footprint has been reduced by the equivalent of the following:

• Removing 1,781 passenger vehicles from the streets for a year.
• Saving 3,592,162 liters of gasoline.
• Switching 146,759 fluorescent lamps to LED.
• Planting 218,559 trees that will be maintained for 10 years.
• Protecting 220 hectares of the country’s rainforest from deforestation. 

This article aligns with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)

• SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
• SDG 13: Climate Action
• SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production