Energy data

In the reference year 2019, TU Dortmund University consumed 43,000 MWh of electricity, as much as 10,000 single-family homes. In contrast, the university was able to reduce its consumption by 30% in 2024.

In the reference year 2019, 54,000 MWh of heating energy for university buildings was distributed via the heating network on campus. This corresponds to the consumption of around 3,000 single-family homes. Thanks to extensive energy-saving measures, consumption could be reduced to 41,000 MWh in 2024, a reduction by around 24%.

TU Dortmund University currently operates two combined heat and power plants, which generate heat and electricity highly efficiently.

TU Dortmund University produces all its own heat via gas boilers and combined heat and power plants. It is still completely dependent on natural gas.

TU Dortmund University currently has to buy in about half of its electricity. Since 2022, this energy has been purchased as green electricity.

TU Dortmund University’s energy costs have risen by several million euros despite falling consumption and temporary price brakes. In 2020/2021, they were still around 8 million euros per year. In 2022, the costs were almost twice as high. In 2023, they climbed to a record sum of 19 million euros.

A graph in the service portal provides a daily updated overview of TU Dortmund University’s electricity and heat consumption. It shows the hourly consumption of the last 30 days depending on the outside temperature.