The graph shows the ‘Warming Stripes’, a visual representation of temperature changes as measured in Frankfurt am Main over a period of more than 100 years.

Saving engergy

Whether at work, at university or in everyday life – we’ve put together a few helpful tips on how you can often save energy simply by making small changes to your behaviour.

‘Better saved than sorry’ sums up a simple idea: it’s better to make small changes today than to regret not having started sooner. After all, lots of small decisions add up – and as a university, we can make a difference together when it comes to our energy use and the climate.

Discover our energy-saving tips and find out what you can easily incorporate into your daily life.

Click on a poster if you’d like to find out more about a specific topic.

Poster asking the question: "Do you know... how much energy you save by heating a room to a temperature that is 1 °C lower? 1. approx. 1%, 2. approx. 6%, or 3. approx. 20%?"

Poster with the inscription "Did you remember... during heating/cooling season to keep radiators clear so that warm air has room to circulate? to keep doors and windows closed in winter, with the exception of fully opening windows for a few minutes? not to use own fan heaters or air conditioning units in the office?"

Poster with the inscription "Did you remember... to close the window to turn down the heater to switch off or unplug screens, laptops and printers lights other devices …before finishing work."

Heating, ventilation and saving energy in everyday life

Poster asking the question: "Do you know... why data centres are criticised for being power guzzlers? 1. Servers in data centers are energy-intensive, or 2. Data storage systems in data centers are energy-intensive, or 3. Cooling data centers is energy-intensive?"

Poster with the inscription "Did you remember... to check if you still need all of your online data or if you can save energy by deleting some? old or unnecessary emails duplicate files unused cloud data"

Data, cloud services and emails

Poster with the inscription "Did you know... that the European Parliament was able to reduce the amount of paper (kg/person) by 42% from 2019 to 2024 by setting duplex and black-and-white printing as default?" — Printing

Poster asking the question: "Do you know... by how much the energy consumption of a data center is increased when 10 % of user prompts require the AI to think hard in its reasoning mode? 1. Approx. 10%, 2. Approx. 50%, or 3. Approx. 100%?" — Artificial Intelligence

Poster with the inscription "Did you remember... to check if you need all of your devices? Ask yourself: Can you work without it? Can you share it? Can you use it less?" — Sufficiency

Poster with the imprint "Did you know... that turning off your video can reduce the carbon footprint by almost 96% compared with standard video conferences?" — Data usage and video conferencing

Poster with the inscription "Did you remember... to dim your screen when you don’t need it at full brightness? to configure the power-saving settings so that your computer enters sleep mode after a short period of inactivity? to consider setting an eco-friendly search engine as your default?" — Energy-saving mode, screen brightness, and search engines

Poster with the imprint "Did you know... that you can save one tonne of CO2 over the course of a year if you commute between Frankfurt and Darmstadt every day during the semester by train instead of by car?" — Sustainable mobility

Contact

Svenja Marit Silberer

Communication Schöfferstraße 3
64295 Darmstadt
Office: C10, ZG.32

+49.6151.533-60946
svenja-marit.silberer@h-da.de

Jann Erik Schrod

Communication Schöfferstraße 3
64295 Darmstadt
Office: C10, ZG.32

+49.6151.533-61210
jann.schrod@h-da.de