7.2.5 – Does your university as a body undergo energy reviews to identify areas where energy wastage is highest?

Institutional Process for Identifying Energy Wastage

The University of El Oued undertakes an institutional process that functions as an energy review by targeting its highest areas of energy wastage—specifically the aging building stock, such as student residences. The process of planning and executing comprehensive rehabilitation projects on existing infrastructure is based on an initial assessment that identifies where current systems and building envelopes are most deficient in terms of energy performance.

Evidence of Energy Review through Rehabilitation Management

The university demonstrates the existence of this review process through the active management of its upgrade plans in 2024. The evidence confirms that institutional leadership is directly involved in monitoring these critical projects:

An administrative report documents that the Head of the Monitoring and Coordination Department conducted an on-site visit to monitor the works related to the rehabilitation of the university residences and urge the teams to accelerate the completion process.

This oversight confirms that the university is strategically focusing its resources on the facilities most likely to exhibit the highest energy wastage. Initiating and managing a major rehabilitation project is the direct result of an underlying review process that determined that the existing residences were severely inefficient and required comprehensive energy upgrades (e.g., enhanced insulation, modern, efficient HVAC, and lighting) to mitigate energy loss. This management action validates that the university is actively implementing solutions based on an implicit identification of energy wastage areas.