Comparison of Environmental Data 2005-2007
Project supervisors: Dr. Steck, Ms. Zeller, Dr. Kraus
The comparison of environmental data encompasses important basic data and reference figures for resource use at the University of Freiburg. It is updated each year for controlling purposes, i.e. in order to determine how close we have come to achieving our long-term objectives. The time series begin in 2001 and are based on data from the official university statistics http://www.verwaltung.uni-freiburg.de/statdaten/. They are complemented by yearly calculations and evaluations concerning resource use and the use of alternative proposals such as the job ticket (public transportation passes for employees).
For the purpose of visualization, we have included several graphs on this page with data from the table.
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| Energy use per square meter of space | Energy use per person (employee, student) | Drinking water use |
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| Amount of waste/recyclable material | Paper use | Space per person (employee, student) |
| Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Employees | |||||||
| University | FTE[1] | 2.531 | 2,552 | 2,578 | 2,567 | 2,589 | 2,799 |
| Faculty of Medicine[2] | FTE[1] | 1,784 | 1,828 | 1,819 | 1,850 | 1,897 | 1,924 |
| Teaching assistants | amount | 1,199 | 1,334 | 1,300 | 1,332 | 1,465 | 2,254 |
| Students | amount | 20,495 | 21,634 | 22,020 | 22,168 | 22,100 | 20,714 |
| Spaces | |||||||
| University | MUA[3] (m²) | 214,971 | 224,194 | 224,194 | 225,171 | 239,246 | 243,547 |
| NIA[4] (m²) | 392,648 | 407,099 | 407,099 | 407,843 | 427,682 | 432,870 | |
| Faculty of Medicine[2] | MUA[3] (m²) | 16,923 | 16,923 | 16,923 | 16,991 | 16,991 | 17,667 |
| NIA[4] (m²) | 18,441 | 18,443 | 18,443 | 18,498 | 18,498 | 19,375 | |
| Electricity use | kWh/a | 34,300,953 | 42,003,283 | 41,713,490 | 42,165,663 | 43,135,973 | 45,906,395 |
| Heating energy | |||||||
| Steam | kWh/a | 48,545,868 | 54,264,665 | 55,840,356 | 57,303,350 | 60,229,000 | 55,225,355 |
| Gas | kWh/a | 2,689,474 | 2,034,187 | 2,057,727 | 2,683,424 | 3,499,028 | 3,013,458 |
| Oil | kWh/a | 932,780 | 1,911,060 | 1,086,510 | 1,532,030 | 1,293,100 | 735,200 |
| Water use | |||||||
| Drinking water use | m3/a | 165,355 | 171,280 | 158,165 | 153,718 | 157,075 | 152,018 |
| Well water | m3/a | 145,002 | 167,064 | 184,791 | 130,631 | 105,765 | 150,928 |
| Waste/recyclable material | |||||||
| Recovered paper | t/a | 449 | 369 | 316 | 330 | 284 | 306 |
| Biologically decomposed | t/a | 83 | 88 | 87 | 81 | 88 | 76 |
| Composted[DH1] | t/a | 33 | 18 | 137 | 102 | 119 | 137 |
| Radioactive waste | m3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Domestic waste | t/a | 405 | 432 | 451 | 448 | 398 | 394 |
| Hazardous waste | t/a | 106 | 92 | 90 | 92 | 87 | 89 |
| Recyclable material [5] | t/a | 134 | 135 | 119 | 129 | 107 | 139 |
| Paper use | |||||||
| Fresh-fiber paper | t/a | 172 | 175 | 178 | 168 | 75 | 69 |
| Recycled paper | t/a | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 100 | 107 |
| Transportation | |||||||
| Job tickets | amount/a | * | * | 460 | 560 | 550 | 625 |
| Rented parking spaces | amount/a | * | * | 1,016 | 999 | 1,039 | 1,077 |
| Semester tickets [6] | amount/a | 4,116 | 16,067 | 17,313 | 18,025 | 18,488 | 17,567 |
[1] full-time equivalent [2] spaces of the Faculty of Medicine managed directly by the administrative board [3] main usable area[DH2] [4] net internal area[DH3] [5] without electronic scrap metal [6] all students in Freiburg [*] not available in this year | |||||||






