Low Carbon Energy Measurement

Termez State University measures the renewable electricity used across its campus and records renewable-energy production through electricity meters, solar inverter platforms, digital monitoring and electricity billing records. Its 2025 energy account identifies 3,010,000 kWh of solar electricity used directly on campus and 1,840,000 kWh purchased from the public grid. Together, these supplied 4,850,000 kWh of annual electricity use. Solar electricity therefore represented 62.06% of the recorded electricity consumed. The solar electricity used directly on campus is equivalent to 10,836 GJ.

These figures describe energy used by the university and give a direct institutional answer to the indicator. The electricity account identifies the renewable contribution within annual consumption, while the production schedule records the output of the university’s renewable facilities. Keeping these accounts distinct preserves the meaning of the measurements: direct solar use is 3,010,000 kWh, whereas annual photovoltaic generation is reported separately as 4,950,000 kWh. Both values appear in the university’s submitted 2025 GreenMetric evidence.

The conversion uses 1 kWh = 0.0036 GJ. The 62.06% solar share is the electricity-consumption ratio reported in the GreenMetric electricity account. Solar water heating and biogas appear in the separate thermal-energy schedule, so their output remains identifiable alongside the electricity measurements.

The university’s renewable-energy infrastructure includes solar photovoltaics, vacuum solar water heaters, biogas and mini hydropower. The 2025 submission records an installed photovoltaic capacity of 3,070 kW and total renewable production of 5,835,000 kWh-equivalent. This comprises 5,070,000 kWh of electricity from photovoltaics and mini hydropower, together with 765,000 kWh-equivalent of thermal energy from solar water heating and biogas. The production figures preserve the distinction between electrical and thermal output while allowing the university to report the overall scale of its renewable-energy programme.

The photovoltaic systems include installations at university parking facilities and at the Northern Water Collection and Distribution Facility in Termez. Vacuum solar water heaters on student-residence roofs provide hot water, with a combined hot-water capacity of 120,000 litres. At the university farm, organic waste is processed into biogas for heating and related energy uses. The mini hydroelectric station at Temir Darvoza in Boysun District forms part of the renewable-production schedule and supports research and educational activity. These facilities give the annual records identifiable physical sources of renewable electricity and heat.

Digital monitoring connects these facilities with energy management. The university’s energy-innovation submission identifies solar inverter platforms, electricity-metering systems and environmental software as tools for monitoring performance. It includes solar electricity-control software and describes management of electricity supplied to the university and the population through FusionSolar. The official renewable-energy page also presents FusionSolar monitoring and identifies renewable energy as a priority within the university’s development strategy. Metering and inverter information therefore form part of the university’s documented approach to observing renewable generation and managing electricity supply.

The wider equipment inventory shows the extent of the university’s energy-management infrastructure. The submitted 2025 inventory lists 52 smart electricity meters and sub-meters, including 45 classified as energy efficient, and 135 energy breakers and control panels, including 112 classified as efficient. Across the complete appliance inventory, 52,806 of 61,139 units are recorded as energy efficient, a reported share of 86.37%. The lighting inventory includes 48,300 efficient indoor fixtures out of 55,508 listed, 965 efficient outdoor lighting units out of 1,120, and 340 efficient motion-sensor units out of 420.

Other entries record 864 efficient air-conditioning units out of 1,080; 1,875 efficient computers and monitors out of 2,420; 160 efficient printers and multifunction devices out of 210; and 82 efficient refrigerators and laboratory cold-storage units out of 110. The water-heater and boiler inventory records 57 efficient units out of 76, while six of eight elevators are classified as efficient. These submitted counts describe the equipment base against which electricity use and efficiency measures are managed. They complement the annual energy account by identifying the appliances and controls used across university buildings.

The smart-building submission extends this account to 22 academic, administrative, residential, sports, library and research facilities. It reports 97,677.44 m² of smart-building area within 99,387.91 m² of total building area, equivalent to 98.27% coverage. The features assessed include energy monitoring, automation, efficient lighting and water management. This places energy observation within the management of buildings used for teaching, research, accommodation and university services.

Institutional oversight is established through the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Programme, which the submission places under the Carbon Reduction and Net-Zero Policy and the university’s 2025–2027 sustainability agenda. The programme addresses direct university emissions, purchased electricity and wider indirect emissions. Its monitoring arrangements draw on electricity bills, photovoltaic inverter data, fuel and vehicle records, waste-management logs, procurement documentation and sustainability reports. Responsible university units review implementation annually and identify further measures to improve energy performance and reduce emissions.

The university’s Energy and Climate Change Programme for 2024–2030 provides a longer planning period that includes the reporting year. The GreenMetric climate-programmes evidence identifies this programme and supplies its original policy link. The official energy-audit page describes audits of teaching buildings, laboratories, administrative facilities, accommodation, lighting, heating and cooling. It cites rector’s Order 182-U of 29 September 2024 as the basis for assigning responsibilities and strengthening energy-efficiency control. The university’s policy register also lists infrastructure sustainability and resource efficiency, alongside a policy concerning investment in carbon-intensive energy industries.

The submitted grid-electricity records provide a comparison over time. Electricity purchased from the public grid is recorded as 2,120,000 kWh in 2023 and 1,840,000 kWh in 2025. These are grid-purchase values, which sit alongside the separately recorded renewable electricity used directly on campus. Presenting the two streams together makes the 2025 consumption account more informative than the purchase record alone and shows how university-owned solar electricity contributes to the energy used by the institution.

Official publications during 2025 describe the development and review of the university’s energy projects. Telegram posts published on 20 January cover alternative energy and a governor’s visit to the solar project. A regional government account dated 10 February describes the construction-stage solar project as a 3 MW station on three hectares. The university’s 31 May news report describes the rector’s visit to the Darband micro-hydropower development, followed by an official Telegram account on 26 June concerning the green-energy project and electricity supply. The 25 July channel publication provides further media coverage of university green-energy initiatives.

The public record continues with the 21 November university-hosted conferences on alternative and renewable energy in southern Uzbekistan and on the green economy. A further Telegram post on 11 December describes a management review of Darband hydropower construction. These dated accounts describe the projects and institutional attention behind the energy programme. The annual numerical answer remains the recorded 2025 consumption balance, supported by the renewable-production schedule, digital monitoring arrangements and annual review process