Eawag Annual Report 2021
The Annual Report gives a wide-ranging account of current Eawag projects. It is published in English and German, and since 2013 also in French.
The Annual Report gives a wide-ranging account of current Eawag projects. It is published in English and German, and since 2013 also in French.
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INSTITUTION<br />
49<br />
Environment<br />
It’s a well-known dilemma: international research activities<br />
are of vital importance for scientists, but aircraft<br />
emissions contribute to climate change. As an environmental<br />
research institute, <strong>Eawag</strong> therefore wishes to<br />
reduce business air travel.<br />
Since 2020, under an internal directive, staff have been<br />
required to travel by rail rather than air for journeys of<br />
up to 1,000 kilometres. And since 2019, <strong>Eawag</strong> has had<br />
its own videoconferencing facility, making it much easier<br />
for researchers to conduct remote meetings.<br />
Energy consumption per capita<br />
Energy consumption<br />
MWh/FTE<br />
Renewable energy share<br />
in per cent<br />
11 MWh 90%<br />
10 MWh<br />
9 MWh<br />
8 MWh<br />
7 MWh<br />
80%<br />
70%<br />
60%<br />
50%<br />
2014<br />
2015<br />
2016<br />
2017<br />
2018<br />
2019<br />
2020<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
Electricity generation and greenhouse gas emissions<br />
Solar power<br />
MWh<br />
Greenhouse gas emissions<br />
in t CO 2<br />
- eq<br />
170 MWh<br />
150 MWh<br />
130 MWh<br />
110 MWh<br />
90 MWh<br />
70 MWh<br />
800<br />
700<br />
600<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
2014<br />
2015<br />
2016<br />
2017<br />
2018<br />
2019<br />
2020<br />
<strong>2021</strong>
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