The tender process has been entered to place solar panels on the roof of every applicable building in ITU Ayazağa Campus. Apart from ITU's own initiatives, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change initiated the Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings Project (KABEV). Within the scope of this project, five buildings in ITU Ayazağa Campus (Molecular Biology and Genetics Research Center (MOBGAM), Mustafa İnan Library, 75th Year Student Social Center (Former Cafeteria Building), Altan Edige Girls' Dormitory, Ali İhsan Aldoğan Girls' Dormitory) ) will be renewed for energy efficiency. Investments will include building envelope measures (roof/wall insulation, windows, doors), heating/cooling systems, water heating, pumps/fans and lighting, and some renewable energies. Renewable energy applications (e.g. rooftop solar, biomass heating, solar water heating, geothermal heat pumps) will be implemented to balance the building's electricity/fuel use(https://www.kabev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/QCBS-DESSUP-09-Terms-of-Reference.pdf).

The Techopark Arı6,  which was opened in 2014,  was the innovation hub of renewable energy researches in Turkey (http://www.itu.edu.tr/en/news/2014/12/10/turkey's-first-energy-teknokent-has-been-opened ). In line with the national strategies, ITU’s R&D strategy sees Energy as one of the most important topics of new era in terms of sustainable protection of natural life, economy and social context. ARI Technopark is Turkey's very first and unique energy-themed Teknopark which is defining energy as a strategic area  and giving it an important place among development objectives. In ArıTechnopark entrepreneurial technology companies working on the subject of energy are brought together. As companies focus on finding innovative productions and solutions , they implement some of products, therefore facade and roof of Arı6 building is covered with  photovoltaic panels, thus the energy need of the building is met thanks to this system.

The Technopark Arı6

The Clean Energy Days, which has been going on regularly every year since 2009, is organized by ITU that draws attention to alternative energy sources and energy saving issues.

Sustainable Energy Production Facility which is built for 1.6 tons of solid waste collected from the campus dining hall, is converting organic waste to biogas. The resulting biogas can be converted into electricity and heat energy by the generator and 30 kilowatt hours of energy can be produced per day. The generated electricity will be evaluated for the purpose of heating the plant while the heat generated by the processes will be treated in the artificial wetland to be installed and used in on-campus irrigation activities.

-Heat and electricity are produced from food waste (anaerobic digester in the campus)

Total energy used:-

157,866.8 GJ

Total energy used in the ITU Ayazaga Campuse is about 157,866.8 GJ. The majority is from natural gas.

 Energy used from low-carbon sources:-

1.0 GJ This small amount of energy as low-carbon sources is used inside the campus from Photovoltaic Systems.

ITU reviews the energy usage to identify the energy wastage.

Generators

ITU AYAZAĞA CAMPUS Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)