A JKU Linz logbook entry: We find ourselves in an utterly devastating world. The climate is changing, we are wasting resources. We don't know, for example, just how long we can continue to use fossil fuels, and we cannot predict rising costs. We cannot yet estimate the true consequences of climate change, however we are already experiencing initial changes. As a result, the JKU is taking a stance and has committed itself to a very ambitious goal to be climate-neutral by 2030!

If we want to minimize and reduce the effects of climate change, we have to first - and foremost - adopt a more holistic approach. On its own, the JKU is but a speck; however, as part of a global change process, we can move mountains! Each and every JKU employee and student is a beacon of hope and we want to say:

Welcome to our Mission 2030!

Join in. Make it happen.

We have compiled a list of things you can do every day in both your workplace and at home! Feel free to pass the information on to your co-workers, friends, family, and your kids!

1. setting the office room temperature to 21°C and, wherever possible, setting the corridor/lecture hall/foyer temperature to 19°C
2. turning the ventilator in the Main Campus Library off overnight between 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM
3. turning the ventilator in the classrooms/lecture halls overnight between 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM
4. optimizing the ventilation system time programming for even further
5. reducing the summer cooling capacity by 2 degrees
6. adjusting the IT cooling systems (LAN, servers, mainframes, ...)
7. closing the sliding doors in the connecting corridor and in the Kepler Bldg. (the two, south-side sliding doors) during the winter
8. reducing the lighting

• reducing the building lights at night beginning at 10:00 PM
• reducing the daytime building lighting to standard lighting, whenever technically possible
• turning the Somnium lighting off at night (emergency lighting only)
• turning the library quad lights off at night
• turning the Obelisk lighting on only during operating hours
• reducing outdoor lighting by 50% between 12:30 AM and 5:30 AM