TU Dublin is Switching off Winter Break 2024
TU Dublin is Switching Off for the Winter Break! The University will close from 5pm on Monday 23 December and reopen at 8am on Thursday 02 January 2025.
As part of the ‘TU Dublin is Switching Off’ campaign, TU Dublin is committing to switch off all appropriate campus equipment and energy consuming resources during this time.
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Vice President for Sustainability Jennifer Boyer, together with students and staff from across the University are calling for everyone to prepare to fully switch off campus equipment before leaving for the Winter Break and to take time to mind our mental health and well-being over the holiday period.
This important call-to-action is a response to ease pressure on the national grid and support the ‘Reduce your use government' government policy for reducing energy consumption. We also encourage the TU Dublin community of students and staff to take the opportunity to ‘switch off’ screens and digital devices and to mind our mental and physical health during the break.
These actions should include:
- Fully switching off all computer devices and screens,
- Fully switching off all office equipment such as printers, chargers, speakers, etc,
- Clearing out and *switching off cold storage appliances in shared kitchens,
- Consolidating produce within canteen and academic kitchens to minimise the use of energy from cold storage appliances,
- Staff who use laboratory cold storage are asked to consider what can be switched off or consolidated.
Across each of our five locations, Campus & Estates will be implementing practical actions to facilitate TU Dublin ‘Switching Off'.
These will include:
- Switching off all student-facing devices,
- Switching off all AV equipment,
- Turning off all heating,
- Switching off all non-essential lighting,
- Switching off all digital signage.
Resources:
We understand that this can be a difficult time of year, so if you're struggling, please know you're not alone. If you need support urgently, please reach out to any of the below supports.
TU Dublin Student's Union support
Health and Well-being resources from the HSE
Reduce your use government campaign
*Be mindful for the potential for some freezers to defrost and leak, click here for tips on cleaning out and turning off cold storage appliances.