Students Achieving Valuable Energy Savings (SAVES 2) Students Achieving Valuable Energy Savings (SAVES 2)

Students Achieving Valuable Energy Savings (SAVES 2) is the continuation and internationalisation of the Student Switch Off (SSO) campaign, which was launched in 2006 by the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom. This campaign was designed to encourage students living in university dormitories to save energy by raising awareness about energy efficiency and smart metering and instituting good sustainability habits to last beyond their time in education. Students are encouraged to take a pledge, and at the end of the academic year, the dormitory that saved the most energy at each participating university is rewarded for their efforts. After this scheme was initially expanded to four other European countries (Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, and Sweden) within the framework of SAVES (1), a further round of expansion to Romania, Bulgaria, and Ireland took place between 2017-2020. Targets included reaching 38,000 students per academic year in dormitories with the campaign and saving a total of 9 GWh of energy.