Student Switch-Off Campaigns in Bulgaria

Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (UoS) is participating in the Student Switch Off (SSO) campaign organised within the SAVES2 project. The SSO campaign is an inter-dormitory energy-saving competition that focuses on a predefined set of activities, encouraging students to save energy in their university dormitories, while the SSO+ campaign is focused on students living in the private rented sector and aimed at raising awareness of energy performance certificates (EPC), smart meters and energy efficiency and thus helping students reduce their energy costs and their exposure to energy poverty. Energy savings are determined by comparing pre-intervention electricity consumption with post-intervention electricity consumption in each dormitory/private accommodation. The ones that save the most energy are announced as the winners and rewarded for their efforts. The campaigns have been active in UoS for three consecutive academic years in the period 2017 – 2020, with 6 300 students being involved in the 2017 – 2018 and 2018 – 2019 academic year and 3 097 students involved in the 2019 – 2020 academic year.