The Facens Campus has a photovoltaic power generation capacity of almost 52 kWp, which results in the production of approximately 15% of the energy demanded by the University Center. This power is obtained by a Grid-Tie System (Fixed), an Off-Grid System and a Grid-Tie System (Tracker), with monocrystalline, polycrystalline and thin film plates, that is, different technologies of photovoltaic systems. The system is currently being expanded following approval by the institution in the Energy Efficiency Program (PEE) of the local CPFL Piratininga Concessionaire. The expansion of the photovoltaic solar energy generation system by another 70 kWp will allow production of approximately 40% of the electricity demand at the University Center.

The photovoltaic system has real-time monitoring of generation with data pointing on the Smart Campus Facens DashBoard. In this way, it is possible to monitor and resolve malfunctions, as well as to make available and use historical data for academic work.

At FACENS we calculate CO² emissions from the Facens campus, with the sum of the value being presented on the Facens Smart Campus Dashboard. The project was based on the carbon footprint calculation model from the UI Green Metric University Sustainability Ranking.

The technologies available at Facens for accounting for vehicles circulating on the Campus favored the establishment of an automatic process, as did the system used to monitor Facens' electricity consumption (from hydroelectric plants).

The SmartLab DashBoard is where we manage and store data from projects implemented at FACENS. SmartLab's big challenge is to integrate data made available by sensors, software and IoT devices from different sectors (internal and external) into a single DashBoard.

To make this development possible, SmartLab has an internal team specialized in integrating the different communication languages ​​of devices, among which LoRa, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wireless, 5G, among others, stand out, which are constantly being added to the market. .

In order to promote energy efficiency and improve campus lighting, partnerships were established with five manufacturers of national and international Telemetry solutions. The implementations and studies total 36 telemetry points on campus. In total, 5 technological solutions were tested (UPGRID, ARQUILED, JUGANU, SMARTGREEN and Shuncom).

The technologies implemented have features such as parameterizing opening hours remotely, with different programming levels, including: on/off and dimming and real-time management of the energy consumption of each point.

The installations of these technologies allowed experiential knowledge of market solutions, including greater security in viewing such applications for partners and public managers in cities close to the campus.

Through the Campus Electric Energy Diagnosis project, which identified the primary and secondary vectors of energy consumption on the campus, as well as recording sectorial consumption of buildings, a partnership was established with the company Gestal and the campus began to having real-time monitoring of the electrical magnitudes of its primary cabin, allowing the identification of abnormalities, as well as the general energy consumption of the campus.

The project ranged from the selection, specification and installation of meters in internal points of the Facens campus, allowing a more stratified view of the electrical behavior in some environments on the campus.

The project is currently expanding, with the installation of other meter units at strategic points on the campus to control and monitor consumption.