How to turn down a thermostatic radiator valve

Normally, your workplace will see little to no occupancy in winter time, especially during Christmas recess. To avoid unnecessary energy usage, it's important that you set individual thermostatic radiator valves to a lower setting. But how do you go about doing this?

• Turn down the thermostatic radiator valve to position 2.
• On average, position 2 translates to a temperature of about 16°C. This is sufficient to significantly lower the energy usage of a building.
• Notice that it is not necessary to turn the radiator valve all the way down to '*' (frost setting).
• The principal is similar with other types of thermostatic radiator valves.

Heating system buildings on night-time temperature settings

To further avoid unnecessary energy usage, the Department of Infrastructure and Facility Management together with the deans have decided that a number of Ghent University buildings will switch to night-time temperature settings for an extended period of time around Christmas recess: Wednesday evening 22 December up to and including Wednesday evening 5 January.

The following buildings will be set to night-time temperature settings

Be aware that these buildings will not be publically accessible during this period and you will therefore need your staff badge in case you need access. EXCEPTION: 05.03 Blandijn will be open on 23/12 and 24/12.

Looking for alternative workplaces?

In case there are no workplaces available in buildings adjacent to the ones at which the heating is turned down during this period, a number of co-working spaces have been made available to affected employees in Rectoraat 1 (FI 27.13) in the following conference rooms:

• Conference room 0.3 Recto Verso 3 on the ground floor
• Conference room 1.1 on the 1st floor
• Conference room 3.2 on the 3rd floor
• Conference room Management Comittee on the 3rd floor
• Conference room Het Kabinet on the 4th floor