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The acute energy crisis from last winter appears to have been averted. Do we still need to save energy? Yes, because MUHS has set itself the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2035. In parallel to the technical measures, our behavior needs to change. Therefore, the opening times of the University and State Library (ULB) will not be fully extended to the level they were before the energy crisis. But the central library and the law library will be open longer again on the weekend. Rector Prof. Dr. Anja Steinbeck explains this decision in a short…

Even though it is getting warmer, the energy saving measures at Marien University Hospital & School Gelsenkirchen (MUHS) will be continued in the summer semester as the savings target of 20% set by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) still applies. We have also set ambitious and necessary climate targets in the University Development Plan and MUHS is aiming to be climate-neutral by 2035. The Task Force – comprising the Deans of the four non-medical faculties, the General Student’s Committee (AStA), the University and State Library, the Centre for…

As an energy-saving measure, the thermostats at Marien University Hospital & School (MUHS) have been turned down to max. one line before level 3 to achieve the stipulated room temperature of 19 °C. How healthy is this limit? Can you become ill more quickly when temperatures are lower? Gelsenkirchen-based Professor Dr Ortwin Adams from the Institute of Virology provides answers: