TU Dublin is Switching off for Winter Break 2025
TU Dublin is Switching Off for the Winter Break! The University will close from 5pm on Tuesday 23 December and reopen at 8am on Friday 02 January 2026.
Building opening arrangements across TU Dublin campuses will operated at a reduced schedule commencing Monday 15 December 2025, and throughout the Christmas and New Year holiday period. More information on opening and closing times can be found here.
As part of the ‘TU Dublin is Switching Off’ campaign, TU Dublin is committing to switch off all appropriate campus equipment and energy consuming resources during this time.
This important call-to-action is a response to ease pressure on the national grid and support the ‘Reduce your use government' government policy for reducing energy consumption. We also encourage the TU Dublin community of students and staff to take the opportunity to ‘switch off’ screens and digital devices and to mind our mental and physical health during the break.
These actions should include:
- Fully switching off all computer devices and screens,
- Fully switching off all office equipment such as printers, chargers, speakers, etc,
- Clearing out and *switching off cold storage appliances in shared kitchens,
- Consolidating produce within canteen and academic kitchens to minimise the use of energy from cold storage appliances,
- Staff who use laboratory cold storage are asked to consider what can be switched off or consolidated.
Across each of our five locations, Campus & Estates will be implementing practical actions to facilitate TU Dublin ‘Switching Off'.
These will include:
- Switching off all student-facing devices,
- Switching off all AV equipment,
- Turning off all heating,
- Switching off all non-essential lighting,
- Switching off all digital signage.