Intelligent power management company Eaton is partnering with the University of Notre Dame to establish a new electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure for students, faculty, staff, and the maintenance fleet. This initiative aims to meet the growing demand for EV charging on campus and accelerate Notre Dame’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
“The university is pleased to be collaborating with Eaton in this emerging market as we work to expand and diversify our microgrid on campus,” said Paul Kempf, assistant vice president for utilities and maintenance at Notre Dame. “Our relationship with Eaton, which has spanned over 30 years, has brought many benefits to our campus, and these new EV chargers and their software are the latest success.”
John Rhodes, president of Assemblies and Residential Solutions at Eaton, expressed excitement about the collaboration, stating, “We’re thrilled to support Notre Dame’s EV charging needs today and into the future. As EV adoption increases, we’re providing the advanced hardware and software needed for fast, convenient, and affordable EV charging infrastructure.”
Eaton is supplying its Green Motion Building chargers to provide safe and reliable EV charging at various campus locations, including utility and maintenance buildings, commuter and faculty parking lots, an administrative building, the bookstore, and the art museum. The charging stations are integrated with Eaton’s Charging Network Manager software, which allows Notre Dame to remotely monitor and optimize the charging stations, manage access control and monetization, and reduce costs through load management from a single, intuitive dashboard.
Geory Kurtzhals, senior director of sustainability at Notre Dame, noted, “The updated chargers and additional software will provide data to help us better understand the use and demand for EV charging on campus, informing our decisions as we move forward.”
