An integrated approach to achieving campus sustainability: assessment of the current campus environmental management practices |
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| Institution: | 1. City and Regional Planning, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, P.O. Box 1632, KFUPM, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia;2. City and Regional Planning, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, P.O. Box 8459, KFUPM, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia;1. State University of Rio Grande of South and Federal University of Santa Maria, PhD Program in Administration, Avenue Roraima, 1000, Camobi Neighborhood - Room 4303, 97105900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil;2. World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre, Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Lohbrügger Kirchstraße 65, 21033 Hamburg, Germany;3. School of Science and Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK;4. Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, CAMPUS I–Km 171–BR 285, Bairro São José, Caixa Postal 611–CEP 99001-970, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil;5. College of Science & Engineering in James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia;6. Business Sustainability, Nottingham Business School, England, UK;7. Faculty of Business, Sustainability Initiatives Advisory and Coordination (SIAC), BlackSea Industrial Symbiosis Platform (BSISP), Cekmekoy Campus, Istanbul, Turkey;8. Sciences of Environmental Engineering Program, School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, Brazil;9. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, United States;1. Department of Environment and Energy Management, Osaka University, 1-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan;2. Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan;3. Engineering Department, Nikken Sekkei Ltd., Japan;1. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Oficina de Sustentabilidad, Libertador Bernardo O''Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile;2. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Libertador Bernardo O''Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile;3. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Escuela de Ingeniería, Dirección de Responsabilidad Social, Subdirección de Sustentabilidad, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile;1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran;2. Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA |
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| Abstract: | Universities can nowadays be regarded as ‘small cities’ due to their large size, population, and the various complex activities taking place in campuses, which have some serious direct and indirect impacts on the environment. The environmental pollution and degradation caused by universities in form of energy and material consumption via activities and operations in teaching and research, provision of support services and in residential areas could be considerably reduced by an effective choice of organizational and technical measures. Although many environmental protection measures can be seen at some universities, but a more systematic and sustainable approach to reducing the negative impacts of those activities and making the campuses more sustainable, is generally lacking. Therefore, this paper proposes a framework of a more suitable approach to achieving campus sustainability that could remedy the limitations of the current environmental management practices in universities and ensures more sustainability through the integration of three strategies, namely: university Environmental Management System (EMS); public participation and social responsibility; and promoting sustainability in teaching and research. |
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