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UI GreenMetric team visited National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) on March 07-11, 2016. In their visit, they learned about sustainability management office, information and data collection related to sustainability, and studied a variety of innovations and best practices carried out in NPUST, especially in the field of energy management and sustainability. NPUST is the second largest university in Taiwan and has participated in UI GreenMetric survey since 2012. The Campus became the best university in Taiwan in the 2015 version of UI GreenMetric Ranking. President Prof. Chang-Hsien Tai, Ph.D said that UI GreenMetric is one ranker that provides a lot of influence on developments in NPUST. The university emphasizes research and the creation of a wide range of research products which then it can contribute to agriculture, mainly because of Pingtung is one of the provinces with the most revenue is from the agricultural sector. Various products produced by the university are processed to obtain a patent from the government of Taiwan and the USA. Here are some sustainable technologies that we can look at NPUST. [caption id="attachment_3162" align="aligncenter" width="561"] Green Roof System International College[/caption] Green Roof System is designed by one of the professors in NPUST. The foreign students will be involved in its manufacture. This system is a sustainable construction with insufficient soil condition and specific plants that are resistant to this condition. [caption id="attachment_3163" align="aligncenter" width="561"] Jingsi Lake[/caption] Jingsi Lake is one of the artificial lake in NPUST for purposes of maintain the water availability in a university environment. [caption id="attachment_3164" align="aligncenter" width="561"] Heat Pumps[/caption] Heat pumps technology is being used in NPUST as an alternative water heater source. This facility is more power-efficient, because its use two-thirds of the amount of electrical energy. [caption id="attachment_3165" align="aligncenter" width="561"] Rain Water Recycling Treatment[/caption] A model of this building system is provided for educational purposes both for students and the communities. The rain water from the roof will be inserted in the ground tank and then be re-pumped so that can be used for a variety of purposes [caption id="attachment_3166" align="aligncenter" width="561"] Water Management Facilities[/caption] This system managed by the Center for Environmental Protection, Safety, and Health. Water Management Facilities is domestic waste water treatment facility that obtained from the campus. [caption id="attachment_3167" align="aligncenter" width="561"] Waste Management System[/caption] Waste Management System located at Department of Animal Science. This facility is used to converts organic wastes from animal into organic fertilizer. Methane gas as a side product that produced from the process can be an alternative renewable energy. Another technologies are solar power facilities and electric car that can supply the energy for research and academic activities. Incentive program for stakeholders and students that supporting water and waste management system making facilities more sustainable. Technology management of this University can encourage the other Universities to better integrate their facilities, such as in waste treatment for renewable energy sources, rainwater utilization for domestic uses, and all of those technologies are based on artistic taste so that can be a learning tools and educative recreation for students or communities.  

The UI-UNSW Scholars Dialogue program which was organized by University of New South Wales is a series of UNSW Research Roadshow 2016. UI GreenMetric Team participated in this event, represented by Dr. Nyoman Suwartha, S.T., M.T., M.Agr as a speaker in a panel session of the green sustainability. He introduced about UI GreenMetric, the objectives of, ranking criteria and indicators, scoring for each indicator in 2015, participants from all regions, socialization planning on March 2017 in Melbourne, and reported the UI GreenMetric activities in the International Forum. Dr. Nyoman was also presented about research collaboration in Faculty of Engineering Universitas Indonesia, such as : CSID (Sustainable Infrastructure), TREC (Renewable Energy), and Bio Engineering Center. This information session is expected to raise awareness about UI GreenMetric World University Ranking, green sustainability research, and technology development.

UI GreenMetric team attended The 10th International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) 2016 in Siena, represented by Dr. Nyoman Suwartha, S.T., M.T., M.Agr. Over 160 participants from various state institutions attended this annual event that serves a global forum to support the campus entities for achieving campus sustainability. UI GreenMetric allowed to put up standing banner, distributing flyers, and introducing what UI GreenMetric is, when break time and gala dinner. ISCN discussed the role of the university in managing social change, improvement program and government’s continuing system, international collaboration between the university and agencies to improving social welfare, leadership for managing a changing planet, and university-private sector collaborations for a sustainable future. The ISCN award was also held in this event for efforts universities for exceptional sustainability in campus planning, integration with academics, student leadership, and exemplary building projects. The winner for 2016 ISCN Sustainable Campus Excellence Awards are: University of São Paulo (Excellence in Campus), University of Oxford (Excellence in Innovative Collaboration), and Sustainability Week at the Five Universities in Zurich (Excellence in Student Leadership). UI GreenMetric have an opportunity to visited the University of Bologna and had a meeting with Prof. Mirko Degli Esposti (the vice-chancellor), Luciana Sacchetti (quality research valorization unit), Olivia (staff who filled out a questionnaire UI GM), and Alesandra (Environmental Engineering School Prof). University of Bologna was very interested and welcomed an invitation from UI GreenMetric to participates as a HUB UI GreenMetric and to conduct a national workshop. They are also submitted suggestions for improving UI GreenMetric’s guidelines, related to the definition of criteria / indicators to be more easily understood by respondents.

Africa has been late to join the ‘green’ universities movement – only five institutions on the continent are among more than 400 participating in a global ranking of universities that practise environmentally friendly policies to help combat climate change. But now national and regional ‘green’ university networks are being developed on the continent. Green university networks are currently being planned for Kenya, Morocco, Uganda and West Africa – as well as for Arab states and West Asia – in a consultative process between universities, national environmental and education agencies and the United Nations Environment Programme, according to UNEP. There is much catching up to be done, at least with some institutions in the developed world. GreenMetric World University Ranking The 2015 UI GreenMetric World University Ranking, produced by Universitas Indonesia and released on 22 January, ranked the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom as the world’s top ‘green’ campus followed by America’s University of Connecticut and the University of California, Davis. Among the five African universities included in the ranking for sustainability are two from Egypt, one from Morocco and two from South Africa. Top in Africa is the American University in Cairo, which was ranked 81 out of 407, followed by Egypt’s Kafrelsheikh University (193), South Africa’s University of KwaZulu-Natal (328) and the University of South Africa (346), and Cadi Ayyad University in Morocco (396). Universitas Indonesia says it is the only world ranking that measures participating universities’ commitment to developing environmentally friendly infrastructure. UI GreenMetric has been accepted as a member of the IREG Observatory – the international ranking expert group – based in Belgium. The university said in a release that 407 universities from 65 countries had provided information to the ranking. This year the ranking introduced a Carbon Footprint evaluation, which it said is “tightly related to the main indicators”: environmental setting and infrastructure (15%), energy and climate change (21%), waste management (18%), water management (10%), eco-friendly transportation (18%) and education (18%). Turning African universities 'green’ The ‘green’ university networks being forged in Africa and other developing regions are, UNEP says, aimed at improving campus sustainability by incorporating “environmental, low carbon-climate resilience development strategies and sustainability aspects in their education, training, campus operations and enhanced student engagement” in and beyond universities. The networks will also assist universities to mainstream UNEP’s Greening Universities Toolkit into their day-to-day functions through green campus developments and practices, curriculum development, and community and student engagement. National and regional ‘green’ university networks are being developed for Kenya, Morocco, Uganda and West Africa, assisted by UNEP’s Environmental Education and Training Unit, through the flagship Global Universities Partnership on Environment and Sustainability initiative. An Arab States Green University Network will be launched next July and the Kenya Green University Network, or KGUN, will launch in the coming month. KGUN will be a functional network of Kenya’s 67 higher education institutions and will provide a strategic platform for collaborative efforts to incorporate environmental and sustainability aspects into education and training, campus operations and management. Eusebius Mukhwana, deputy secretary for planning, research and development at Kenya’s Commission for University Education, told University World News that the KGUN was a collaborative effort between the commission, UNEP and Kenya’s national environmental authority. Mariam Ayombi Osman, an environmental education and training specialist for UNEP’s Environmental Education and Training Unit, told University World News that the greening initiative could be implemented through formal education and training, lifelong learning, and capacity building projects. “In Africa, the Kenya Green University Network will play a key role in implementation of the African Environmental Education and Training Action Plan 2015-24, which aims to enhance community environmental education and training within the continent for endorsement by African ministers.”

Dear distinguished Presidents/Rectors/Vice Chancellors/Chancellors, Greetings from Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia! I am pleased to invite your esteemed university to participate in 2016 UI  GreenMetric World University Ranking. We have ranked universities in sustainability issues since 2010. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your university's programs and innovation in sustainability to the world.  This year we have revised the guideline and methodology to be more transparent and objective to portray worldwide university efforts to deal with sustainability issues based on inputs and suggestions from 2015 participating universities. Please find the formal invitation letter from our Rector Prof. Dr. Ir. Muhammad Anis,  M. Met,  the Questionnaire, and the Guideline on 2016 UI GreenMetric World University Ranking in this website. Information about GreenMetric and 2015 ranking can be accessed in http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id.  Please also send us the pdf file of your submission to greenmetric@ui.ac.id once you submitted your questionnaire Thank you for your kind attention and we look forward to receiving your university's completed questionaire in the near future. Yours sincerely, Prof. Dr. Ir. Riri Fitri Sari, MM, MSc. Chairperson of UI GreenMetric Universitas Indonesia Email: greenmetric@ui.ac.id Website: http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id Download Guideline 2016 Download Questionnaire 2016

The 2nd International Workshop on UI GreenMetric 2016 were conducted on 21st April 2016 with 18 Rectors/Vice Rectors presentation, and participated by more than 26 universities from 16 countries.  In the final part of the conference we announced that  Bulent Ecevit University of Turkey to be the host of the 3rd International Workshop of UI GreenMetric in April 2017. We have also have the proposals of Universitas Diponegoro Indonesia in line for 2018, University College Cork Ireland? for 2019, and University of Zanjan Iran for 2020, and Universitas Utara Malaysia for 2021. ? We also announced to all participants to send us information to be distributed through the UI GreenMetric Website for information sharing. We announced yesterday of the possibilities to create a network hub in each country/region to help more universities to join the UI GreenMetric.  If your university is interested to  be the GreenMetric Hub in which you can lead to organise a Workshop that can invite your colleagues in your region, i.e Vice Chancellor for facilities and sustainability and their Director/officers to join the workshop. UI GreenMetric team can come for a coaching session, so that more universities universities join and aware of their Sustainability Program Indicators improvement. Let us know your idea , proposed schedule and whether we can work together to organize it. ? Thank you so much for your support to UI GreenMetric

The University of Nottingham has been awarded the title of the most environmentally-friendly campus in the world for the fourth time. The Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities is the first and only ranking of its kind, which measures the eco-friendly status of 407 universities worldwide through six key indicators, including environmental setting, waste management and transportation. Each university is then given a mark for specific issues falling into these categories, such as its greenhouse gas emission reductions policy and water conservation program. “The commitment to its rebuild demonstrates the University’s commitment to the reduction of its carbon footprint” The UI’s focus of 2015 was carbon footprint, a prevalent theme at the University of Nottingham due to the development of the GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry on Jubilee Campus. Although this development made headlines in 2014 when the partly-constructed building was destroyed in a fire, the commitment to its rebuild demonstrates the University’s dedication to the reduction of its carbon footprint. The building will be carbon-neutral over its lifetime, and is built from natural materials and powered by renewable sources. “I think it’s really great that the University has been recognised for the most environmentally-friendly campus in the world” Commenting on the recent accolade, Iona Hudson, a second year Philosophy student, told Impact: “I think it’s really great that the University has been recognised for the most environmentally-friendly campus in the world. It shows that they care about providing a better future for their students and the next generation”. The University also has in place a Carbon Management Plan which seeks, by 2020, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40% from the level recorded in 2010. This plan proposes various initiatives and investments which will ideally result in the reduction of greenhouse gas emission, and includes the improvement of many buildings’ thermal performance, as well as the development of technologies such as lake source and ground source heat pumps to provide renewable, low-carbon energy. “The research conducted through [The Creative Energy Homes] has influenced governmental strategies” Nottingham is also working alongside leading firms including E.ON to investigate the integration of energy efficient technologies into houses. The Creative Energy Homes, a cluster of eco-friendly buildings on University Park, are an example of this work, and the research conducted through this project has influenced governmental strategies. Resource : http://www.impactnottingham.com/2016/01/uon-awarded-worlds-greenest-university-campus-title/

University College Cork (UCC) has been ranked fourth in the world in a list of the most sustainable universities, achieving the highest result in Ireland. Universitas Indonesia (UI) released its GreenMetric Rankings of World Universities 2015 having measured the commitment made by over 400 universities across the globe in developing an “environmentally-friendly” infrastructure. UCC ranked the highest among Irish universities, including DCU (58th), University of Limerick (16th), UCD (111th) and Maynooth University (93rd). Mark Poland, director of buildings and estates said: “We are pleased to retain such a high ranking in these metrics... Our Green Campus Forum continues to work on all aspects of sustainability under our ‘Student-led, Research-informed and Practice-focused’ principles.” He said UCC strives to reduce its environmental impact through reduced energy use, waste management and sustainable commuting. “The engagement of all members of the university community including students, staff, suppliers and our subsidiary companies is important. The Mardyke Arena recently achieved energy, environmental and safety ISO accreditation and we are working closely with Kylemore on local vegetable production for our restaurants.” He said UCC was on its way to achieving targets of a 33 per cent energy reduction by 2020. UCC is fully committed to being a world leader in the green sustainability area, according to Prof John O’Halloran, vice president for teaching and learning and co-chair of the University Green Forum. “Last week we launched a United Nations Gems Water Centre to support sustainable water in Africa and across the globe and today we launched a new campus-wide module on sustainability, which is available to all students, staff and members of the public,” Prof O’Halloran said. The measurement is related to environmental setting, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation, and education. This year, UI has added a Carbon Footprint evaluation, to encourage universities to look into this issue. The ranking has five indicators: setting and infrastructure; energy and climate change; waste management; water management; eco-friendly transportation facility and education. Resource : http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/ucc-is-world-s-fourth-most-sustainable-university-1.2512136

Universitas Indonesia (UI) released UI GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities 2015 result on January 22nd 2016. It is the first and the only ranking that measure each participating university's commitment in developing an ‘environmentally friendly’ infrastructure. University of Nottingham with the total score of 7,267.00 became the world's best green campuses, followed by the University of Connecticut (total score 7,156.00) and the third-ranked is the University of California, Davis (total score 7,134.00). Moreover, the most green campus in Indonesia in the list is Universitas Indonesia with the total score of 6,202.00 and ranked 33th in the world. The UI GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities 2015 was announced by the Rector UI, Prof.Dr. Ir. Muhammad Anis, M.Met and the Founder of UI GreenMetric, Prof. Riri Fitri Sari ?at the newly installed UI Faculty Club. This year, the methodology to measure the university points has been added with the newly introduced Carbon Footprint evaluation, to trigger many universities to look into this issue in their campus. This measurement is tightly related to the 6 (six) main indicators, i.e. the environmental setting, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation, and education  Based on research and survey conducted by UI GreenMetric team, lead by Prof. Riri Fitri Sari, 407 universities from 65 countries have participated and use the performance indicators as their measurement tools of achievement in providing a condusive learning environment.  That number is a significant rise of participant for the UI GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities 2014, that has only 360 universities from 62 countries. Rector UI Prof. Muhammad Anis said UI GreenMetric is one of UI's icon because it has attracted hundreds of Higher Education institution in the world to refer to UI GreenMetric as their measurement tools in developing an environmentally friendly campus infrastructure. The indicators of UI GreenMetric have also been accepted and applied as a measurement not only for the reputable universities in developed countries, but also in a developing countries. “Through the UI GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities assessment effort, UI contributes in helping society to increase their awareness on sustainable development and environment protection. It keeps tract of the universities milestones in increasing the awareness to save energy, use water wisely, manage the waste, arrange an environmentally friendly transport system yet expands the green criteria through the education system.” UI GreenMetric is an UI innovation in the last 6 years to build a sustainable environment. It has been widely known in the world as the world's first Ranker to asess universities commitment to the development infrastructure, education, and research environment and sustainability.   As a university that became a trend setter with its new innovation in effort to build sustainable campus environment, UI GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities follows the effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University to act as a Ranker with their academic ranking of world university.  About UI GreenMetric: UI GreenMetric has been accepted as a member of IREG Observatory (International Ranked Expert Group) in Belgium based on the reference from US News Ranking, HEEACT ranking Taiwan, and IHEP Washington DC. IREG is observer of world  university rankers, and conducted some audit programs. UI Greenmetric has been mentioned widely in UNESCO forum and IREG (International Ranking Expert Group observatory) forum. It has bee cited by many scientific journal publications  in Europe and United States as an effort to  anticipate the global climate change. In terms of its methodology, UI Green Metric is based on three philosophical reasons which is Environment, Economic and Equity (3’Es). The ranking has five indicators: Setting & Infrastucture (15%), Energy and Climate Change (21%), Waste Management (18%), Water Management (10%), Eco-friendly transportation facility (18%) and Education (18%). Rifelly Dewi Astuti, SE, MM Head of Public Relations and Public Disclosure Universitas Indonesia Media Contact: Atma Dewita (Analyst UI GreenMetric) : +6285789047279 ; atmadewita[at]ui.ac.id

PETALING JAYA: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has been listed among the world’s top eco-friendly universities. The university has been voted 17th in the world under the 2015 UI-Greenmetric World University Ranking, beating other Malaysian and international universities, including the National University of Singapore and the University of Bath. The 17th place is a big leap from the 41st place that UPM achieved in 2014. University of Nottingham, University of Connecticut and University of California were ranked first, second, and third. UPM has outranked other Malaysian universities for the past six years. UPM vice-chancellor Prof Datin Paduka Dr Aini Ideris said the ranking recognised the university’s commitment towards being an eco-friendly learning space. “UPM has made significant improvements, particularly in the sectors of transport and infrastructure, such as the size of available green spaces, in addition to the use of efficient energy-saving facilities and bicycles within the campus area,” she said. She added that the university organised various eco-friendly and effective learning activities, research, co-curriculum and quality management systems which were based on sustainable and efficient environmental management. A total of 407 universities from 66 countries were included in the ranking. The ranking rates a university’s commitment to creating a sustainable campus based on more than 40 indicators covering six major scopes including infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water, transportation and education. > Found in translation is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.   Resource : http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/01/26/upm-is-top-ecofriendly-varsity-in-malaysia/

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