The 3rd National Workshop on UI GreenMetric in Colombia hosted by Universidad Autonoma de Occidente and Universidad Icesi, on 17-18 June 2019. The first day of workshop conducted in Universidad Autonoma de Occidente. The event opened by Dr. Luis H. Perez (President of Universidad Autonoma de Occidente) and Mr. Junaidi (Vice Chair II of UI GreenMetric). There were three session in the workshop. The first session themed UI GreenMetric World University: Trends and Challenges presented by Mr. Junaidi, Dr. Jaime Alberto Romero, and Dr. Freddy Leonardo Franco (Universidad Nacional de Colombia). The second session themed Best Practices in the Category Setting and Infrastructure presented by Dr. Freddy Leonardo Franco, Alejandro Franco (Universidad del Valle), and Andrea Velasquez (Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira). The third session divided to two different topics, Best Practices in the Categories Energy and Climate Change and Best Practices Education and Research presented by Luis Alejandro Arias Rodriguez (Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano), Jaime Alberto Romero (Universidad el Bosque), Jose Herney Ramirez Franco (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Edwin Andres Mora (Universidad de Antioquia), Alvaro del Campo Parra Lara (Universidad Autonoma de Occidente), and Nadia Velasquez (Universidad Santo Tomas). On the next day, the workshop conducted in Universidad Icesi. Dr. Francisco Piedrahita Plata (President of Universidad Icesi) and Dr. Muhammad Fuad (Expert Member of UI GreenMetric) gave the welcoming speech. In this workshop we held discussion themed Best Practices in the Categories Waste, Water, and Transportation. The speakers for this session were Madelen Panesso (Universidad Santiago de Cali), Lina Marcela Rozo (Universidad EAFIT), Ana Maria Borja (Universidad Icesi), Daniel Rincon Saad (Fundacion Universidad del Norte Barranquilla), Tatiana Molina Velazquez (Universidad CES), Jenny Andrea Diaz (Universidad del Rosario), Lina Porras (Universidad de Andes Colombia), and Alexandra Leal Castellanos (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana). At the closing of the national workshop event, the campus of Universidad Icesi gave an insight on the green university effort conducted by the university.  

UI GreenMetric represented Universitas Indonesia in IREG 2019 Conference, on 8-10 May 2019 at the Università di Bologna, Italy with Prof. Riri Fitri Sari as the representatives. The year’s conference themed Rankings: A Challenge to Higher Education. The conference opened by Mr. Luiz C. Costa (President of the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence), Mr. Francesco Ubertini (Rector of the University of Bologna), and Mr. Gaetano Manfredi (Rector of the University of Naples). Mr. Jaroslaw Gowin (Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Science and Higher Education) also delivered a keynote speech about Rankings: a Challenge to Public Policy? Reflections from Poland’s Perspective. He said that the ranking must provide reliable data and information.   [caption align="aligncenter" width="900"]Figure 1. Presentation session in IREG 2019 Conference[/caption] There were three sessions on the first day of the conference presented by the ranking experts and researchers: The first session discussed about Trend and New Developments in Global and National Rankings, Use of Rankings in Developing University Strategy, and Future of Rankings - From Bibliometrics to Global Performance Metrics. On the next day the topics of discussion were about Influence of Media on Rankings and Role of rankings in Latin America. [caption align="aligncenter" width="900"] Figure 2. Mr. Luiz C. Costa gave achievement medal to Prof. Jan. Sadlak (top) and Mr. Robert Morse (bottom) [/caption] [caption id="attachment_6932" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Figure 3. Prof. Riri Fitri Sari with delegations of IREG 2019 Conference [/caption] Another important event in IREG 2019 Conference was the General Assembly, opened by Mr. Luiz C. Costa. He reported activities conducted by IREG Observatory for one year. The event closed with the awarding of an achievement medal to the former president of the IREG Observatory, Prof. Jan Sadlak and Chief Data Strategist of US News On-line Ranking, Mr. Robert Morse.  

On 13 March 2019, UI GreenMetric collaborated with Telkom University for the National Workshop on Environmental Sustainability Office 2019. The event opened by Prof. Riri Fitri Sari (Chairperson of UI GreenMetric), Prof. Dr. Adiwijaya (President of Telkom University), and Prof. Dr. Ambariyanto (National Coordinator of UI GreenMetric for Indonesia, Vice Rector of Universitas Diponegoro). We invited some speakers from university and industry to sharing their best practice in sustainability. They were Mr. Heri Budiarso (VP Health Safety Security and Environment, Pertamina EP Indonesia) and Prof. Dr. Ahmad Zaharin Aris (Dean Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia). Prof. Dr. Ahmad Zaharin presented sustainability effort in UPM based on Sustainability Development Goals initiated by United Nations. Another agenda from the first day was Focus Group Discussion (FGD) themed Development Planning of Sustainability Office in University. From the discussion, it showed that several university in Indonesia had formed the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) Center as the sustainability office. The SDGs Center itself is the center that supported by the Minister of National Development Planning, Prof. Dr. Bambang P.S. Brodjonegoro. At the closing of the first day event, the participants toured around Telkom University campus. We can see the efforts done by Telkom University to make the sustainable university. On the next day the participants went to the Universitas Padjajaran (Unpad). The event opened by Dr. Sigid Suseno, SH., M.Hum (Vice Rector of Unpad) and Dr. Teguh Husodo, M.Si. (Managing Director of Unpad). They showed us the sustainability effort that they’ve done, especially the process of organic and inorganic waste treatment.

This year we have conducted The 5th International Workshop on UI GreenMetric World University Rankings (IWGM) in collaboration with University College Cork, Irlandia on 14-16 April 2019. The theme for IWGM 2019 is “Sustainable University in a Changing World: Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities“. Representatives of UI GreenMetric team were Prof. Riri Fitri Sari, Dr. Nyoman Suwarta, Ph.D and Asst. Prof. Junaidi. The event began with steering committee meeting at the North Wing Council Room, University College Cork. The national coordinator who presented the report were Prof. Tadeu Malheiros (University of Sao Paolo), Dr. Freddy Leonardo Franco Idarraga (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Dr. Jaime Alberto Romero Infante (El Bosque University), Mr. Pascal Caizergues (Inseec U.), Dr. Mochamad Arief Budihardjo (Universitas Diponegoro), Prof. Mirko Degli Esposti (University of Bologna), Prof. John O’Halloran (University College Cork), Mr. Juris Iljins (Riga Technical University), Prof. Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui (Sukkur IBA University), Prof. Paulo J. S. Cruz, (Universidade do Minho), Dr. Sc. Redina Margarita Mikhailovna (RUDN University), Prof. Habib M. Fardoun (King Abdulaziz University), Dr. Chang Hsien Tai (National Pingtung University of Science and Technology), Prof. Mustafa Çufal? (Bulent Ecevit University), Kitikorn Charmondusit, Ph.D. (Mahidol University), Prof. Dr. Sany Sanuri Mohd. Mokhtar (Universiti Utara Malaysia), Mr. Andy Nolan (University of Nottingham), Dr. Esmail Karamidehkordi (University of Zanjan), Mr. Abzal Abdramanov (Kazakh National Agrarian University), and Dr. Dario Liberona (Universidad Federal Tecnico Santa Maria). The event continued with a discussion to discuss about sustainable efforts in the future and also the announcement of the UI GreenMetric Award. [caption id="attachment_6932" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Fig 1. Steering committee meeting at the North Wing Council Room, UCC[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_6933" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Fig 2. UI GreenMetric awardees[/caption] On the next day, Prof. Patrick O'Shea (President of University College Cork), H.E. Mr. Simon Coveney (Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland), and Prof. Riri Fitri Sari gave the opening speech. The keynote speech delivered by Dr. Michael John O’Mahony (Director of the Environmental Education Unit, The National Trust for Ireland) and Dr. Gerard Mullally (Department of Sosiology, University College Cork). The event followed by parallel presentations. The presentations are divided into three sessions. The topics were about issues and innovation in managing settings and infrastructure, managing energy and climate change, managing waste, managing water, managing transportation, managing education and research. Participants are given the opportunity to discuss important matters at the end of each parallel presentation session. There were also a poster session held at the same venue which is the first of its kind in UI GreenMetric Workshops. The agenda continued with a campus tour around University College Cork.

THE 2019 Innovation & Impact Summit successfully held at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). South Korea on 2-4 April 2019. Chairperson of UI GreenMetric, Prof. Riri Fitri Sari attended this event as a representative of Universitas Indonesia (UI) and UI GreenMetric. [caption id="attachment_6940" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Fig 1. Delegation from Indonesian universities[/caption] Times Higher Education (THE) Innovation & Impact Summit is a meeting place for university leaders around the world with policy makers, world-class researchers, and industries to discuss some issues about how university's efforts to create new impacts and innovative environments, the role of universities as a place of research in creating impact, and how universities, policy makers and business leaders collaborate to overcome global issues. On 4 April 2019, THE University Impact Rankings released a ranking list of 467 universities from 76 countries via the website https://www.timeshighereducation.com. Universitas Indonesia (UI) managed to become rank 80 of the best universities worldwide and rank 1 for the Indonesian universities. This shows that UI implemented SDGs in the university and its community.

Dear University Leaders and Sustainability Officers It is a great pleasure for us to inform you that the results of UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018 has been announced on Wednesday, 19th December 2018, 11am Jakarta time. The ranking results can be found in http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/overall-ranking-2018/ Rector of Universitas, Director General of Research from Ministry of Research and Higher Education of Republic of Indonesia, and Head of Research and Development and Innovation from the Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Republic of Indonesia witness this year’s announcement. We have broadcasted the information in some international and regional newspapers and social media such as twitter and facebook, on December 19th, 2018. You are welcome to review the results. We thank 431 universities that have provided evidences for each question in our questionnaire and helped us to review the information provided. We congratulate all universities that have successfully shown improvement in their university infrastructure and constructive strategic measures to achieve SDGs in all aspects of their university teaching, research and third pillar of contribution to the society. We admire some strategic moves that have been made to create the most sustainable world campuses. We attach a fact file of your university submission, and a Certificate for your university participation this year. We have prepared a special ceremony for celebrating 10 best universities in the next International Workshop of UI GreenMetric which will be held in the beginning of April 2019 at the University College Cork Ireland. We hope that you could also present your achievement in the Workshop. We thank you for your wonderful enthusiasm shown by your university's team to participate in UI GreenMetric 2018, which can be noticed from your annual report. We wish you all the best in your future endevour in providing a world class sustainable campus. Yours Sincerely Prof. Riri Fitri Sari Chairperson of UI GreenMetric World University Rankings greenmetric@ui.ac.id

The National Workshop on UI GreenMetric in France was held on November 15th, 2018 in Inseec U., Paris. The event began with a welcome speech from Mrs. Catherine Lespine (Rector of Inseec U.) followed by a keynote speech from Mr. Junaidi, MA (expert member of UI GreenMetric). Both speakers emphasized on the importance of collaboration in order to solve global sustainability problems. [caption id="attachment_6076" align="aligncenter" width="409"] Mr. Junaidi with Mrs. Catherine Lespine (Rector of Inseec U.)[/caption] The event continued with a presentation from Mrs. Baiduri Widanarko, Ph.D (expert member of UI GreenMetric). She presented the trends, challenges, criteria and indicators of UI GreenMetric and current development in UI GreenMetric World Universities Rankings Network. The next event was the signing of the declaration of participation on UI GreenMetric Network. There were 15 schools that have been committed to participate in UI GreenMetric Network. [caption id="attachment_6077" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The signing of the declaration of participation on UI GreenMetric Network[/caption] After lunch the program continued with a presentation about “Sustainable Development: New Growth Leverages, Innovation and Employment”. This session was moderated by Mr. Michel Ricard (Unesco Chair on Education Training and Research for Sustainable Development and Professor at Bordeaux University). Four speakers, namely Mr. Hocine Sadok (Dean of Economics, Social Sciences and Law, Universite de Haute Alsace), Mr. Gerald Majou (Director of Sustainable Development of Conference des Grandes Ecoles), Mrs. Yamna Djellouli-Tabet (Professor, Le Mans University and CNRS Research in Change of Sustainable Development and Energetic Transition), and Mr. Philippe Naccache (Professor, Inseec School of Business and Economics in Paris) presented their experiences with their sustainable campus development. [caption id="attachment_6078" align="aligncenter" width="409"] The speakers for "Sustainable Development: New Growth Leverages, Innovation and Employment"[/caption] The next session was about “Digitalization and Environmental Impacts for Campuses”. This session was moderated by Mr. Francois Germinet (Dean of  Universite Cergy-Pontoise). There were four speakers, namely Mr. Pierrich Bedouch (Associate Vice-President for Digital Infrastructure, Universite Grenoble-Alpes), Mr. Laurent Bertrandias (Professor Toulouse Business School), Mrs. Sylvie Faucheux (Dean of IFG Executive Education and Inseec U. Academic Innovation) and Mr. Christophe Baujault (Dean of ECE Paris). The UI GreenMetric team also had the opportunity to visit the campus of Inseec U. in the beautiful city of Paris.

The Chilean National Workshop on Sustainability was held on November 12th, 2018 at Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, San Joaquin Campus, Chile. The event was opened by Dr. Darcy Fuenzalida O'Shee, Rector of Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria and Mr. Junaidi, an expert member of UI GreenMetric. Prof. Riri Fitri Sari, chairperson of UI GreenMetric also gave an opening speech through a video conference. [caption id="attachment_6185" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Panelists presentation[/caption] The program continued with panelists presentation. The first session was delivered by The Government Representative, Mr. Fernando Nilo (Founder and President of Recyclápolis Foundation), and Mrs. Jimena Del Valle Núñez (Director of Sustainability and Communities of Entel). This session consists of sharing best practices of sustainability programs on campus or community. In addition to workshop, there were exhibitions regarding student activities related to sustainability, such as waste sorting, recycle, campaign for the environment, and developing cars with solar energy. [caption id="attachment_6186" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Solar-energy car development team[/caption] The second session of panelists presentation discussed about the role of universities in sustainability. The speakers included Maria Pilar Gárate (Director of Liaison and Coordinator of Women in Enginering Program, USM) and Oscar Mercado (President of Sustainable Campus Network, Universidad Austral). The next session was a keynote speech by Mrs. Baiduri Widanarko an expert member of UI GreenMetric. She presented the trends, challenges, and current development in UI GreenMetric. The event continued with the third session of panelist presentation. This session was a sharing session about the experience of sustainability programs implementation in universities. This session has four speakers, Mr. Francisco Urquiza (Sustainability Consultant), Mr. Cristopher Toledo (Coordinator of Sustainable Campus Management, UTEM), Mr. Junaidi (UI GreenMetric), and representative from Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria. After the presentation was completed, a representative of the director of the San Joaquin Campus gave a closing remark. The after session was a technical workshop to fill in the UI GreenMetric questionnaire. This session was guided by Mr. Junaidi and Mrs. Baiduri Widanarko. Participants were given an account name and temporary password to be able to fill the online questionnaire. [caption id="attachment_6187" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Participants of technical workshop[/caption] After the workshop was completed, the UI GreenMetric team had the opportunity to visit the campus of Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, San Joaquin Campus, Santiago.

The workshop for Latvian University were hosted by Riga Technical University in Latvia on October 5th, 2018. The themed was “Role of Latvian Higher Education institutions in achieving sustainability”. It was opened by a welcoming speech from the Rector of Riga Technical University, Prof. Leonids Ribickis. In the first session, UI GreenMetric Chairperson, Prof. Riri Fitri Sari, presented the trends and challenges current development in UI GreenMetric World University Rankings and Methodology. UI GreenMetric is a solution to the issue of sustainability by competing with each other and to improve the most sustainable campus in the world. Dr. Baiduri Widanarko, an Expert Member of UI GreenMetric, explained the procedure for inputting data with an online system, then explain about any process and procedure to fill out online questionnaire indicators. Declaration of Participation on UI GreenMetric World University Rangkings Network by 6 Universities in Latvia In the second session, themed “The Environmental Management System in The Higher Educational Institutions”, was chaired by Mr. Juris Iljins, Director of Quality Management & Documentation Processing Department Riga Technical University. The first speaker was Mr. Talis Juhna, Vice-rector of Riga Technical University. He represented topics on the concept of Green Campus at Riga Technical University (RTU) and the "green thinking" knowledge method that was applied through student activities and student events. The second speaker was Andris Stredels, Executive director of Rezekne Academy of Technologies, as the second speaker. He talked about the application of battery waste recycling by given it to third parties every day and how the government will provide rewards for buildings that conduct electricity monitoring. In 2016, Rezekne Academy of Technologies was awarded as the greenest region in Latvia. The third speaker was Mr. Uldis Valaris, a Head of Life Sciences & Technology from Biosystematics Institute Department of Daugavpils University. Daugavpils University in collaboration with the EU managed to renovate old buildings into new buildings that remain conserved. Daugavpils University has courses on environment & sustainability, they also gave signs in the form of reminder stickers to turn off the light switches if not used, separating types of organic and inorganic waste, and pressing waste paper by reducing email print. In the last session, themed “Practical Environmentally Friendly Tools in Higher Education Institution” was also chaired by Mr. Juris iljins, Director of Quality Management & Documentation Processing. The first speaker was Mr. Maris Klavins, Senate Chair of the University of Latvia. He conveyed that the University of Latvia pursues targets to improve the quality of education regarding sustainability in Latvia. The University of Latvia will also build a building with the Green Campus concept. Therefore, every study program is required to have several courses on sustainability. The second speaker was Mrs. Liene Briede, the Head of EIT Climate KIC HUB Latvia position. She talked about the exposure of the involvement of students and employees at the Climate KIC Project carried out by EIT Climate KIC HUB. EIT Climate KIC HUB seeks to move the knowledge triangle, including building a business, improving education, and increasing research centers on sustainability. The latest update regarding EIT Climate KIC HUB’s network has doubled increase in 2016. Currently, EIT Climate KIC HUB is focusing on working on climate-related and electricity-related projects. Prof. Riri Fitri Sari with Rector of Riga Technical University, Prof. Leonids Ribickis The third speaker was Mr. Janis Brizga, Chair of the Green Freedom Foundation was the third speaker for this session. He showcased that The Green Freedom Foundation considers in terms of quality, whether it is affordable and environmentally friendly in buying goods. In purchasing goods, the Green Freedom foundation has a benchmark for environmentally friendly standards for producers and consumers. The efficient will occur if the suppliers should consider environmental aspects, such as electricity use, water use, and fuel-efficient transportation. Prof. Riri Fitri Sari and Mr. Juris Iljins conveyed closing remarks at the end of the event. Subsequently, the team also conducted Kipsala Campus tours which include the visit to the aeronautics and machine research center, state of the art Student Dormitory, and the Design Laboratory System at the Faculty of Architecture Building.

On October 3rd, 2018, Prof. Riri Fitri Sari, Chair of UI GreenMetric, visited Wageningen University, Netherlands. She was welcomed by Mr. Peter Booman, Director of Facilities and Services. Mr. Joris Fortuin, the Head of Educational Facilities presented Wageningen University approach to sustainability. In his presentation he mentioned UI GreenMetric's influence in the strategic plan of Wageningen University and also explained the efforts of Wageningen University in sustainability to achieve the best position in UI GreenMetric 2017. Different aspect of university sustainability related offices was presented by a few staff member, including Mrs. Erna Waters. [caption id="attachment_6050" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mr. Joris Fortuin presented Wageningen University approach to sustainability[/caption] The team showed Prof. Riri Fitri Sari to the Wageningen University Forum building accompanied by Mrs. Linde Berg, the staff of Wageningen University Green Office. A group of student leader in sustainability related organization were present to explain their various student organizations aims. [caption id="attachment_6051" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Prof. Riri Fitri Sari with a group of student leader in sustainability related organization[/caption] In the forum building, an energy-saving system and recycling of Green Office waste are also used. Waste management services are carried out in an integrated manner by sorting various types of waste with a large number of trash bins, which are ready to be processed outsourced and taken by teams from outside the campus. All garbage is weighed manually, and by using the android system, daily reports are sent to the server, to get garbage data managed and processed throughout the campus by an outsourcing company. A formal meeting was held with Prof. Arthur Mol, Rector of Wageningen University, at his office in the Atlas Building. Prof. Arthur Mol explained the condition of the sustainability program at Wageningen University and also gave a very high appreciation to UI GreenMetric. [caption id="attachment_6052" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Prof. Riri Fitri Sari with Prof. Arthur Mol[/caption] Visiting the Wageningen Campus field followed by seeing very futuristic World Soil Museum. Wageningen University has a large water absorption area, multilevel bicycle parking areas, and other green campus features. The visit to Student Farming, a garden managed by students to apply their knowledge was also conducted. [caption id="attachment_6055" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Sustainable greenhouse[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_6057" align="aligncenter" width="300"] World Soil Museum in Wageningen University[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_6053" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Visit to Student Farming in Wageningen University[/caption] The Sustainability Team of Wageningen University also showed us the facility management, a system to organize smart buildings in the entire building at Wageningen University. In addition, the system also used Building Information Management which is widely used in the Netherlands. It is evident that the Netherlands has digital data of existing buildings on its construction, electricity, mechanical and other facilities.