The global Green Metric is a green campus and environmental sustainability rating that was launched by the University of Indonesia in 2010. Through 39 indicators in 6 criteria, the global ratings were determined according to the commitment of universities and their environmental initiatives based on several criteria, namely:
Infrastructure (15%)
Energy and climate change (21%)
Waste (18%)
Water (10%)
Transportation (18%)
Education and research (18%)
In continuation of the university’s plan in its scientific approach to develop the university at various levels, including entering the global ratings approved by the ministry, and the unlimited interest in the field of sustainable development and its endeavor to be a green university. The university has paid great attention to this rating to be an assessment that it relies on in evaluating its facilities to be sustainable and meet the standards of a clean environment, not at the local level.
The Northern Technical University appeared in this classification for the first time in 2019, achieving the 759th place globally and 38th locally, as shown in the image below:
Based on the Northern Technical University’s continuous endeavor to develop all academic and service facilities at the university, it launched the Green University initiative in 2020, where the university obtained the 73 2nd place globally and 25th locally in 2021.
Northern Technical University then made progress locally and globally in the sustainability classification through its commitment and endeavor to achieve the basic axes and standards required for sustainability, on the basis of which universities are classified locally and globally, which are:
First axis: Location and infrastructure
The necessity of maintaining the ratio of open spaces to the ratio of people on campus.
Increasing green areas (forests) and planted with trees and flowers to the total area of the university campus.
Preserving: (plants and animals), wildlife and genetics, and securing food and agricultural resources
Total area allocated for water absorption, which is next to green spaces and forests
Ratio of maintenance and operation activities for building services during the Corona pandemic for the disabled and people with special needs and pregnant women care.
Providing health services to employees and students.
Ratio of the university budget allocated to sustainability projects.
Second axis: Energy and climate
Use of lighting and energy-saving electrical appliances.
Total electricity consumption divided by the number of people on campus (kilowatt hours per person).
Increasing the trend towards implementing smart buildings and using alternative energy such as solar energy and developing programs to encourage and increase the use of such types of sources.
Monitoring the percentage of renewable energy used on campus to the total energy consumed annually and working to increase it.
Adopt programs to monitor the carbon footprint on campus and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane released by human activities relative to the number of occupants on the university.
Adopting programs to reduce gas emissions from the use of vehicles within the campus and encouraging the use of alternative green sources for transportation, such as the use of bicycles and electric bicycles and increasing the trend towards the use of electric cars to reduce emissions
Third axis: Waste and waste
Adopt a program to recycle waste and reduce the use of paper and plastic within the campus
Adopt a program to treat inorganic waste and deal with toxic waste
Wastewater management system
Fourth axis: Water
Adopt a program to support water conservation, for example, using one of the water harvesting systems (storing rainwater through tanks).
Adopt a program to support rationalization and water conservation, and a program to recycle water used for irrigation and cleaning purposes.
Concern for establishing a complex of handwashing and sanitation facilities
Fifth axis: Transportation
Adopt a program to reduce the use of cars within the campus and rely on internal transportation vehicles affiliated with the campus
Adopt an initiative to use vehicles that do not emit gases, for example, using bicycles or electric bicycles, with the establishment of stations dedicated to them.
Sixth Axis: Research and Education
Encouraging the formation of student organizations concerned with sustainability
Encouraging the completion of community service projects concerned with sustainability that are completed with the participation of students
Directing researchers and graduate students at the university on the necessity of adopting studies and topics concerned with sustainability issues through scientific research, master’s theses and doctoral dissertations
Supporting researchers specialized in the axes and activities of the Green University
Increasing study programs concerned with sustainability issues
Allocating a portion of the fund’s revenues to support researchers and Green University projects
Educating and educating purchasing committees and technical committees on the necessity of using energy-saving and environmentally friendly products.
The following are charts showing the rank of the Northern Technical University within the Green Metric classification globally and locally:
