Green Campus

Green Campus rewards long term assurance to continuous environmental improvement from the campus community. Green Campus status is achieved by making significant progress in cross campus community collaboration under one or a number of the following themes:

• Energy
• Water
• Travel and Transport
• Biodiversity
• Waste

Green-Campus aims to make environmental awareness and action a fundamental part of the life and culture of a college. The Green Campus initiative mirrors the principles of Green-Schools and endeavours to extend learning beyond the lecture theater to develop responsible attitudes and commitment to the environment, both at home and in the wider community.

The Green-Campus Programme identifies the campus as a community and places significant importance on the inclusion of all sectors of the campus community in its environmental management and enhancement. It must be noted that the Green-Campus Programme does not reward specific environmental projects or implementation of a new technology instead it rewards long term commitment to continuous improvement from the campus community in question.

Green Campus status under the following themes

• Energy
• Travel and Transport
• Biodiversity

The seven steps of the programme are: establishing a Green-Campus committee incorporating student and staff representatives, undertaking an environmental review, implementing an action plan, monitoring and evaluating actions carried out, linking the programme to curriculum work, informing and involving the campus and wider community, and developing a green charter.

The Green Campus program strives to educate students, staff, faculty, and the local community about the importance of energy conservation and achieve substantial energy savings by implementing projects on the main campus.