Letter from Rector
It is my pleasure to invite your esteemed university to participate in our 2016 UI GreenMetric World University Ranking on Sustainability.
Being a member of IREG, UI GreenMetric World University Ranking has ranked universities worldwide according to six indicators: setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water, and transportation, and education for the past 6 years. The ranking itself was launched in 2010 and ranked 407 universities from 65 countries around the world in 2015 (http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/ranking/year/2015). We have witnessed an increasing motivation to improve university infrastructure and action towards sustainable campus worldwide. This year the main theme is ‘From policy to Action’ in which our questionnaire looks in more details efforts and programs to improve sustainability on campus.
Ranking by indicators 2016
The campus setting and infrastructure information will give the basic information of the university consideration towards green environment. This indicator also shows whether the campus deserve to be called Green Campus. The aim is to trigger the participatinguniversity to provide more space for greenery and in safeguarding environment, as well as the development of sustainable energy.
The university’s attention to the use of energy and climate change issues be the indicator with the highest weighting in this ranking. In our questionnaire we define several indicators for this particular area of concern, i.e. energy efficient appliances usage, renewable energy usage policy, total electricity use, energy conservation program, green building, climate change adaptation and mitigation program, greenhouse gas emission reductions policy. With this indicator, universities are expected to increase the effort in energy efficiency on their building and to care more about nature and energy resources.
Energy and Climate Change
Waste
Waste treatment and recycling activities are major factors in creating a sustainable environment.The activities of university staff and students in campus will produce a lot of waste, therefore some programs and waste treatments should be among the concern of the university, i.e. recycling program, toxic waste recycling, organic waste treatment, inorganic waste treatment, sewerage disposal, policy to reduce the use of paper and plastic in campus.
Water use in campus is another important indicator in Greenmetric. The aim is that universities can decrease water usage, increase conservation program, and protect the habitat. Water conservation program, piped water use are among the criteria.
Water
Transportation
Transportation system plays an important role on the carbon emission and pollutant level in university. Transportation policy to limit the number of motor vehicles in campus, the use of campus bus and bicycle will encourage a healthier environment. The pedestrian policy will encourage students and staff to walk around campus, and avoid using private vehicle. The use of environmentally friendly public transportation will decrease carbon footprint around campus.
In 2012 questionnaire, one new criterion added to the questionnaire: education. This criterion has 18% of the total score. This expansion of the criteria based on the thought that university has an important role in creating the new generation concern with sustainability.
Education
