UNESA Presents “Sustainable Green Campus” in Front of UI Greenmetric Assessors

16 April 2022 - kategori Sustainable Cities and Communities 20 Views

Unesa.ac.id, SURABAYA-Campuses with a clean and beautiful environmental atmosphere tend to make students and even lecturers feel at home on campus. In addition, it can also provide a comfortable learning atmosphere. Well, that's what Surabaya State University (UNESA) has realized through its various programs so far, one of which is eco campus.

UNESA has a green area or campus forest which is now named the Independent Learning Laboratory. The green area is a vehicle for recreation, education and conservation. In it there are several fish ponds, there is a jogging track surrounded by various kinds of trees, plants and flowers. In addition, there are also various types of animals ranging from green peacocks, rabbits to pigeons. Beyond that there is much more.

The latest green and sustainable campus infrastructure was presented online by UNESA leadership and team to two UI Greenmetric assessors on Thursday, April 14, 2022. The two assessors in question are Prof. Dr. Ir. Djoko M. Hartono, S.E., M.Eng. and Junaidi, S.S., M.A. The presentation was in the context of ranking as a campus committed to greening and environmental sustainability, UI GreenMetrich.

UI GreenMetrich is based on three pillars, namely environment, economy and social with the weight of assessment indicators consisting of campus conditions and infrastructure (15%), energy and climate change (21%), waste management (18%), water use (10%), transportation (18%), and education and research (18%).

Related to that, UNESA has already used more than 80% LED light in the campus area. Waste is utilized as compost, hydroponic area, and plastic recycle. 'Campus One Step Ahead' has a waste management program in each study program, especially the fashion study program which processes plastic waste into marketable goods.

UNESA has ecoplast sinks and toilets with a total of 76.34% ecoplast sinks and 21.71% ecoplast toilets. Almost all toilets and sinks used on campus use ecoplast which supports the development of a sustainable green environment. In the transportation criteria, the total numbercycle used is around 0.185, then the total large span for parking is around 981,000 m2.

UNESA also provides campus bus and school bus facilities. Not only campus buses and school buses, Unesa also provides special roads for pedestrians or pedestrians so that they can be safer on foot. In the sixth criterion, namely education and research, from year to year UNESA strives for improvement.

The resulting output is cooperation with various parties. “To overcome the pandemic, we hold free vaccines starting from vaccines 1, 2 to 3, conduct social activity programs, collaborate with robotic to help medical facilities in hospitals, and distribute disinfectants in 2021,” explained UNESA Rector Prof. Dr. Nurhasan, M.Kes.

The event was also attended by Nadi Suprapto, S.Pd., M.Pd., Ph.D., as Head of UNESA Higher Education Clustering and Ranking Unit, Dr. Sri Setyo Iriani S.E., M.Si as Secretary, A'yunin Sofro, M.Si., Ph.D. as Head of Overseas Ranking Division, and Junaidi Budi Prihanto, S.KM., M.KM as Head of Domestic Division. [UNESA Public Relations]
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