STRATEGIES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN CAMPUS IN UiTM PERAK
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v19i16.952Keywords:
Green initiatives, strategies, challenges, green campus, UiTM PerakAbstract
Green initiatives have become a phenomenon globally now. This has taken seriously all parties regarding the process of environmental sustainability. Sustainable Development Goals had been used as a guideline towards this agenda. The Malaysian government issued the Green Technology Policy in July 2009 to accelerate the national economy and promote sustainable development. Meanwhile, green technology has been applied to universities in Malaysia to achieve green campus status under the UI Green Metric. Numerous universities in Malaysia have begun to take this issue seriously, including UiTM Perak. Three research objectives had been developed; (1) to determine strategies in promoting green campus in UiTM Perak, (2) to identify challenges in implementing green campus in UiTM Perak and (3) to recommend solutions to overcome the challenges in implementing green campus in UiTM Perak. A qualitative method approach by using a semi-structured interview with the Green Campus Committee had been adopted. The data is analysed using content analysis. The research revealed that despite several green initiatives implemented by UiTM Perak, there are also challenges occurring. Among them are financial, awareness and knowledge. To overcome these challenges, the management of UiTM Perak had outlined several actions to be taken. In conclusion, the green campus initiative can give many benefits towards a sustainable environment in UiTM Perak. Indeed, this agenda needs support by all parties.Downloads
References
Abubakar, I. R., Aina, Y. A., & Alshuwaikhat, H. M. (2020). Sustainable development at Saudi Arabian universities: An overview of Institutional Frameworks. Sustainability, 12(19).
Aziz, N. F., & Said, I. (2018). Provision of green spaces in Malaysian primary schools: issues, guidelines and recommendation. Planning Malaysia Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 16(8), 9-12.
Bakar, A. A., Mustapa, S. I., & Mohammad, N. (2020). Environmental behaviours in the model green city of Melaka. Planning Malaysia Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 18(14), 383-384.
Benjaoran, V. and Parinyakulset, P. (2018). Green Initiative in Suranaree University of Technology in Thailand.
Castro, R. De, José, C. and Jabbour, C. (2013). Evaluating Sustainability of an Indian University. Journal of Cleaner Production, 61, 54–58
Darus and Atikah. (2012). Sustainable Development - Education, Business and Management - Architecture and Building Construction - Agriculture and Food Security.
Du, X., Su, L. and Liu, J. (2013). Developing Sustainability Curricula using the PBL Method in a Chinese Context. Journal of Cleaner Production, 61, 80–88.
Finlay, J., Massey, J. and Massey, J. (2012). Eco-campus: Applying the Ecocity Model to Develop Green University and College Campuses.
Foo, K. Y. (2013). A vision on the Role of Environmental Higher Education Contributing to the Sustainable Development in Malaysia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 61, 6–12.
Gholami, H., Bachok, M. F., Saman, M. Z. M., Streimikiene, D., Sharif, S., & Zakuan, N. (2020). An ISM Approach for the Barrier Analysis in Implementing Green Campus Operations: Towards Higher Education Sustainability. Sustainability, 12(1), 363.
Gomez, C. P., & Yin, N. Y. (2019). Development of a progressive green university campus maturity assessment tool and framework for Malaysian universities. In MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 266, p. 01018). EDP Sciences.
Guideline of UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2016. Universitas Indonesia. Available online:http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/wpcontent/uploads/2015/07/UI_Greenmetric_Guideline_2016_V12.pdf.
Hopkins, E. A. and Hopkins, E. A. (2016). Barriers to Adoption of Campus Green Building Policies.
Hosna Ajilian. (2014). Review of Factors Affecting Sustainability in the Universities by Michigan. Technological University.
Husaini, M. Z. and Jusoh, A. (2017). The Review of Sustainability Model and Indicators for Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic
Research in Business and Social Sciences, 7(11), 1170–1182.
Idris, N. H. et al. (2015). Towards a Framework for Promoting Sustainable Construction in Malaysia. Jurnal Teknologi. 76(1), 303–311.
Kay, K., Hassan, F. and Che, M. (2012). An Exploratory Study of Readiness and Development of Green University Framework in Malaysia. 50(July), pp. 525–536.
Kristanto, G. A. et al. (2017). Lessons Learned in Developing a Green Environment at the Engineering Faculty, MATEC Web of Conferences. University of Indonesia. 04008.
Lauder, A., Sari R. F., Suwartha N. & Tjahjono G. (2015). Critical Review of a Global Campus Sustainability Ranking: Greenmetric. Journal of Cleaner Production, 108, PartA, 852-863.
Luís P. Amaral Nelson Martins Joaquim B. Gouveia, (2015). Quest for a sustainable university: a review. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 16(2), 155 – 172.
Nasrudin, N., George, A. I., Abdullah, Y. A., Marzukhi, M. A., Leh, L. O. H., & Rashid, K. (2020). Public awareness and acceptance towards transportation low carbon city programmes. A comparison study of MBSA and DBKL. Planning Malaysia Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 18(14), 125-126.
Omar, Z., Saruwono, M. and Mohammad, N. (2010). Development of Sustainable Campus: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Planning and Strategy, 5(3), 273–282.
Ragazzi, M. and Ghidini, F. (2017). Environmental Sustainability of Universities: Critical Analysis of a Green Ranking. Energy Procedia, 119, 111-120.
Razman, R., Ramli, M. Z., Abdullah, A. H., & Zen, I. S. (2018, November). Critical success factors (CSFs) in implementing sustainable campus operation (SCO) initiatives at Malaysian public universities. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2030, No. 1, p. 020238). AIP Publishing LLC.
Sahoo, M. K. (2013). "Green Campus " - a Competitive Advantage and Sustainability for Management Institutions. (74), pp. 74–80.
Tarigan, E., Prayogo, D. N. and Mardiono, L. (2012). Eco-sustainable Campus Initiatives: A Web Content Analysis.
Tiyarattanachai, R. and Hollmann, N. M. (2016). Green Campus Initiative and its Impacts on Quality of Life of Stakeholders in Green and Non - Green Campus Universities’, SpringerPlus. Springer International Publishing.
Uche, G., Maizon, H., Afees, O.S and Kherun, N.A. (2013). Review of green building demand factors for Malaysia. Journal of Technology, Energy and Policies. 3(11), 471–478.
Xiong, H., Fu, D., Duan, C., Liu, C., Yang, X. and Wang, R. (2013). Current Status of Green Curriculum in Higher Education of Mainland China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 61, 100–105.
Yiing, C. F., Yaacob, N. M. and Hussein, H. (2013). Achieving Sustainable Development: Accessibility of green buildings in Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 101, 120–129.
Yuan, X., Zuo, J. and Huisingh, D. (2013). Green Universities in China e what matters? Journal of Cleaner Production, 61, 36–45.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright & Creative Commons Licence
eISSN: 0128-0945 © Year. The Authors. Published for Malaysia Institute of Planners. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
The authors hold the copyright without restrictions and also retain publishing rights without restrictions.
