PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITY MODEL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF GREEN MEASUREMENT INDICATORS

Abstract

Considering the latest situation in the world today, the limited natural resources and the danger of being insufficient in meeting the needs of the society in the near future make the effective use and management of natural resources mandatory. In this case, the population of universities and the many activities they carry out bring many direct or indirect burdens to the environment. The universities, which are one of the stakeholders that contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals, undertake many responsibilities in the face of environmental, social and economic problems. Sustainable university campuses play an important role in the use of sustainable methods in the production of technology by the cooperation of different units inside and outside the campus in the improvement of areas such as reducing energy consumption and emissions, waste management, water management, green transportation. In this study, Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) campus was examined on the basis of green measurement indicators taken as a criterion within the framework of sustainable green university campuses. The campus was evaluated under six main headings of international GreenMetric indicators (infrastructure and settlement, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation and education). Considering the environmental indicators, the positive and deficient aspects of the changes in the current situation in the campus from past to present have been determined. It has been observed that the area with the lowest share in the percentage distribution of the 2021 evaluation results in terms of indicators of the university is energy and climate change with 17.86%. This order was followed by transportation with 44.44%, water with 55%, education with 66.67%, waste with 70.83% and infrastructure and settlement with 76.67%.