sustainability

OUR ACTION PLAN

1. Energy and Carbon Management

• Transfer all electricity generation from existing generators (diesel) to grid provisions(target date 2024): STATUS GREEN
• Work on introducing solar panels on campus to reduce carbon footprint (target date 2035): STATUS ORANGE
•  Develop anEnergy Action Strategy that reduces energy use per capita on campus by 30% in2026 (target 2026): STATUS ORANGE
•  Place instructional signs in laboratories and offices regarding power saving approaches (target 2024): STATUS GREEN
• Design new buildings to be low energy and energy efficient (target from 2022): STATUS GREEN
•  All construction and refurbishment projects to incorporate commitment to reduce carbon emissions (Target from 2023): STATUS GREEN
• Providing bus transportation to reduce carbon emissions (target 2019): STATUS GREEN
• Urban extension in preparation with electrical vehicle lots and charger stations(Target 2028): STATUS ORANGE
• Provide some of our buildings with productive green plant roof scaping (target 2025): STATUS ORANGE

2. Water Management

• Reduce water usage per capita on campus by 10% (target 2024): STATUS GREEN
• Install water stations to replace the use of disposable water bottles in teaching buildings (Target2023): STATUS GREEN
• Use of waste water to enable irrigation or campus foliage and green areas (Target2024): STATUS GREEN
• Develop and implement an on-campus hydroponic garden and initiate advanced agriculture techniques such as aquaponics and hydroponics (target 2025): STATUS RED
• Using some of the landscape as a xeriscape to reduce water consumption (target 2025): STATUS ORANGE
• Participating in training programmes relating to water and irrigation (target 2024): STATUS GREEN

3. Waste Management

• Integrate waste sorting stations across campus (target 2023): STATUS GREEN
• Reduce plastic water bottle usage on campus by 50% (Target 2024): STATUS GREEN
• Encourage individuals to minimize use of paper for printing emails etc via an information campaign (Target 2024): STATUS ORANGE
• Install hand dryers in all communal toilet facilities (Target 2024): STATUS GREEN
• Incentivize food outlets to use recyclable materials for food packaging (Target 2025): STATUS ORANGE
• Produce student project initiatives to use recycled materials for design and innovation(TARGET 2023): STATUS GREEN

4. Health and Wellbeing

•  Improve pedestrian areas and shading to encourage use of outdoor spaces (Target 2024): STATUS GREEN

• Work with the Health Clinic and Student Services to promote a smoke free environment on campus with appropriate no smoking signage (target 2023): STATUS GREEN
• Increase green areas on campus for leisure and social interactions (TARGET ONGOING as campus expands): STATUS ORGANGE
• Having a gymnastic hall and sports courts (target 2020): STATUS GREEN

• Having awell-being office to maintain the stakeholders wellbeing (target 2019): STATUS GREEN

• Providing all disabled requirements such as ramps (outdoors, indoors), utilities (disabled toilet lot) and others (target ongoing as campus develops): STATUS GREEN

5. Campus awareness and Community Engagement

• Raise awareness of sustainability actions and commitment to race to zero on campus through internal and external events including website (ONGOING): STATUS GREEN
• Sending footprint assessment for all university staff members to monitor their carbon emission (target 2026): STATUS ORANGE

• Participate in COP related events (ONGOING): STATUS ORANGE
• Celebrate international days /weeks related to sustainability such as Earth Day, Water conservation day etc. (ONGOING): STATUS ORANGE
• Integrate sustainability into UH-GAF’s new strategic plan (2026-2031) (Target 2026): STATUS ORANGE
• Invite speakers from a range of external stakeholders to focus on sustainability and net zero(ONGOING): STATUS GREEN
• Set up an office for sustainability to coordinate activities across campus (Target 2025): STATUS RED
• Supporting students with field trips introducing them to different sustainability aspects implementations (target 2024): STATUS GREEN

• Supporting the community with public lectures about sustainability and communities by UH-GAF staff (target ongoing): STATUS GREEN

• Participating in WUF 12 in the capacity of communities and urbanism (target 2024): STATUS GREEN