Environmental Sustainability of Universities: Critical Review …
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5 Results and Discussion: Critical Review of ESI
5.1 List of Environmental Sustainability Initiative
5.1.1 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
UPM was first established as the School of Agriculture in 1931. Over the years, the
status of UPM changes from School of Agriculture to College of Agriculture Malaya
in 1947. Then, the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia was established in 1973. Due to
the extended fields of studies, in 1997, the name Universiti Pertanian Malaysia was
changed to Universiti Putra Malaysia by Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad (Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018a).
UPM has at least 14 initiatives that have been carried out around the university under their Faculty of Environmental Studies (GREEN INITIATIVE). In UI
GreenMetric World University Rankings, UPM has ranked 27th with total score
6420 (64%). The score for each main category is Setting and Infrastructure, 73%;
Energy and Climate Change, 55%; Waste, 89%; Water, 72%; Transportation, 53%
and Education and Research, 49%. Table 2 displays the UPM’s ESI contributed for
this achievement.
5.1.2 Universiti Malaya (UM)
University of Malaya (UM) is Malaysia’s oldest university. UM has its root in Singapore with the establishment of King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1905. In
1962, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur was established (2018a).
UM has 9 main initiatives that have been carried out around the university. In
UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, UM has ranked 34th with total score
6280 (63%). The score for each main category is Setting and Infrastructure, 62%;
Energy and Climate Change, 56%; Waste, 79%; Water, 94%; Transportation, 62%
and Education and Research, 37%. Table 3 depicts the UM’s ESI contributed for this
achievement.
5.1.3 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) contributes to the country’s technical and
professional workforce since 1904 as one of the key players in engineering and
knowledge and technological expertise. For over 70 years of difficulties and challenges especially in the early years, from Technical School to Technical College
(in 1955) and then to Institut Teknologi Kebangsaan (in 1972), UTM was finally
established in 1975 (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2018).
UTM has at least 13 main initiatives that have been carried out around the university under their UTM Campus Sustainability (UTMCS). In UI GreenMetric World
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5 Results and Discussion: Critical Review of ESI
5.1 List of Environmental Sustainability Initiative
5.1.1 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
UPM was first established as the School of Agriculture in 1931. Over the years, the
status of UPM changes from School of Agriculture to College of Agriculture Malaya
in 1947. Then, the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia was established in 1973. Due to
the extended fields of studies, in 1997, the name Universiti Pertanian Malaysia was
changed to Universiti Putra Malaysia by Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad (Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018a).
UPM has at least 14 initiatives that have been carried out around the university under their Faculty of Environmental Studies (GREEN INITIATIVE). In UI
GreenMetric World University Rankings, UPM has ranked 27th with total score
6420 (64%). The score for each main category is Setting and Infrastructure, 73%;
Energy and Climate Change, 55%; Waste, 89%; Water, 72%; Transportation, 53%
and Education and Research, 49%. Table 2 displays the UPM’s ESI contributed for
this achievement.
5.1.2 Universiti Malaya (UM)
University of Malaya (UM) is Malaysia’s oldest university. UM has its root in Singapore with the establishment of King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1905. In
1962, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur was established (2018a).
UM has 9 main initiatives that have been carried out around the university. In
UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, UM has ranked 34th with total score
6280 (63%). The score for each main category is Setting and Infrastructure, 62%;
Energy and Climate Change, 56%; Waste, 79%; Water, 94%; Transportation, 62%
and Education and Research, 37%. Table 3 depicts the UM’s ESI contributed for this
achievement.
5.1.3 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) contributes to the country’s technical and
professional workforce since 1904 as one of the key players in engineering and
knowledge and technological expertise. For over 70 years of difficulties and challenges especially in the early years, from Technical School to Technical College
(in 1955) and then to Institut Teknologi Kebangsaan (in 1972), UTM was finally
established in 1975 (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2018).
UTM has at least 13 main initiatives that have been carried out around the university under their UTM Campus Sustainability (UTMCS). In UI GreenMetric World