Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education

A review of empirical data of sustainability initiatives in university campus operations

“…This trend is in line with the transition from high-emission fossil 241 fuels to clean energy systems to meet the climate targets and the energy independency of 242 national policies. However, energy supply from renewable sources is reported as covering 243 rather a disparate percentage of the annual electricity demand -from 3,76 % (Kalkan et al, 244 2011), between 35 % and 40 % (Eggleston, 2015;Helling, 2018;Radhakrishnan and 245 Viswanathan, 2015) and above 80 % (Kobiski et al, 2015) to almost the overall electricity 246 demand (Walker and Mendler, 2017). Thus, results on its feasibility are not consensual.…”

Lessons from unsuccessful energy and buildings sustainability actions in university campus operations

“…In addition, the fact that all assets may be under the umbrella of a single administration can be seen as an opportunity to explore more interrelated, sustainable and innovative solutions on a district scale, to monitor conditions and manage services (Gu et al, 2019). Simultaneously, the instructive role of the institutions may be enhanced, offering students communities a unique scenario of living laboratories (Baletic et al, 2017) or even supporting scientific careers related to sustainability, as a means of narrowing the path between research and operations (Hernandez-Aguilera et al, 2021).…”