Towards greening a university campus: The case of the University of Maribor, Slovenia
Towards greening a university campus: The case of the University of Maribor, Slovenia
The environmental performance of the University of Maribor (Engineering Campus) has been assessed on a life cycle basis. The following activities have been considered in the study: the use and operation of lecture theatres (construction and maintenance, heating, lighting and water consumption) and day-to-day consumption of sundries (paper and plastic bottles). The results indicate that the heating and construction of buildings are the ‘hot spots’ in the system, for most environmental impacts. Different waste management options for the plastic and paper, including recycling, incineration and landfill, have also been compared for environmental impacts and economic costs. The option combining 70% recycling, 29% incineration and 1% landfill has been found to be most economically and environmentally sustainable.
life cycle assessment, environmental impacts, environmental management, waste management, greening universities
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Lukman, Rebeka
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Tiwary, Abhishek
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Azapagic, Adisa
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September 2009
Lukman, Rebeka
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Tiwary, Abhishek
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Lukman, Rebeka, Tiwary, Abhishek and Azapagic, Adisa
(2009)
Towards greening a university campus: The case of the University of Maribor, Slovenia.
Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 53 (11), .
(doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.04.014).
Abstract
The environmental performance of the University of Maribor (Engineering Campus) has been assessed on a life cycle basis. The following activities have been considered in the study: the use and operation of lecture theatres (construction and maintenance, heating, lighting and water consumption) and day-to-day consumption of sundries (paper and plastic bottles). The results indicate that the heating and construction of buildings are the ‘hot spots’ in the system, for most environmental impacts. Different waste management options for the plastic and paper, including recycling, incineration and landfill, have also been compared for environmental impacts and economic costs. The option combining 70% recycling, 29% incineration and 1% landfill has been found to be most economically and environmentally sustainable.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 23 May 2009
Published date: September 2009
Keywords:
life cycle assessment, environmental impacts, environmental management, waste management, greening universities
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Civil Maritime & Env. Eng & Sci Unit
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Local EPrints ID: 354509
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/354509
ISSN: 0921-3449
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Adisa Azapagic
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