Sustainability Practices

APU Campus Design Strategy For Sustainability

Campus Infrastructure

1.9 million sq. ft area – Design strategy based on Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Indoor Environmental Quality and Outdoor Environmental Quality.

    • Building orientation – minimises areas impacted by direct sunlight and to obtain 50% of daylight needs from natural lighting.
    • Sustainable materials – minimal use of ceiling material such as suspended ceilings, plaster ceiling and boards
    • Sperry fabric roof – helps to further reduce urban heat
    • Rainwater harvest – used for irrigation system, toilets. Reduces potable water usage by more that 35%
    • Landscaping – green lungs/spaces within campus interior and exterior
    • Reduce, Recycle, Reuse – recycling bins around campus to segregate paper, glass, plastic waste for recycling material
ESG & Sustainability Practices @ APU (Examples)

Teaching and Learning

    • 34 ESG related modules in courses
    • 183 participants at SDGiC programmes organized by APU-UNESCO Chair

Community Engagement

    • 1,000 runners
    • RM40k collected
    • 30 essential items donated
    • 15 packets rice donated
    • 4 charity beneficiaries (SPCA, Furrykids, Agathians Rumah Kasih)

Student Projects

    • 20+ student projects relating to Social, Environmental and Sustainability

Examples:

– James Dyson Award 2022 – A Whale-like Vehicle for Filtering Microdebris

– Self-stabiliising spoon for Parkinson’s Affected People)

Social & Environmental Engagement Activities

    • 77 Social, Cultural, Environmental related activities

Reducing Carbon Emissions

    • 1,941 beds On-campus student housing
    • 61 shuttle bus transport / day reduces vehicle use
    • 12.6 yrs average age of company vans

Reduce Waste / Recycling

    • Acquiring Pre-owned furniture for campus Reuse & Refurbishment of existing furniture & fittings
    • Reducing no. of Course Brochures for Enquiries
    • Paper savings as a result of digital exams

Staff Welfare / Student Welfare

    • 500+ Boxes of delight and appreciation letters delivered to each staff member (during COVID-19 pandemic)
    • Availability of On campus clinic; medical facilities; ambulance

Resource Optimisation

    • Scheduling of 10,000+ slots per week combining modules, lecturers, classrooms, labs etc. to optimize classroom usage