Green Projects

Sunway’s involvement in climate change mitigation, adaptation, natural resource conservation, biodiversity conservation, and pollution prevention and control through research, outreach programmes, community involvement and many more reflect Sunway University’s commitment to upholding eligible green projects in the face of environmental degradation. 

What is Sunway Doing?

 

Ongoing Projects

Increasing Energy efficiency (Scope 2)  

The University’s energy is supplied from both renewable and non-renewable sources. Purchased energy is supplied by the national power supplier – TNB and is derived from a mixture of hydroelectric and thermal plants. The University is still largely reliant on purchased energy. The plans to increase energy efficiency has been focused on reducing wastage and replacing non-efficient appliances at the earliest availability. 

 

Reducing Energy wastage

Internal Energy Audits and action plan – Internal Energy Audits are carried out annually to identify energy wastage points 


 

Transportation and commuting (Scope 3)


A sustainable commuting plan is vital to the University's landscape.

With an increasing campus population annually, the University has invested in infrastructure that is pedestrian-friendly to ensure the minimal number of vehicles entering the campus and that all areas on campus are accessible on foot.

Read More about our Transportation Policy
 


 

The parking area on campus has not been increased since 2016 as public transport options are constantly developed and promoted.  

Read More about BRT-Sunway Line

Read More about Sunway's Free Shuttle Bus Service

 

Waste reduction (Scope 3)

Sustainable behaviour

Waste separation bins are placed throughout the campus. Recyclable waste are accumulated at the 3R Store (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) before they are sent to recycling vendors. Read more about our waste management journey here.
 

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Composting

University food waste from kitchen scraps are collected daily for composting. The composting machine uses a Rapid Thermophilic Digestion method to breakdown organic materials into compost.  Read more about our composting efforts here.

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Completed Projects 
 

Renewable energy project (Scope 2) 

As part of the University's shift towards reducing usage of energy from non-renewable sources, the solar project was introduced in 2019. Located at the equator, Malaysia enjoys an average of 12 hours of daylight through the year. Taking full advantage of this, the University installed photo voltaic solar panes on the building rooftops. Solar energy usage contributes approximately seven to nine percent of the university's energy usage. Read more about the solar project here.


Rainwater harvesting (Scope 3) 

Purchased water supply indirectly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. To reduce this emission, and the constraint on the limited clean water for human consumption, the rainwater harvesting system was implemented in 2017. The rainwater is used for non-potable purposes such as landscape irrigation on campus, and outdoor cleaning of campus grounds.  In 2020, 817m3 of water was saved through rainwater harvesting.  
 

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Related Policies

 

Activities/ Student-led Initiatives

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Sustainable Bazaar @ Boulevard! 

Keep track of our Annual Sustainable Bazaar where you can find small local businesses, second hand stalls as well as innovative eco businesses.
 

 

 

 

 

 

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