Carbon Footprint Analysis of Ege University within the Scope of Environmental Sustainability

Year 2021, , 51 - 58, 30.06.2021

Sıdıka Tuğçe Dağlıoğlu

https://doi.org/10.31594/commagene.865194

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Universities play a leading role in promoting sustainability in society. Besides their technical roles, they have important social responsibilities and should be a leader for their stakeholders. Therefore, there is an important need to manage and reduce carbon emissions in universities to ensure environmental sustainability. Ege University (EU) has the vision of being a sustainable campus. In this context, in order to reduce carbon emissions, a carbon footprint study has been carried out primarily to determine carbon emission resources. The life cycle assessment (LCA) tool was used to analyze the Ege University carbon footprint. The study was based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard and ISO14064/1-2 standards. In the study, the EU campus was evaluated as the main campus and the medical faculty campus. Total carbon emissions of Ege University in 2016 were analyzed as a total of 40.608 tCO2e within the Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3. As a result of the study, it was revealed that 37% of total emission was caused by constant and mobile combustion, 39% from electricity usage, and 24% from travel and staff transportation. In the discussion, it was emphasized that EU should turn to energy conservation and efficiency, awareness activities, and renewable energy resources in its short, medium, and long term plans in order to reduce carbon emissions.

Keywords

carbon management, energy management, carbon emission in campus, reducing carbon emission

Supporting Institution

Ege Üniversitesi

Project Number

16/CSUAM/003

Thanks

The author wishes to thank Ege University for the financial support of this study under the grant no 16/CSUAM/003.

Çevresel Sürdürülebilirlik Kapsamında Ege Üniversitesi Karbon Ayak İzi Analizi

Abstract

Üniversitelerin toplumda sürdürülebilirliği teşvik etmek için teknik rollerinin yanı sıra önemli sosyal sorumlulukları vardır ve paydaşları için bir lider olmalılardır. Sürdürülebilirliği sağlamak için karbon emisyonlarını yönetmek, azaltmak ve üniversitelerde sürdürülebilirliğin teşvik edilmesine önemli bir ihtiyaç vardır. Ege Üniversitesi (EU), sürdürülebilir ve yeşil bir kampüs olma vizyonuna sahiptir. Bu çalışmada, Ege Üniversitesi’nin kurumsal karbon ayak izi hesaplanmıştır. Yaşam döngüsü değerlendirme (YDD) aracı Ege Üniversitesi karbon ayak izini analiz etmek için kullanılmıştır. Çalışma, Sera Gazı Protokolü Kurumsal Muhasebe ve Raporlama Standardı ve ISO14064 / 1-2 standartları temel alınarak yapılmıştır. Çalışmada EU kampüsü Merkez Kampüs ve Tıp Fakültesi kampüsü olarak değerlendirilmeye alındı. Ege Üniversitesi'nin 2016 yılı toplam karbon salımı Kapsam 1, Kapsam 2 ve Kapsam 3 çerçevesinde toplam 40.608 tCO2e olarak analiz edildi. Çalışmanın sonucunda %37 sabit ve mobil yanmalardan, %39 elektrik kullanımından ve %24 ise seyahat ve personel ulaşımından kaynaklandığı ortaya konmuştur. Çalışmanın tartışma ve öneriler bölümünde ise EÜ’nün karbon salımını azaltması amacıyla kısa, orta ve uzun vadeli planlarında enerji tasarrufu, bilinçlendirme çalışmaları ve yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarına yönelmesi gerekliliği vurgulanmıştır.

Keywords

Karbon yönetimi, enerji yönetimi, kampüslerde CO2 kaynakları, karbon emisyon azaltımı

Project Number

16/CSUAM/003

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