The results of 2022 UI GreenMetric World University Ranking System, which evaluates the world universities in the fields of environmental awareness, energy and climate change, waste, management of transportation and sustainability, have been announced. In this ranking, in which 1050 universities have been evaluated this year, our University has been ranked 86th among the most sustainable universities in the world and has shown a significant success. In addition, our university has been ranked 33rd among European universities and 2nd among 82 Turkish universities in the ranking. In the UI GreenMetric Ranking aiming to draw attention to the matters about sustainability and to create awareness regarding environmental consciousness, while our university has increased its total score from 7775 to 8260 in 2022, it has increased its score from 1225 to 1325 in the Setting & Infrastructure category, from 1400 to 1535 in the Energy and Climate Change category, from 1350 to 1425 in the Waste category and from 1425 to 1600 in the Transportation category.
Figure 1. Change of UI GreenMetric Scores of our University by Years
Table 1. Top 10 Turkish Universities in the GreenMetric Ranking 2022
UI GreenMetric platform was established by the University of Indonesia in 2010. UI GreenMetric Ranking evaluates the current conditions and policies of the universities regarding green campus and sustainability and compares worldwide. UI GreenMetric aims to encourage paying more attention to the struggle with global climate change, energy and water conservation, waste recycling and green transportation by drawing the attention of university executives and stakeholders. ERU conducts significant studies for the purpose of providing high-level contributions to our city and country in terms of education, research and community services, and it achieves important successes in this sense. In addition, important activities are carried out to make the green campus, energy conservation and eco-friendly policies widespread by improving them in order to provide our students and staff members with clean and livable environments. Among these activities, the Solar Power Plant is planned to be installed on ERU Campus and ERU Technopark in 2023. Thus, the campus project which produces its own energy will have been carried out. Rainwater harvesting and recycling projects will continue on both campuses. The green campus and sustainability activities of our university can be accessed at https://yesilkampus.erciyes.edu.tr .
We would like to thank all our staff members, students and stakeholders who contributed to the development and achievements of our university.