Developing a Smart and Sustainable Campus in Singapore

Diganta Das (), Nathaniel Dylan Lim and P Aravind
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Diganta Das: NIE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637616, Singapore
Nathaniel Dylan Lim: National Institute of Education, Singapore 637616, Singapore
P Aravind: National Institute of Education, Singapore 637616, Singapore

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-18

Abstract: Singapore intends to become a “Smart Nation” through the use of smarter technologies and sustainable means to enhance the quality of life of its inhabitants. Universities are also increasingly seen as places of innovation of new smart and sustainable technologies, provincializing ideas and debates; serving as a testbed for local experimentation. Hence, to determine the status of developing Singapore universities as smart and sustainable campuses, this paper first discusses the role of Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative in relation to the development of smart and sustainable universities in Singapore. In particular, NTU’s development as a smart and sustainable campus. Secondly, a conceptual framework is developed to assess NTU as a smart and sustainable campus by understanding the prevailing dimensions of the smart city discourse. Through a detailed survey and ethnographic field study method conducted on NTU Campus, the study finds that the university has been rapidly deploying smart technologies to enhance students’ learning environment and university residents’ everyday quality of living through technology and sustainability initiatives. This paper contributes meaningfully to the development of smart campuses worldwide and brings an Asian university perspective to the existing research on smart and sustainable campuses.

Keywords: Smart Nation; smart cities; smart campus; sustainable campus; Singapore (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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