Developing a Novel Index for Assessing and Managing the Contribution of Sustainable Campuses to Achieve UN SDGs

Rami Alawneh, Ismael Jannoud, Hesham Rabayah and Hikmat Ali
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Rami Alawneh: Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Al Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130, Amman 11733, Jordan
Ismael Jannoud: Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Al Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130, Amman 11733, Jordan
Hesham Rabayah: Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Al Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130, Amman 11733, Jordan
Hikmat Ali: Department of Architecture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 21110, Jordan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 21, 1-16

Abstract: Sustainable campuses have a substantial role to play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Worldwide, there are many rating schemes to assess universities’ sustainability; UI GreenMetric is one of the most common global rating schemes aimed at encouraging green campuses and university sustainability worldwide. However, none of the existing rating schemes quantitatively measure the contributions of the implementation of its assessment indicators to achieve SDGs. There is a shortage of information on how sustainable campuses contribute to achieving SDGs. Thus, this research aimed to develop a novel index to assess and manage the contributions of sustainable campuses certified by UI GreenMetric to achieve SDGs. This article proposes novel indices, the GreenMetric Indicator Contribution Index (GMICI) and the GreenMetric Sustainable Campus Index (GMSCI), to evaluate the contributions of implementing UI GreenMetric indicators for achieving the SDGs. By implementing questionnaire surveys, we collected the relevant data. Structured questionnaire surveys yielded 35 responses from experts. The contributions of UI GreenMetric indicators to achieving SDGs were evaluated using the Relative Importance Index (RII). The results indicated an important relationship between the GreenMetric indicator and SDGs 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,11, 12, 13 and 15. This research concludes that the proposed GMICI and GMSCI are a rigorous means for evaluating the contribution of UI GreenMetric indicators to UN-SDGs’ achievement.

Keywords: sustainable campus; UI GreenMetric; United Nations; Sustainable Development Goals; index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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