Congratulations to Medan Area University, which has received the latest UI GreenMetric World University Ranking at rank 17 on the National scale and 303 on the international scale, and ranks 2nd in North Sumatra After with a total of 5452 points below the University of North Sumatra as ranked 1 in Sumatra North with a total of 5800 points or can be seen on the page https://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/overall-rankings-2019/ . The ranking is a very good achievement for Medan Area University.
UI GreenMetric World University Ranking is an annual university ranking event held by UI GreenMetric. UI GreenMetric is a program from the University of Indonesia . UI GreenMetric evaluates universities based on university commitments and actions towards greening and environmental sustainability (quoted from wikipedia), where the assessment methodology is carried out in the form of
Criteria for calculating UI GreenMetric values | ||
Criteria | Percentage of total value (%) | Information |
Land and Infrastructure Arrangement (SI) | 15 | Various arrangements for building and university environment in the direction of a green environment. |
Energy and Climate Change (EC) | 21 | University attention to energy use, alternative energy and climate change issues. |
Trash (WS) | 18 | Treatment and recycling of rubbish and waste in the university |
Water (WR) | 10 | University program to conserve water use. |
Transportation (TR) | 18 | University programs for environmentally friendly transportation. |
Education (ED) | 18 | The role of the University in fostering a green generation, with education, research, and supporting activities. |
Medan Area University is very concerned and has a high commitment in excellent environmental management for the creation of a clean, natural and environmentally friendly campus, including Medan Area University is the only private campus in North Sumatra that has a very good conservation forest has been certified as the bestari campus and obtained a UIGreenMetric certificate directly from the University of Indonesia.
Many efforts have been made by the Medan Area University in realizing the creation of a green campus including the processing of B1, B2, B3 waste, processing waste into fertilizer, processing clean water and utilizing water back to ready-to-drink RO water which can be directly consumed by the general public especially students, according to the steps conducted by Medan Area University to become a green campus and environmentally friendly campus, so that Medan Area University deserves a ranking at UI GreenMetric World University Ranking.