Abstract:
Campus has become a basis of education and learning for various things related to sustainability such
as education about environmental sustainability and sustainable living. In line with that, a green
concept is important to be implemented on campus, both in the building as well as the environment.
The application of the green concept on campus requires support from the rector as the decision
maker and the architect as the designer. This includes the awareness of the users such as the students,
lecturers, and staff. This research aims to compile a green campus index based on the perceptions of
architects as the planners and students as the users. The campus area consists of environment and
buildings. The green concept that will be the basis of this research is based on the UI GreenMetric,
derived from the Greenship assessment tool from the Green Building Council Indonesia (GBCI) and
previous studies. This research was conducted at the Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU). The
research population in this research are architects in Medan City and students from USU, aiming to
compile a Green Campus Index which was obtained from the structured interview with the architects
and self-administered questionnaire from the students. The research sample was 10 registered
architects in Medan city and 394 undergraduate students from USU. Basically, this study is mixedmethod by using an interview and questionnaire. The interview results were analyzed descriptively
and factor analysis was used to analyze the questionnaire. The results showed that there were eight
variables that need to comply as a green campus index. Those are education, environment and
connectivity, transportation, material, energy conservation, water conservation, building, and waste
management. If applied, these green concept indexes will be beneficial for the campus. Although the
initial investment is quite large, it will reduce the operational costs as well as to provide better
quality for the users in the future |
