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A team from the Environment and Sustainability Section at Qatar University's (QU) Facilities and General Services Department has calculated the QU's carbon footprint, with an aim to make the campus more environment friendly.
The department has calculated the QU's carbon footprint 2013 to 2015, as part of the University's Sustainability Initiative, a strategic commitment to environmental sustainability through research, teaching, and operational activities.
The results revealed that the average amount of emissions per person (staff and students) on QU campus was 3.33 metric tons of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) in 2015, while the total campus carbon footprint was 63732.98 metric tons of CO2e over the same time period. The team included QU Environmental and Sustainability Specialist Eng Mays Abdalla and student from QU College of Arts and Sciences Khan Mohammed Sazzadur Rahman. It is led by QU's Facilities and General Services Department Environmental and Sustainability Specialist Eng Husameldin Talballa.
Eng Husameldin Talballa noted that 2015 values provide the baseline for developing sound strategies, programs and projects, and that QU is the first university in the GCC region to measure its campus carbon footprint as an operational exercise. He added that this should be followed with creating QU sustainability network, with the aim of building an expertise base that will exchange ideas on issues related to carbon emissions, and raise awareness on the importance of adopting more sustainable practices both on and outside the campus. He also noted that the team followed the internationally recognized Campus Carbon Calculator™ guide, issued by the Sustainability Institute at UNH.
QU's Facilities and General Services Department Director Eng Mohsin Al-Hajri noted that QU Campus Carbon Footprint analysis for 2013-2015 will serve to develop and implement a Climate Management Plan to reduce on-campus carbon emissions.
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