Collaborative procurement for developing a sustainable campus

Abstract

It is particularly challenging to achieve sustainability in campus universities, where a high volume of users and activities has made it more imperative to promote green buildings that reduce energy and water consumption while having a minimal carbon footprint. At present, the frameworks for sustainable campus have seldom focused on the project procurement method which would improve construction team integration in developing the physical aspect of campus development. Therefore, in response to that challenge, this paper investigates how the delivery team, responsible for the design and construction of a project, can be integrated to work together more efficiently and more using the collaborative procurement method known as partnering. This paper reports part of a previous research and sets the base for ongoing research on the critical factors in partnering for sustainable campus development. The outcome or result of this study will meet and support the requirement for construction, maintenance, and operation process for universities towards sustainable building/campus in the future.

Green information technology adoption towards a sustainability policy agenda for government-based institutions

“…(Kettha, 2010). Since then, institutions in Malaysia stand by the prime minister to support and implement Green IT practice towards contributing to CO 2 reduction (Nifa et al, 2016). Hence, institutions in Malaysia are implementing Green IT practices in an attempt to attain sustainability and also reduce the Malaysia greenhouse gas (GHGs) emission by 40 per cent per GDP by 2020.…”

“…The framework comprises six Green IT components (people, strategies, technologies and systems, administrative policies, cost management and end of life) that should be considered by institutions in attaining sustainability, as these Green IT components influence the achievement of sustainability. However, the developed framework in this study is not applicable to private sector institutions, as private-based sectors are move aligned to the economic dimension of sustainability and less concerned with the societal and environmental dimensions as mentioned by Dao et al (2011), Sakas and Kutsikos (2014), Nifa et al (2016). Similarly, sustainability in private-based sectors is not mainly concerned with administrative polices and end of life practice, which may be optionally concerned.…”

“…Previous study conducted by Nifa et al (2016) suggested that economic, environment and social dimensions are not simultaneously considered by institutions as stated in theory. This is based on the data acquired by the authors, which suggest that the economic dimension is mostly considered by institutions more than social and environment dimensions, which are not fully considered by institutions in reality (Nifa et al , 2016) as shown in Figure 2.…”

“…According to Murugesan (2008), for institutions to measure its achievement of sustainability, there is a need to ensure that environmental concerns are considered all through the establishments' operations. Congruently, Nifa et al (2016) stated that sustainable profit generation is followed by many institutions, particularly the larger ones, induced by the prospect of increasing profits. Yet, institutions' motivation on economic sustainability can only result in short-term success.…”

“…Congruently, Nifa et al (2016) stated that sustainable profit generation is followed by many institutions, particularly the larger ones, induced by the prospect of increasing profits. Yet, institutions’ motivation on economic sustainability can only result in short-term success.…”