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Environmental Management and Sustainable Development in University´s Strategic Management

Environmental Management and Sustainable Development in University´s Strategic Management Motivation and Experience at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz Bernd Delakowitz. Location. Zittau. Goerlitz. Impressions. Zittau: Engineering, Nat. Sci., Economics.

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Environmental Management and Sustainable Development in University´s Strategic Management

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  1. Environmental Management and Sustainable Development in University´s Strategic Management Motivation and Experience at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz Bernd Delakowitz

  2. Location Zittau Goerlitz

  3. Impressions Zittau: Engineering, Nat. Sci., Economics Goerlitz: IT, Social Sci.

  4. The Univ. of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz • Faculties: Architecture and Infrastructure Energy and Technical Systems Information and Computer Sciences Process Engineering Mathematics/Natural Sciences Social Transformation Processes Languages Business and Management • Students (2004): 3.800 • Employees: 411 • Area: 28.121 m² (Zittau) 5.711 m² (Goerlitz) • Under Construction: 5,000 m² (Zittau) • R&D: ca. 4.2 Mio € p.a. (ca. 40 % environmental related)

  5. The Environmental Management • EG 1836/93 (EMAS) - March 1999 • EG 761/2001 (EMAS II) - March 2002 • External Supervisory Audit - March 2003 • External Supervisory Audit - March 2004 1995 Senate Decision 1997 EM Team Dec. 1998 Validation Audit 3rd Validation Audit: EG 761/2001 - January 2005

  6. The Environmental Management “ … The Hochschule Zittau/Goerlitz regards Environmental Management not simply as positive advertising, but uses it as a guideline for organizing and modeling its commitments in teaching and research …” …. from the 2002 interim report of the environmental inspector

  7. Motivation for EM and SD • Image • Costs • Best practise • Multiplier function • Responsibility • Authenticity Operation of Universites Integration in Research and Education

  8. The Zittau/Goerlitz Environmental Declaration • A primary goal of our University is the protection and preservation of the natural environment. Through research and teaching, all students and staff are educated and encouraged to take active steps to this end. • The on-going sustainable protection and preservation of the natural environment within the framework of scientific knowledge and academic gravity is a major goal of teaching and research and a basic element of University policy. • We are aware that natural resources are not inexhaustible and limitless. As a result, we realize the necessity and importance of making environmental sound and efficient economical use of raw materials, energy and water. • ….

  9. Organisation

  10. Environmental Categories • Energy and Water • Materials and Waste • Information/Communication • Education and Research • Sustainable Development

  11. Electrical Energy Consumption

  12. Heat Energy Consumption

  13. Former Military Facilities now used as Laboratories - Before and after Reconstruction

  14. Communication and Information • The University´s Annual Environmental Day • Sustainability and Climate Change • Biotechnology and Bioethics • Flood Prevention W a s t e m a n a g e m e n t

  15. Technical Environmental Protection EH & S Management Natural Conservation/ Spatial Planning Education (1) • Diploma Course: Ecology and Environmental Protection (since 1994) • Approx. 45 - 50 immatriculations p. a. (ca. 550 students so far) • Ca. 70% successful graduations, approx. 80% find jobs

  16. Education (2) Course: Fundamentals of Ecology & Environmental Protection

  17. Environmental Oriented Teaching and Research

  18. The Zittau/Goerlitz Commitment to SD

  19. Thank you for your attention!

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