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SDG 7 : Affordable and Clean Energy

SDG 7 “Affordable and clean energy” aims to ensure access to reliable, sustainable, and sustainable energy sources while advancing energy-saving and renewable technologies. The goal of clean energy is to overcome the climate change and improving economic growth. 
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UNIMAS ensures that all renovation and construction projects adhere to energy efficiency standards, promoting sustainable building practices. Plans are in place to upgrade existing buildings for higher energy efficiency, contributing to reduced energy consumption and environmental impact. UNIMAS has a structured process for carbon management, actively working towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions. An energy efficiency plan is implemented to systematically reduce overall energy consumption, with regular energy reviews helping to pinpoint areas with the highest energy waste. 
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UNIMAS ENERGY POLICY

This policy was endorsed in the Senate Meeting No. 02/2018 169th which has convened on 21 February 2018. UNIMAS electricity policy was developed for the purpose of optimizing and leading to saving electricity consumption at the University. This is in line with the government's practical spending practices, as well as the intention to make UNIMAS asustainable campus and low carbon campus.

UNIMAS LOW-CARBON CAMPUS ROADMAP 2030

UNIMAS has come out with its own Low-Carbon Campus Roadmap in its effort to reduce the university's GHG emission by 45% from the year 2022.

University Measures Towards Affordable and Clean Energy

Energy-efficient renovation and building

Upgrade Existing Buildings to Higher Energy Efficiency

UNIMAS also implemented a project for energy efficiency by practicing the use of LED lights in several places in UNIMAS to reduce electricity consumption in UNIMAS. The following is a list of LED lighting projects at UNIMAS.

  1. Proposed Supply, Install, Testing And Commissioning Of Led Lighting For Chandelier At Bilik Kenyalang And Nilam, Detar Putra, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan
  2. Proposed Supply, Install, Testing And Commissioning Of Led Backlit 3d Signage, Detar Putra, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan 
  3. Proposed Supply, Install, Testing And Commissioning Of Lighting Spare Parts At Faculty Of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan
  4. Proposed New Lighting Wiring Works At Faculty Of Economics And Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan  
  5. Proposed Supply, Install, Testing And Commissioning Of Lighting Spare Parts At Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra (Detar), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan 
  6. Proposed Supply, Install, Testing And Commissioning Of Led Lighting And Power Point At Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra (Detar), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan 


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ENERGY REVIEW TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE ENERGY WASTAGE IS HIGHEST

UNIMAS has a system called Energy Management System which is supervised by the UNIMAS Development Office. The objectives of installation of energy meter were: 

  • Knowing the trend / pattern of energy consumption in each building that installed energy meter. 
  • Analyze and find opportunities to optimize the use of electricity. 
  • Implement measures to save electricity consumption. 
  • Monitor energy consumption more effectively. 

These energy meters are installed in buildings that use high electricity and in buildings that have many and varied machines such as in MEP, FACA, FRST, Distribution Sub Station, CAIS, FMHS, FE FCSIT, DeTAR, Dahlia College and Alamanda College. 



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Energy and The Community

Local community outreach for energy efficiency
We offer community programs to educate the local community on the importance of energy efficiency and clean energy as well as fostering sustainability awareness. Among the programme that were organised in 2022 are :

 
Consistent with global aspirations regarding sustainability, the Malaysian government has understood the importance of keeping sustainable development goals in mind, in particular the need to promote good energy and environmental practices. One of the keys to achieving this is through education, and by instilling these values in all levels of the educational system. For this reason the Ministry of Education of Malaysia has led a global education effort to strengthen attitudes, values and actions which are compatible with sustainable development. Notwithstanding this, there is a clear lack of coordination and awareness in HEI campuses regarding sustainability and energy efficiency. It is therefore pressing to support the development of sustainability in HEI campuses in Malaysia, and even more so to do it through a national platform, in order to ensure that more concerted activities will have a better impact at both local and national levels.
Following a real need identified to support the Malaysian higher education system in increasing the knowledge and skills of their staff, having access to good practices developed in other institutions, and in strengthening their ability to cooperate in this issue both locally and on a national level, the Erasmus+ CBHE project “Malaysia Sustainable University Campus Network, or MYSUN, has an overall aim of promoting Malaysian university campuses as “living laboratories” for sustainability and energy efficiency.

Specifically, MYSUN aims:
  • To strengthen the human capacities in university campuses’ sustainability and energy efficiency in Malaysia;
  • To develop a platform to promote and support a culture of sustainable HEI campuses in the Malaysian higher education system through the establishment of the MYSUN Network and the delivery of a pilot MOOC on sustainability in HEI campuses.
UNEP Little Book of Green Nudges

 

As part of the global community, during Vice Chancellor 2021 Mandate Program, UNIMAS is given attention on contribution towards the achievement of SDG 2030. The University agreed to establish the UNIMAS-UNESCO Knowledge for Change Hub or K4C which is a step in support of SDG 2030. The Knowledge for Change Consortium (K4C) is an initiative of the UNESCO Chair for Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. UNIMAS has also been selected as one of the pilot campuses among 200 universities in the world that will participate in the "The Little Book of Green Nudges" initiative organized by the United Nation Environment Program (UNEP). "The Little Book of Green Nudges" is a book that aims to inspire more than 200 million students worldwide to adopt greener lifestyles and help universities to raise awareness of students and staff towards "sustainable behaviours" through interventions. "Green nudges".