Carbon footprint assessment among staffs in a higher public institution
Higher education institution is often being addressed as sustainability shifting models, which have an important role towards promoting low-carbon lifestyles. This study investigates the lifestyles pertaining to personal carbon emissions of employees of higher education institutions related with hou...
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| author | Abdullah S. Halim N.A. Mansor A.A. Mohd Napi N.N.L. Ahmed A.N. Ismail M. |
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| description | Higher education institution is often being addressed as sustainability shifting models, which have an important role towards promoting low-carbon lifestyles. This study investigates the lifestyles pertaining to personal carbon emissions of employees of higher education institutions related with households, transport, travel, food, products and services, in order to conceptualize the emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide. This study is significance in reducing the employees� personal carbon footprints, next reducing the nation average carbon footprint. Survey was conducted via questionnaire in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) at 90% confidence level (n=65). Results showed that emissions were increasing with the wage (MYR1500-MYR13001) and decreasing with education level. Finding of this study indicated that half of the respondents exceeded the nation standard average carbon footprint per person (7.7 metric tons per capita) which 26.23 metric tons was recorded to be the highest carbon footprint of UMT staff. In conclusion, employees of higher education institutions need to properly understand their personal carbon emissions along with reduction mechanisms, in order to promote such the sustainability in higher education institutions. � 2020 IJSTR. |
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| spelling | my.uniten.dspace-255772023-05-29T16:11:11Z Carbon footprint assessment among staffs in a higher public institution Abdullah S. Halim N.A. Mansor A.A. Mohd Napi N.N.L. Ahmed A.N. Ismail M. 56509029800 57216907319 57211858557 57224902975 57214837520 57210403363 Higher education institution is often being addressed as sustainability shifting models, which have an important role towards promoting low-carbon lifestyles. This study investigates the lifestyles pertaining to personal carbon emissions of employees of higher education institutions related with households, transport, travel, food, products and services, in order to conceptualize the emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide. This study is significance in reducing the employees� personal carbon footprints, next reducing the nation average carbon footprint. Survey was conducted via questionnaire in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) at 90% confidence level (n=65). Results showed that emissions were increasing with the wage (MYR1500-MYR13001) and decreasing with education level. Finding of this study indicated that half of the respondents exceeded the nation standard average carbon footprint per person (7.7 metric tons per capita) which 26.23 metric tons was recorded to be the highest carbon footprint of UMT staff. In conclusion, employees of higher education institutions need to properly understand their personal carbon emissions along with reduction mechanisms, in order to promote such the sustainability in higher education institutions. � 2020 IJSTR. Final 2023-05-29T08:11:10Z 2023-05-29T08:11:10Z 2020 Article 2-s2.0-85085239138 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85085239138&partnerID=40&md5=f2366c5f3d3fbdd04166812dc80f5a7f https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25577 9 2 4060 4063 International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research Scopus |
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| title | Carbon footprint assessment among staffs in a higher public institution |
| title_full | Carbon footprint assessment among staffs in a higher public institution |
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