Clean Energy
The University deeply recognizes the decisive impact of the built environment on overall campus carbon emissions. In campus planning and construction, the University regularly conducts building energy audits and actively introduces green building design concepts and international certification standards, striving to improve the building energy-saving and carbon-reduction management system, continuously reducing greenhouse gas emissions during the operational phase of buildings, and driving the campus toward its net-zero carbon goal.
New teaching buildings and research facilities fully incorporate passive design (such as optimizing natural lighting and ventilation) and use environmentally friendly building materials.
For existing buildings, the University continues to pursue 'retro-commissioning' and high energy-efficiency retrofits, including upgrading conventional lighting to smart LED systems and improving the thermal insulation performance of building exterior walls.
Expanding campus green coverage and vertical greening not only effectively mitigates the urban heat island effect, but also provides faculty and students with a learning and living environment that enhances well-being.
Relying on the MUST Zero system developed in-house by the University, we have achieved real-time collection, monitoring and forecasting of campus energy data. The system can break the macro-level energy footprint down to specific buildings, floors and even individual laboratories.
Through continuous digital energy audits, the system automatically identifies the areas on campus with the highest energy consumption and the greatest scope for optimization. At present, the audits show that the campus's core energy hotspots are concentrated in:
Divestment from Carbon-Intensive Industries Policy
The University has established and is progressively implementing strict equipment energy-efficiency standards, continuously optimizing the campus's hardware and facilities through a two-pronged approach of 'phasing out the old and bringing in the new':
Transport-related carbon emissions are a major source of greenhouse gases for both the city and the campus. Macau University of Science and Technology is actively promoting the electrification of campus transport, encouraging and leading faculty and students toward green mobility:
Green Initiatives
The University is committed to reducing single-use items and plastic waste at source and has embedded this goal deeply into the day-to-day operation of campus logistics and catering procurement; the relevant policies and standards are continually reviewed and updated:
Source Waste Reduction in Catering Services: The University's sustainable catering policy explicitly requires catering suppliers and contractors on campus to take substantive measures to reduce the use of single-use items (especially single-use plastics). Specific actions include: ending the proactive provision of free single-use cutlery and plastic straws across the board, actively adopting environmentally friendly alternatives, and reducing plastic packaging for takeaway meals.
Green, Centralized Management of Cleaning Consumables: For campus cleaning, the University requires cleaning contractors to purchase concentrated cleaning agents in bulk so as to reduce packaging waste. At the same time, contractors are required to provide professional dilution and dispensing equipment for daily campus use and to comprehensively promote the use of washable microfiber cloths, further reducing the consumption of non-recyclable cleaning materials.
Macau University of Science and Technology not only regulates its own procurement practices but also seeks to extend environmental responsibility throughout the supply chain, encouraging all partners to join in sustainable development:
Green Procurement Assessment of Suppliers: In its tendering and procurement processes, the University is progressively taking account of the environmental performance of suppliers and contractors. We encourage bidders to offer products or service solutions with environmental benefits and, under equal conditions, give priority to suppliers that actively adopt green packaging, low-carbon logistics or hold environmental certifications, thereby guiding the supply chain toward a green and low-carbon transition.
Construction and Building Waste Management: For building construction and renovation projects on campus, the University attaches great importance to environmental impacts during the construction period. We require building contractors and design consultants to implement effective source separation and management of waste throughout project delivery. The University actively encourages project teams to increase the recycling and reuse of construction and demolition waste, so as to minimize the amount of waste sent to landfills and to work toward international best practice for green buildings.
