RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION
- Khalifa University is committed to the long-term reduction of energy consumption and to the improvement of our energy and water efficiency as part of its continuous improvement processes. This is evidenced through the ISO 50001 and ISO 14001 certifications recently received by KU.
- KU is committed to responsible consumption and production. It鈥檚 encourages it鈥檚 staff, by way of its policy number KUP6600 and procedures, to ensure responsible and sustainable sourcing as well as consumption of general office supplies and other usable material.
- The Procurement & Contracts Department of KU, by way of its policy number KUP6600 and procedures, aims to ensure that goods and services are obtained in a way that minimizes negative impacts on the environment, promotes social responsibility, and supports long-term economic sustainability.
- KU contributes to environmental protection, social well-being, and economic resilience while fostering a more sustainable and responsible supply chain.
- There is a comprehensive waste management procedure. Also, to develop, implement and maintain a procedure to manage generated waste to achieve the best EHS performance with regard to Management System and the communal and economic development of Abu Dhabi Emirate as a whole.
- Various events are organized to enhance awareness amongst staff, faculty and students about responsible consumption and production. In line with this, the Plastic Bag Free Day was celebrated on 3 July, 2020.
- An annual EHS report summarizes the work that is done to ensure that students, employees, contractors, and visitors are safe, happy and thriving at the workplace. Each year an environment, health and safety improvement plan is implemented and the report 草莓视频 how this has been delivered during the year, as well as plans for the forthcoming year.
- Khalifa University is also implementing a measure to stop the use of all plastic bottles, while encouraging use of sustainable products. Consequently, the university is offering customized sustainable thermostat containers to staff, researchers and faculty.
KU鈥橲 CENTER: SUSTAINABLE BIOENERGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
Research area: Salt-tolerant and arid land biomass
A common downside of current generation fuel crops is their competition for agricultural resources (arable land, irrigation freshwater, fertilizers) with food crops, therefore economically impacting the agricultural landscape worldwide. Socio-economic impacts of conventional fuel crops are particularly felt on at-risk or marginalized communities, where this resource competition between fuel and food crops leads to a direct increase in prices of traditional dietary staples. Potential environmental impacts due to indirect land-use change and intensive energy requirements may also mean that these biofuel feedstocks are not truly sustainable. By basing the fuel crop production on halophytes, the SEAS platform aims to completely avoid this issue, which uses non-arable land for agricultural purposes. In addition, it can enable sustainable agroforestry practices in arid, biomass-poor regions: given the existing lack of suitable crops and biomass sources in desert arid regions, a platform such as SEAS will unlock this biomass industry worldwide in some of the highest solar energy potential regions, that are hamstrung by lack of access to freshwater resources.
