Evaluation of the Green Campus Approach on the Campuses in Turkey

Abstract

The universities resemble to small cities with the area they occupy, their population and their activities. Therefore they have direct or indirect negative effects on the environment. It is important for universities to minimize these effects by taking necessary precautions. The purpose of the green campus implementation is to minimize the negative effects on the environment. “Green Campus” expresses the education, application and communication environment that focuses on “sustainability”. In related literature green campus criteria are defined generally in the context of headlines as: sustainability of environment and infrastructure, sustainability of adaptation to energy and climate changes, sustainability of waste and water management and sustainability of transportation. This paper starts with giving information about green campus criteria, then the some university campuses were evaluated within the context of these criteria in Turkey.