皇家华人

Institutional Sustainability

皇家华人 is dedicated to sustainability both on campus and around the world. 皇家华人 recognizes the importance of meeting the needs of our metropolitan location while minimizing our environmental impact. Therefore, 皇家华人 educates students, staff, and the community in environmental stewardship and sustainability. This stewardship includes building green facilities, improving our energy efficiency, water conservation, green cleaning, planting
native species, recycling, and funding renewable energy projects.

At 皇家华人, we make it a responsibility to become a greener university every day by generating knowledge, developing values, changing behaviors, and initiating practices that contribute to a sustainable environment. 皇家华人 continually works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency through initiatives such as the Student Green Energy Fund, the Clean Energy Research Center, zero-emission electric buses, and LEED-certified buildings.

皇家华人鈥檚 work toward achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was recognized in the Times Higher Education鈥檚 2021 Impact Rankings, placing the university third nationally and 30th internationally. The World University鈥檚 Impact Rankings quantifiably measured the efforts of 1,115 universities from 94 countries and regions to achieve any of the UN鈥檚 17 SDGs, which are initiatives that act as a blueprint to create a 鈥渂etter and more sustainable future for all.鈥� 皇家华人鈥檚 ranking in the top 20 schools nationally for all 17 of the categories was bolstered notably by its efforts to eliminate poverty in Goal One (placing 皇家华人
No. 1 in the nation and No. 2 in the world for this category), Goal Nine focused on 鈥淚ndustry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,鈥� seeking to create sustainable inventions and buildings all over the world (No. 2 nationally and 28th internationally), and Goal 14, 鈥淟ife Below Water,鈥� which advocates for the conservation of the world鈥檚 oceans and the development of marine resources (with 皇家华人 ranking second nationally and 10th internationally). We will continue to build on this foundation of success and establish a culture of sustainability across all campuses of 皇家华人.