GREEN CAMPUS INITIATIVES
MIYAWAKI Garden
- Our Institution is committed towards building a green campus.
- Miyawaki Garden, a method developed by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki to create dense, fast-growing forests in small urban spaces by planting a mix of native plant species very close to each other.
- Our Institution is following this technique to develop more self-sustaining and maintenance free ecosystem.
- It has achieved a fairly good amount of success in this Endeavour by Landscaping with around 500 trees and Plants.
- An active ECO club ensures the organization of tree plantation on World Environment Day, and various awareness programs & events every year.
Use of battery powered vehicles
College uses the Battery-powered vehicles for in- house transport.
Benefits:
- Better for the environment Less pollution: By choosing to drive an EV we are helping to reduce harmful air pollution from exhaust emissions. An EV has zero exhaust emissions
- Renewable energy: If we use renewable energy to recharge the EV, we can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions even further. We could recharge the EV from the solar PV system during the day instead of from the grid.
- Reduced harmful exhaust emissions is good news for our health. Better air quality will lead to less health problems and costs caused by air pollution. EVs are also quieter than petrol/diesel vehicles, which mean less noise pollution.
SOLAR PLANTS
- The college provides clean and green energy through the installation of a solar energy system on the roof, which has satisfied the college’s electrical requirement to great extent.
- This energy is used as a power backup supply during electricity department outages, resulting in Energy savings.
- Solar Energy Power Plants and the use of solar energy also help reduce carbon emissions.
- Solar energy is environmentally friendly, pollution free and a clean source of electricity.
- It has no negative impact on the environment.
- Solar power plant requires clear water to operate and produces no greenhouse gases.
- Consequently, it is both environmentally friendly and safe.
Following are some objectives of solar energy:
- 1. Decreases usage of non-renewable energy: Solar energy is sustainable, inexhaustible, non-polluting and reliable source of energy and hence decreases the utilization of non- renewable energy resources.
- Deals with the problem of global warming: Solar energy diminishes our need for fossil fuels. Also, solar energy has lower emission than other sources of electricity such as coal and hence reduces global warming significantly.
- Economical: Solar panels reduce our dependence on the main energy grid which reduces electricity bills. Moreover, it has low operational costs and hence saving money and protecting against rising utility costs.
- Solar energy is environmentally friendly, pollution free and a clean source of electricity.
- It has no negative impact on the environment.
- Solar power plant requires clear water to operate and produces no greenhouse gases.
- Consequently, it is both environmentally friendly and safe.
USE OF LED
- As a step towards energy saving, total lightings of class rooms, labs and hostel are replaced with LED lights and panels.
RAIN WATER HARVESTING
- The institution has water conservation facilities like Rain water harvesting, open well recharge, construction of tanks and bunds, drip irrigation in the campus to conserve the water resource.
PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY CAMPUS
- The Institution provides disabled, barrier free environment with ramps, disabled washrooms, signage boards, lights, display boards, sign post, mechanized equipment.
- Provision for enquiry and information, Human assistance, scribe, reader, soft copies of reading materials etc.
PLASTIC FREE CAMPUS
- The college is continuously committed to work towards a plastic-free campus.
- There is a complete ban on single-use plastics in classrooms, labs, canteens, the institution’s premises, and hostels.
BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
The institution follows the 3Rs reduce, reuse, and recycle to manage
waste on the campus.
Solid waste management:
- The biomedical waste generated during the diagnosis, treatment, immunization, and laboratory were collected in appropriate Colour code containers, e.g. black for general waste, yellow for potentially infectious healthcare waste and used sharps boxes.
- The cadaveric remains from the Department of Anatomy are disposed of by burial method in the burial ground maintained in the college premises.
- The biodegradable wastes are disposed of using manure pits.
- An electrical incinerator plant has been installed in the ladies hostel to dispose of the sanitary pad hygienically.
Electronic waste management:
- Electrical waste like telecommunication waste, electrical waste, metal waste, circuit boards, socket connectors, PVC, insulated copper wires, aluminium cable etc., are sent to the authorized recycling unit.
- Proper disposal is ensured through the authorized recycling unit.
DIGITAL LIBRARY
- The Institution is equipped with a digital library which includes online journals and E books.
- The user can get his/her information on his own computer screen by using the Internet.
- It is a network of multimedia system, which provides fingertip access.
- Digital library provides access to much richer content in a more structured manner.