The sustainable campus - University of Anbar as model

• Main Authors: Abdulrazzaq, Zeyad Mohammed, Al-Abdaly, Haytham M., Ahmad, Mohammad Dalaf
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Buildings; College campuses; Colleges & universities; Design standards; Energy consumption; Social factors; Sustainability; Sustainable design
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0181572

The university campus is one of the largest urban educational entities, as it combines buildings and open outdoor spaces, so it has a strong impact on society. At present and in light of the taking care to make campus less resource-intensive, while maintaining the same level of quality and efficiency in job performance. Therefore the goal of achieving sustainability in the design of the campus has become to overcome the negative effects affecting the environment resulting from the various activities that take place within the university. The integration of outdoor spaces and campus buildings makes the university environment understandable to the user and gives him a sense of safety, orientation, and beauty. So, this requires a sustainable design with a suitable function for the use of university personnel. This design has distinct environmental characteristics that achieve human comfort and rejuvenate its vitality. Furthermore, the sustainable design integrates with the campus buildings that contain it functionally, sensually, and environmentally. In order to increase the utilitarian and aesthetic value of the site. As well as creating beautiful and comfortable spaces for the senses that enhance social interaction and contribute to enriching the intellectual and spiritual experience and are positively reflected in the achievement aims of the university. The concept of campus sustainability is the optimal use of available and possibilities resources human, material, or natural effectively and in an environmentally, socially, and economically balanced manner. In addition to reducing energy consumption and environmental pollution to ensure the preservation of human health and the continuity of perpetuating these spaces without wasting the gains and rights of future generations. The problem of the research was the lack of interest in the components of a sustainable campus, which necessitated clarification of the importance of sustainability and ways to achieve it. This is done by identifying the problems that impede achieving the sustainability of the components of the campus and suggesting appropriate mechanisms for them. The study concluded that there are many problems in sectors, landmarks, paths, car parks, functional nodes, and edges, and the lack of application of the principles and standards of sustainable design in them. Therefore, a number of mechanisms have been suggested that can be implemented to overcome these problems and achieve the sustainabili