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Jan. 26, 2015
 

 

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev advanced to 24th place on the 2014 Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities, out of 360 universities from 62 countries.  BGU’s rank was the best in Israel and reflects a series of environmental sustainability measures undertaken by the University’s Green Campus initiative since the last ranking in 2013. In 2013, BGU ranked 62.

This is the fifth  year of this ranking which compares universities efforts towards campus sustainability and environment friendly university management. This year, 360 universities from 62 countries took part, which is an increase from last year with 301 universities from 60 countries. Apart from the US, the UK, Japan, South America, Chinese Taipei and countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, the 2014 results include universities from Trinidad & Tobago, Sri Lanka, and Syria.

The results are computed from information provided by universities online.  This year the information are organized under Six (6) main categories. These categories, and their weightings, are: Green Statistics (15%), Energy and Climate Change (21%), Waste management (18%), Water usage (10%), Transportation (18%), and Education (18%).