Awareness of Green Academic Library by KYL Dashboard towards Sustainable Digital University

Abstract

In recent years, climate change has become one of the most important problems in the world and the effects of it have become more severe every day [1]. Everyone on this planet concerns about this problem. Including, here, Prince of Songkla University (PSU) as the biggest university in Southern Thailand plays the most important role to encourage and instigate the awareness of Southern people about these problems and environmentally friendly behavior. Therefore, Khunying Long Athakravisunthorn Learning Resources Center (KYL) has started a Green Library Project and aims to be a role model organization towards a Green Office Criteria in 2021 for the university and the society around it. Thus, the carbon footprint dashboard and information system have been developed and implemented to visualize data of KYL which will help the organization achieved green office criteria goals and encourage awareness for the people towards sustainable university together with the societies around it in Southern Thailand. Analysis of the results KYL has decreased carbon footprint by 27.57% compared to the previous year and the emission trend from 2017 to 2021 seems to get lower each year. Four resources usage: electricity, water, paper, and waste has more than 20% reduction, except the fuel which can track rapidly through the dashboard. All resource list includes 6 targets achieved the goal 2021 that water gets the top by 30% and carbon footprint amount overcome as 27%. Hence, this will be a tool for highly encouraging awareness to a digital university for sustainability.