Water-Use Efficiency in Higher Education Institutions (HEI): A Conceptual Framework

By : Shomit Dilip Bade, Nikhil Ranjan Mandal

Page No: 51-75

Abstract
Sustainable Development Goal number six has the target to achieve water use efficiency across all sectors by 2030 along with other of its targets. The Higher Education Institution (HEI) campuses are usually a smaller version of urban settlements akin to townships containing a variety of building uses, a large number of people using the campus, and diverse and complex activities. Owing to which they require large quantities of water for their daily operations which exerts huge pressure on water resources. In the recent past, the development and application of water sustainability frameworks have been very helpful as they provided an array of information such as assessment, description, communication, depicting trends and predicting the future. The objective of this research is to develop a framework for assessing the efficiency of water consumption of HEI campuses. This paper discusses the stages of framework preparation. It initially identifies the criteria for the selection of an initial set of components, indicators, and sub-indicators to develop the conceptual framework and refines the conceptual framework to the final framework using an expert opinion survey method. The purpose is to provide a better perception of water use efficiency in HEI campuses and it is believed that successful efforts to conserve water at an HEI level can become a model for the urban areas.

Authors :
Shomit Dilip Bade : Department of Environmental Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Nikhil Ranjan Mandal : Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/NL.2023.55.04.4