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The Role of Non-academic Staff in Designing the Green University Campus

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Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education

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A designing of a green university campus in a sustainable university requires a deep involvement of all stakeholders, including non-academic staff. Non-academic staff has an authority and power to make decisions for and against sustainability initiatives, hereby its role is of high importance, especially when universities act in a market economy. The paper analyses the case of a university and describes how non-academic staff perceives its role in designing of the campus based on a sustainable university approach. A special focus is given to various aspects: from integration of sustainability into university’s strategy and infrastructure processes to non-academic staff perception and initiatives for designing of the green campus. Analysis of the interviews with non-academic staff helps to identify problems and raise possible solutions for green campus development. Finally, some proposals which may be undertaken by universities in order to advance towards becoming more sustainable are outlined.

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  1. School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Donelaičio St. 73, 44029, Kaunas, Lithuania

    Eglė Katiliūtė, Živilė Stankevičiūtė & Asta Daunorienė

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  1. FTZ-ALS, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Department of Environment, University of the Aegean , Mytilene, Greece

    Constantina Skanavis

  3. Business and Economics, NECE, University of Beira Interior , Covilhã, Portugal

    Arminda do Paço

  4. School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University , Melbourne, Australia

    Judy Rogers

  5. Manchester Metropolitan University , Manchester, United Kingdom

    Olga Kuznetsova

  6. Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra , Coimbra, Portugal

    Paula Castro

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Katiliūtė, E., Stankevičiūtė, Ž., Daunorienė, A. (2017). The Role of Non-academic Staff in Designing the Green University Campus. In: Leal Filho, W., Skanavis, C., do Paço, A., Rogers, J., Kuznetsova, O., Castro, P. (eds) Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47889-0_4

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