An Environment Perceptive on Solar Installation for University Campus: A Case of Universiti Utara Malaysia

Authors

  • Shafini Mohd Shafie School of Technology Management and Logistics, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
  • Mohamad Ghozali Hassan School of Technology Management and Logistics, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
  • Kamal Imran Mohd Sharif School of Technology Management and Logistics, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malay
  • A Harits Nu’man Fakultas Teknik , Universitas Islam Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
  • Nik Nurul Anis Nik Yusuf Department of Energy, Minerals, and Materials Technology, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, 17600 Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/araset.29.2.223235

Keywords:

Solar energy, University campus, Installation, Economic, UUM

Abstract

Sustainable energy has become the main agenda globally. Among the renewable energy (RE) sources, solar provides huge potential in electricity production due to the abundance of sun radiation. As tropical country Malaysia enriched with solar radiation the whole year. This paper aimed to study the environmental perspective towards solar installation in the UUM campus building. Climate change sharply decreased by implementing the solar photovoltaic (PV) system up to 91.2 % compared to the conventional source of electricity supply. The global warming impact of solar panel installation was in the range of 44.74 to 178.99 g CO2EQ / kWh. The most contributing process towards this impact was transportation. Installation PV in UUM campus, could avoided carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to 996 ton of waste recycled instead of landfilled or 47583 tree seedlings grown for ten years. Hopefully, the result encourages stakeholders to consume solar power as the primary source of renewable energy components on the way to achieving the Malaysia government’s target of 50% RE in electricity generation.

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Author Biographies

Shafini Mohd Shafie, School of Technology Management and Logistics, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

shafini@uum.edu.my

Mohamad Ghozali Hassan, School of Technology Management and Logistics, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

ghozali@uum.edu.my

Kamal Imran Mohd Sharif, School of Technology Management and Logistics, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malay

kamalimran@uum.edu.my

A Harits Nu’man, Fakultas Teknik , Universitas Islam Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

haritsnuman.djaohari@gmail.com

Nik Nurul Anis Nik Yusuf, Department of Energy, Minerals, and Materials Technology, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, 17600 Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia

anis.ny@umk.edu.my

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Published

2023-01-16

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 2: January (2023)

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