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Nagoya University Environmental Report 2018

At Nagoya University, we are advancing our world-classeducation, research, and public engagement efforts
with sustainable development in mind. Across ouroperations, the entire university community is working
together to reduce energy consumption. Our wideranging efforts are receiving a great deal of recognition,
resulted in winning five awards, including the Grand
Prize for the Global Environment Award and theEnergy Conservation Grand Prize, in 2017. Theenergy conservation and CO2 reduction initiatives
that won us the awards are introduced here in
special feature articles.
(Featured on P7-11 of the Report)
University President Seiichi Matsuo being handed a trophy at the award
ceremony for the Grand Prize for the Global Environment Award,
held with Prince and Princess Akishino in attendance.

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Education and researchon the environment

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Fundamental Seminar"Can Urban Rivers be Restored?"
Logo approved for use
by the recipient of theEnergy Conservation
Grand Prize

This seminar offers some suggestions on the restoration ofthe urban river called Yamazakigawa river, one of whose
sources is Kagamigaike Pond on Higashiyama Campus, backto a river full of nature. First-year undergraduate students
taking this seminar face various challenges and, through theprocess to seek solutions, learn about working and interactingwith peers from diverse backgrounds.
(Featured on P13, 14 of the Report)

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Let’s learn more about Nagoya University’s environmental impacts

OUTPUT
City gasElectricity

8814,082MWh

4,064
thousand m3WaterWell water

270
thousand m3

668
thousand m3

PaperChemicals

293 t

132 t

University
activities

938
thousand m3

40,00037,34036,958Compared to FY2016
1.2％Up(KL/10,000m2)

10,000

54.73

53.55

53.89
52.71

02014

2015

2016

2017
(Year)

Electricity CO2 emission factor

J-Credit transfer amount *80,00076,43975,30375,888

54.00

0.516

0.513

0.497

(t-CO2/10,000kWh)
1.000（90,578）
13,812
76,766The Ecology Course at the Department of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, Graduate School of Environmental Studies tackles
global environmental issues by striving for a deeper understandingof the natural environment through fieldwork experience andreconsidering the relationship between ecosystems and humansociety. Students enrolled in the Laboratory present findings intheir own research.
(Featured on P19, 20 of the Report)

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0.486

77,5040.485

00.600

0.400

0.200

20,000Compared to FY2016
1.7％DOWN

2013

2014

2015

2016

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading
The Applied Social System Institute of Asia aims to share withsociety in a timely manner any findings that could lead to thesolutions of problems commonly faced by internationalsocieties in Asia and beyond. "Sustainable Development with
Realization of a Carbon-Free Society," one of the research
themes of the Division of Environments, is introduced here.
(Featured on P21, 22 of the Report)

0.800

40,000

52.00

2013

CO2 emissions

100,000

60.00

56.00

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Compared to FY2016
0.6％Up■ CO2 emissions

58.00

20,000201

Though our energy consumption increased by 1.2% over theprevious year, CO2 emissions in 2017 was just an increase of
0.6% due to an improvement of electricity CO2 emission factor.

60,00030,000tion 2■CO2 Emission（t-CO2）

Specific energy consumption
39,47239,92838,252

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Scope of data collection: our all campuses(excluding university housing and some of the private businesses on campus)

Due to the operations of newly constructed buildings, etc. oncampus, in 2017 our energy consumption increased by 1.2%
over the previous year; however, the specificenergy consumption(i.e., the amount of energy consumed in relation to the total
area of our buildings and facilities) decreased by 1.7% overthis same period.

Energy use

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Municipal waste 2,180 t
Industrial waste 1,649 t■Energy consumption（KL）

77,504 t-CO2

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Revealing Evolution and Ecology of Life

Students interviewed Professor Hibino and Lecturer Nagao
from the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, whohave been researching next-generation energy sources forthe realization of sustainable societies. In the interview, they
told the difficulties encountered in their research and theimportance of getting involved in different research fields.
(Featured on P17, 18 of the Report)

Sewage water

Energy consumption and CO2 emission■ Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent)tion 1

One-Step Production ofHydrogen from Waste

CO2 emissions

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We are working hard to reduce our ecological footprint by collecting and analyzing data of the environmental impactsof our activities (education, research, and medical services). The figure below shows the input of natural resources andenergy and the output of substances of concern for 2017.

INPUT

The "International Student Training Program" and the "Overseas
Training Program" are personnel develop programs introduced
to foster future leaders who will be able to play active roles in
the field of agricultural sciences on the international stage.
These programs enable students to learn not only theimportance of agricultural sciences but also international
relations and mutual cooperation.
(Featured on P15, 16 of the Report)

Educa
201

Material Balance

School of Agricultural Sciences "International Student
Training Program" and "Overseas Training Program"

2017(Year)0NU

Buy shortfall
from company B
Cap

ActualemissionsSell surplus
to company A

Company A

Cap

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Actualemissions

Company B

Emissions trading systems
Ref. Cap-and-trade systems in Japan
https://www.env.go.jp/earth/ondanka/
det/capandtrade/about1003.pdf

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Cover art competition forEnvironmental Report 2018
As a part of our public relations
campaigns, in 2016 we started
to seek artwork to be used forthe cover of the Nagoya University
Environmental Report with theexpectation that readers will beinspired to reflect further onenvironmental issues.

[2018 Gold Prize]

Shizue Wakahara
Planning Department

The Environmental Report provides an overview of many activities on campus towards a sustainable society,carried out by our students, faculty and staff members in the previous year .

Please refer to theIt introduces a wide range of environmental activities that seek the realization of more sustainable societies.

At Nagoya University, we view initiatives relating to our social responsibilities as environmental activities as well in the broadest sense of the term.

Environmental Performance

Social Responsibility

2018 Environmental Report for full-length articles.

（It can be found on the page of Nagoya University Facilities Control Department.）

Environmental Communication

Ensuring the Safety and Functioning of
the University in the Event of a Large-Scale Disaster

For Realization of Campus Inclusion of Students
with Disabilities"Clinical Environmental Studies" to Contribute tothe Creation of Sustainable Communities

Presented here are the efforts of theDisaster Management Office to minimize
damage from a disaster and quickly recoverand resume functions of the University.
These efforts include university disaster
drills to prepare for a large-scale earthquake
as well as the preparation of Guidelines
for Earthquake Precautionary Measures
and BCP (Business Continuity Planning).

The Office for Students with Disabilities
has created a learning environment thatenables students with disabilities to receive
equal education alongside students
without disabilities. As part of its efforts,
the Office has been playing an active rolein providing necessary support for disabledstudents’ study, such as reasonableaccommodation and improvement ofenvironment relating to it.
(Featured on P29, 30 of the Report)

The "on-site research training" course isintended for students in the Doctoral
Program to devise and suggest measuresfor Shirakawa Town and Higashi-Shirakawa
Village of Kamo-gun, Gifu Prefecture, tobe sustainable. In this course, students
grew up through interaction with otherstudents from diverse fields of study
and backgrounds as well as membersof the local community.
(Featured on P25, 26 of the Report)(Featured on P47 of the Report)

NUNAkasaki
Institute

Kagamigaike
PondNIC
NIC

Aﬃliated Upper and Lower
Secondary Schools

School ofEngineering

NU Library

Liberal Arts and Sciences
Main Building

School ofInformatics

School of
Humanities

School of
Education

University Hospital

Noyori Materials
Science Laboratory

ITbM

Outpatient
外来棟
Building

School of
ScienceEngineering andScience Building

JR Tsurumai Station
Nagoya University
Hospital Exit

Noyori
Conference Hall

IB電子情報館

Research Institutes
Toyoda
豊田講堂
Auditorium

Green Belt

School of
Economics

School of
Law

Ward Building
病棟

立体駐車場
Parking（建設中）

for Subway /JR Tsurumai station

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Research 3
2018

Social ResponsibilityTennis
CourtsSeeding：20,000 seeds
Planting：880 plants

Environmental Performance

The Advising and Counseling Services(ACS) of the International Educationand Exchange Center (IEEC) has
provided international students and theirfamilies with support on matters such as
cultural adjustment, and hosted various
programs and activities within andoutside the University to work and study
together while respecting individuality.

The Center for Gender Equality has
established a new base facility for
research in gender studies that will
provide a platform not only for thosein the University but also for all people
to think about the concept of gender.
Here, we note the expansion of
the Center’ gender studies andeducational activities.

University-wide safety education program
has been greatly improved in 2016.
It provides a variety of safety education
for all members including faculty, staffs
and students of our university including
twice annual safety education week.
Biannual safety training for international
students is also available.
(Featured on P46 of the Report)

Participant：60 pairs ofparent and childToy-making
using plastic bottles

Student Circle “NAGONEKO” for Stray Cats on Campus

Adoption : 4 cats

Enhanced Safety and Health Education Program

All rights reserved.

Flower bed：454㎡
Flower pots：60 pots

Spayed and neutered: 6 cats

GroundEstablishment of a Research Base for Gender Studies(Featured on P27, 28 of the Report)

売収Handling items 回：220 items
Visitors ：200 people

School ofHealth Sciences

Environmental workshop
at MEIDAI-SAIHandicraft toys from wastes

販N

Creating an Environment for Studying Together while
Respecting Internationality and Individuality(Featured on P31, 32 of the Report)

販売

Planting flowers

for Subway
Sunada-bashi station

Higashiyama Campus

Social Responsibility

販売Collection：3,769 books
Sale： 3,535 booksTo the new owner

販売

Reuse of goods
for student daily life

Daiko Campus

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Sold used books donated bycampus and the local residents

回収

Tsurumai Campus

NU Museum
Botanical Garden

NU(Featured on P34 of the Report)

回収
Student Environmental
Circle販売“Song of Earth”

Athletic Field

Baseball Field

Achievements of environmental activities by students in 2017

回収toRecycled
animal feed and ink

for Yagoto
Tennis Courts(Featured on P33 of the Report)

Waste oil：160ℓ

立体駐車場
ParkingTennis Courts

Scan the QR Code toview the scenery offour seasons aroundthe Toyoda Auditorium.

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Medical Science
Research Building 2CentralConsultation
Buildingfor Subway Nagoya
Dome-mae Yada station

University
Headquarters

博物館
NUMuseumFounded by Nagoya University students
in 2013, TEDxNagoyaU has hosted
various events to share "ideas worth
spreading" with a wider audience.
We introduce TEDxNagoyaU's past
activities, future challenges, and asummary of their talks so far.

Collected waste cooking oil
used at MEIDAI-SAI

School of Medicine

School of
Agricultural Sciences

The Disaster Mitigation
Research Building"Ideas Worth Spreading" from Nagoya University

Executive Committee ofMEIDAI-SAI (University Festival) by Students

立体駐車場
Parking

2018
School ofEngineering

Students' Environmental Activities

Students' Environmental Activities

Education 2for Motoyama

QR codeis here！

http://web-honbu.jimu.nagoya-u.ac.jp/fmd/06other/guideline/e_rpt.html

Passed away : 2 cats
Missing : 2 cats

A graudate's career
Radiation Measurement Research forReal-World Applications
Dr. Yuki MORISHITA, alumnus ofNagoya University Graduate School ofMedicine, currently the Japan Atomic
Energy Agency researcher, engaged inresearch and development toward thedecommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Station. Mr. Morishita isplaying an active role in the workplace
utilizing research methods acquired
while a student at the university.
(Featured on P35 of the Report)

Thank you for taking the time to review our report. Please feel free to share any thoughts or feedback you may have regarding our report.
The editing team of the Nagoya University Environmental Report E-mail：sis-kan@adm.nagoya-u.ac.jp