Environmental Report 2014
Abridged Edition

Message from the President
The U.N. report on sustainable development titled Our
Common Future: Report of the World Commission on
Environment and Development was released in 1987, andpointed out the necessity of solving environmental issues
within the 21st century. The Report stated that the 21st century
is the century for environmental conservation. Fourteen years
have passed since the 21st century began and solving global
environmental challenges has become a pressing issue. Thereexist a variety of challenges, including global warming andfrequent abnormal weather, which have resulted in worldwide
conflicts over resources, energy, and food.
As a means for handling these issues comprehensively, theU.N. played a key role in developing the Education for
Sustainable Development (ESD) program in 2005. The
Japanese government has also made efforts to implement theUnited Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development (DESD).
Ahead of ESD activities, Kobe University stated in our Charteron the Environment: We will make the utmost effort toconserve the global environment and create sustainable
societies as a world-class research and education institution.
Through this statement, Kobe University clearly defined itself
as a university that aims to become one of the world’s
environmentally advanced universities, essentially ‘Kobe Smart
University’.
Kobe University emphasizes nurturing students as a means toproactively address these global issues and achievesustainable development. Through the promotion ofinterdisciplinary research and our ESD class, held jointly by
seven different faculties, the University pledges to produce
graduates with the ability to find sustainable solutions and put
them into practice in a global society.

Enabling World-class Research in Order toCreate and Preserve a Future-oriented Global
Environment
Of environmental research done at Kobe University, both thebiorefinery research project and the membrane and film
technology research project have received considerable
attention in recent years. The membrane and film technology
research project aims to develop separation membranes thathave the world’s best functions, membranes that cancontribute to the treatment of radioactive substances. In
support of this research, Kobe University has built facilities toadvance membrane and film technology research.
In other fields, the University has begun working on powerelectronics research that would have a tremendous effect onenergy saving efforts, and in marine science, the University
has developed the world’s most sophisticated aerial wind
power generator using wind power simulation technology andprecise control machine technology. Further, we areaccelerating a variety of other research for preserving the
global environment by extensively integrating world-classresearch including research into organic semiconductor
electronics using atoms and molecules, Green FluorescentProtein (GFP) signal biotech research, research on highly
efficient engines and robotics, and research on the origins of
the solar system, and the Kuiper Belt.

The Development
and Support ofEcologically andGlobally Minded
PeopleA wide variety ofknowledge and viewpoints
are necessary in order toaddress global
environmental issues.
We encourage ourstudents to become wellinformed and to possess acommon understanding of
rapid changes in the
movement of the European Parliament's Environment
committee, which sets environmental restrictions and enacts
laws, and the development of Eco Design, which is closely
connected to ISO standards. Kobe University offers both
numerous programs on campus, including the global education
program, through collaboration between multiple graduate
schools, as well as programs where students are dispatched tooverseas partner universities. Through these programs, as wellas environmental classes such as Introduction toEnvironmental Studies, which is provided as a liberal arts
course, ESD, and others, Kobe University is encouraging
students to be more globally knowledgeable and to become
world leaders in the environmental field. In 2020, the Olympic
Year, the University will host an international environmental
conference in Kobe, where we will present our cutting-edge
environmental research to the world and at the same timedemonstrate that our ecologically-minded students havedeveloped the traits necessary to be global citizens.

Encouraging Individual Participation in
Environmental Preservation and Conservation
Activities That Set an Example for Others toFollow
The Center for Environmental Management has been taking anactive role in the University’s environmental conservation
activities. In April 2014, the Center enhanced its responsibility
to better serve the university, and aims for further
advancement. This will, I believe, help to accelerate theUniversity’s environmental conservation activities, including
energy and resource preservation. Two year ago, students who
participated in the Third Workshop to Read the Environmental
Report, which is one of the activities of the Environmental
Report Working Group, formed the Kobe University Students’
Environmental Research Team. The team is now an official
university-certified organization. With a variety of viewpoints
among them, the students have been providing honest
proposals about ideal environmental activities. I have highexpectations that cooperation between the Center for
Environmental Management and the Kobe University Students
Environmental Research Team will generate an eco-wave
within the University, and that that wave will spread throughout
the community as well.
FUKUDA Hideki
President
Kobe University

Kobe University Charter on the Environment
Environmental Philosophy

Environmental Principles

As a world-class research and educational institution, Kobe
University pledges, through all of the University’s activities, topreserve the global environment and to create a sustainable
society; the two most important challenges the world faces today.

1. To educate and support ecologically-mindedstudents.
2. To promote research on sustainability of the
global environment.

Sandwiched between the Rokko Mountains to the north and theSeto Inland Sea to the south, Kobe University enjoys a rare natural
diversity in its surroundings which it uses to increase the number of
ecologically-minded students and to disseminate knowledge gained
from academic research from the international city of Kobe to theworld. Kobe University pledges to pave a path towards asustainable global society which must be a common goal of
humanity, through these efforts and by setting an example in thepreservation and conservation of the environment.

3. To promote environmental preservation andconservation activities that set an example
for others to follow.
Enacted on September 26, 2006

Third-party Review
Reading through the Kobe University Environmental Report
2014, I came to realize that the University has been taking
steady steps toward becoming Kobe Smart University and oneof the more environmentally-advanced universities in the world.
In addition to the accelerated world-class environmental
research being done there, my attention was drawn especiallyto the University’s efforts to develop global citizens.
To begin with the development of global citizens, classes
offered in related subjects often result in students who have
simply gone through the motions, the effect of classes notalways immediately visible. However, Kobe University holds
meetings to read the Environmental Report, and taking it a stepfurther, the students who attended these meetings got together
to form the Kobe University Students’ Environmental Research
Team, a launching pad for their activities. As learning about
environmental issues can be achieved through practicalexperience, movements such as these are incredibly important.
The energy and momentum that pushed them to participate or
act voluntarily should be esteemed. The University’s ability tocreate a place where such energy and momentum is generated
toward environmental conservation activities is, I believe, itstrue value.
As mentioned in the Message from the President, the University
is aiming to integrate students’ voluntary activities with the
University’s official activities, mainly implemented by the Center
for Environmental Management, in hopes that it will lead to an
eco-wave inside the University, a movement that could perhaps
even spill over into the surrounding community. Though thatwave seems to have already done so in, for instance, thehandling of waste issues, etc., I have high expectations that

UETA Kazuhiro
Professor, Graduate Schoolof Economics,
Kyoto University

it will further evolve in the form of a relationship between the
University and the surrounding community.
One of the methods of measuring concrete achievement inenvironmental preservation activities is to keep records ofchanges that have been brought about as a result of those
activities. I wanted to know if there has been an increase inparticipation in environmental conservation activities.
In terms of specific numbers, reports say that carbon dioxide
emissions in FY2013 increased by 8.1% over FY2012, and thatthe amount per total area rose by 10.1% from base year
FY2004. The report indicates that the major cause for this rise
was elevated electric CO2 emission due to the rapid increase in
the weight of fossil fuels in the composition of electric sources
after the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Accident. I imagine that thisvalue will not be returning to the previous levels any time soon.
Nevertheless, they set a goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 15%
in basic units during the second midterm (FY2010-FY2015). I
would suggest that additional efforts are necessary in order toattain that goal.
I hope that the process of preparing and utilizing the Environmental
Report will help expand environmental preservation activities in acreative manner.

ProfileEnvironmental Economist. Currently researching the prevention of global
warming and environmental economic and energy policies toward asustainable society in Japan. Graduated from Kyoto University Faculty ofEngineering and then graduated from the Osaka University Graduate
School of Engineering. He holds both a PhD in Economics and a PhD in
Engineering.
He has held the positions such as the President of the East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (2010-2012), andChairman of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies(2006-2010). He jointly edited and published books such as Green Energy
Principles (Iwanami Shoten, 2013) and Energy Principles for the People(Nikkei Publishing Inc., 2011). Currently, he serves as a Chair on the
Procurement Price Calculation Committee and is a member of the Basic
Policy Subcommittee of the Comprehensive Resources and Energy
Research Committee.

Environmental Education and Research, and Related Topics
Through the Activities of the Kobe University Students’ Environmental Research TeamIMAHASHI Ryo
Senior, School of Business Administration
In order to improve the situation facing Kobe University,
namely the fact that student involvement in the University’senvironmental activities is not at sufficient levels, three Kobe
University students formed the Kobe University Students’
Environmental Research Team in the fall of 2012. The team’s
intention was to conduct research on the situation at otheruniversities and to make proposals accordingly from thestudent body’s standpoint. In 2013, three new members,
including myself, joined the team and together we are working
on environmental activities. Although our team is small in
number, we have worked on a variety of activities thisacademic year in cooperation with the Center for
Environmental Management, the faculty, and administrative
staff members.
Our main activities include hosting a school event called Eco
Festa, which was held in June 2013 in association with
ECORO, an environmental circle, and NPO Gomi Japan, forthe purpose of raising student interest in environmental issues.
The students and administrative staff members in attendance
had a lively exchange of ideas about environmental issues,
most of which we believe would be useful in promoting
activities to improve the environment. It was a very fruitful
event.
We interviewed President Fukuda in August to ask for his
views about the University’s environmental preservation
activities and to propose student ideas. Such a discussion witha top decision-maker was a valuable experience, allowing us
to set our policies for future activities.
In November, we made a research visit to Hokkaido University
and had an exchange of opinions with SCSD*. We found theexperience very meaningful, especially in that we learned agreat deal from their ideas about how to encourage otherstudents to get involved in environmental preservation
activities.
*SCSD: The Students Council for Sustainable Development

In December, we held the Eco-idea Presentation Competition
based on the proposal we made to the President. Providing an
opportunity for students to present their ideas for activities toimprove the environment could, we believe, contribute toimproved awareness of the University’s environment among
students. In 2014, we solicited designs for a thermometer-equippedmagnet that was to be distributed to the University’s freshmen
and we also decided on a boar girl named Tamaki-chan as ourofficial mascot.

‘TAMAKI-chan’, design for a thermometer-equipped magnet

Through a whole year’s worth of activities, we have realized
just how difficult it can be to provide proper incentives forstudents to participate in environmental preservation. We, as
well as other student environmental teams such as ECOLO
and NPO Gomi Japan, are facing common challenges: lowlevels of recognition and a limited number of participants. Boththe University and the student environmental teams recognize
these schoolwide challenges, that is, that there are few
ecologically-minded students. To address this issue, we started
to look into the establishment of the Kobe University
Environment Student Committee (provisional name) throughthe integration of all the environmental teams. Through such acommittee, we believe that we could strengthen collaboration
across teams, supporting each other’s activites and alleviating
member shortages.
Looking forward, we are planning to host events like a Talk Cafe
where any student, not limited to environmentally-conscious
students, may casually drop in. Through the frequent hosting ofsuch events, we would like to examine how we could further
raise student awareness and incentivize partipation. We will
also make efforts to implement the strategies presented at the
Eco-idea Presentation Competition.

Interview with the President

I must admit that I was not leading an eco-friendly lifestyle
before joining this team. However, my consciousness has
improved gradually since proactively engaging inenvironmental activities and I feel that my current lifestyle isbased upon the preservation of the environment. Our team will
make further efforts toward our goal that students, who accountfor the majority of University members, be more proactive inparticipating in environmental preservation activities andleading eco-friendly lives.

Kobe University Students’ Environmental Research Team Website
https://www.facebook.com/kobe.kankyo

With Hokkaido University SCSD members

Organization for Environmental Management

Promoting Environmental Preservation and Conservation Activities That Set an Example for Others to Follow

Our Organization
The Kobe University Center for Environmental
Management enhanced its responsibility in
FY2014 in an effort to promote the University’senvironmental conservation activities. The
Steering Committee for the Center was
established to discuss significant items on theCenter’s administrative agenda, as well as topromote specific efforts in collaboration with
undergraduate and graduate schools. The
Center has two departments: theEnvironmental Planning Department and theEnvironmental Management Department. The
former is in charge of preparing basic plans forthe promotion of environmental management
activities, evaluating said activities, and doing
work on the rationalization of energy usage.
The latter is in charge of the environmental
education of University members. Under theSteering Committee there are three
specialized committees in charge of planningand preparing specific programs to achieve
their own goals.
Additionally, the Kobe University Students’
Environmental Research Team, which was
officially approved by the University in
AY2013, has been promoting environmental
preservation activities.

President<Faculties><Graduate Schools><Other Organizations>

Faculty of Letters

Graduate School of Humanities

Faculty ofIntercultural Studies

Graduate School ofIntercultural Studies

Organization of Advanced Science andTechnology

Faculty of
Human Development

Graduate School of
Human Development and Environment

Research Institute for Economics andBusiness Administration

Faculty of Law

Graduate School of Law

University Libraries

Faculty of Economics

Graduate School of Economics

University Hospital

School of
Business Administration

Graduate School ofBusiness Administration

Attached Schools’ Department

Executive Meeting of
President,
Directors, and Deans

Faculty of Science

Graduate School of Science

School of Medicine

Graduate School of Medicine

The Kobe University Interfaculty
Initiative in the Social Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

Graduate School of Health Sciences

Kobe University Integrated Research Center

Faculty of Agriculture

Graduate School of Engineering

Centre for EU-Japan Collaborative Education

Executive Vice President
in charge ofGeneral Affairs and Facilities

Faculty of
Maritime Sciences

Graduate School of System Informatics

Faculty Common-use Facilities

Graduate School of Agricultural
Science

University Common-use Facilities

Committee
Academic Council

Graduate School of Maritime Sciences
Graduate School ofInternational Cooperation Studies

Sea Training Course

Attached Schools

Medical Center for Student Health
Career Center

Center for
Environmental Management
Center for
Environmental Management
Steering Committee
Environmental
Management
Department

Environmental
Planning
Department

Environmental Management
Members

Selected from each department
and serve as the staff ofthe Environmental Planning Department

Kobe University Students’
Environmental Research TeamSpecialized Committee on
Environmental Education
Affairs necessary for
implementing
environmental education

Specialized Committee on
Environmental Planningand Evaluation
Preparation of policies on andspecific programs about
environmental preservation
activities, and the creation of theEnvironmental Report

Specialized Committee
on EnergySpecific planning,
preparation, and researchon sophisticated energy
usage

Educational Research on Environment and Related Topics
Meetings to Read the Environmental Report
In order to raise awareness of the university’s Environmental
Report within the university and to have the benefit of student
opinion for use in future productions of the Environmental
Report and environmental preservation activities, meetings toread the Environmental Report have been held annually since
AY2011.
First Meeting to Read the Environmental Report
27 students and 18 faculty and administrative staff members
had a lively exchange of opinions on Jun. 2, 2011. It was
proposed that the Environmental Report should include more
student opinions.

Fourth Meeting to Read the Environmental Report
At the Third Meeting to Read the Environmental Report, it wassuggested that we devise ways of inviting more participants.
Accordingly, the Meeting to Read the Environmental Reportwill be conducted as part of a liberal arts course called
Introduction to Environment from AY2014. This approach willallow more students to read the Environmental Report andallow us to better hear their opinions on the report as well as
environmental preservation activities.

Second Meeting to Read the Environmental Report
11 students and 15 faculty and administrative staff members
had a lively exchange of opinions on Jun. 6, 2012. It was
proposed that the Environmental Report should include an
account of how the University is handling the opinions
expressed at Meetings to Read the Environmental Report.
Third Meeting to Read the Environmental Report
7 students and 14 faculty and administrative staff members
had a lively exchange of opinions on Jun. 26, 2013. It was
proposed that the Environmental Report should be preparedwith students in mind as the primary reader target group.

Related URL
http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/info/public-info/environment/environmental.html

Environmental Performance at Kobe University
Saving Energy and Preventing Global Warming

3. Electricity Usage

1. Environmental Goal

The total amount of electricity used in FY2013 increased by 263,000
kWh (0.4%) from the previous fiscal year.
This was mainly due to the FY2013 opening of The Life Science
Laboratory, a building housing experiments, which uses massive
amounts of electricity. The lab is located on the Rokkodai 2 campus.
Nevertheless, overall electricity usage on this campus decreased.
All departments will make a concerted effort to save energy andpromote conservation activities. Future building renovations willcontinue to include the introduction of more efficient equipment, withthe goal of further reducing energy consumption.

During the current term (fiscal year 2010 to 2015), Kobe University aims
to reduce CO2 emissions by 15%, setting FY2004 as the base formeasurement.

2. Energy Flow
Our efforts to save energy have concentrated on educational activities
involving faculties, administration and students, as well as on
replacement of outdated equipment with more efficient models. In
addition in the Kusunoki area, a change was made from heating boilers
that use fuel oil to those using city gas, which produce lower CO2
emissions. This was followed by a change of the cooling and heating
boilers in the Fukae area from fuel oil to electricity.
The total amount of CO2 emitted in FY2013 increased by 8.1% (3,102 CO2tons) from FY2012.
The amount of CO2 emissions by gross floor area increased by 10.1%(8.3 CO2 tons/1000m2) from the base fiscal year (FY2004). This is mainly
due to the restart of nuclear power stations, which led to a sharp increasein the emission coefficient used for calculating the CO2 in electricity.
Kobe University will continue its energy conservation activities and makeefforts to achieve its goal, which is, to reduce CO2 emissions by 15% inbasic units during the current term (FY2010 to FY2015).
Note: The increase in the amount of CO 2 emitted reflects the CO 2 conversion coefficient(an officially published figure) of electricity purchased. The coefficient was changed from
0.414 (CO 2 tons/1000 kWh) to 0.475 (CO 2 tons/1000 kWh) for the Tsurukabuto 2 campus,
Kusunoki Area, Myodani Area and Fukae Area as they have contracts with Kansai
Electric Power Co., Inc. which relies on nuclear power generation for much of its
operation.

Table 1 CO2 emissions (CO2 tons)
FY2004FY2011FY2012(1000 kWh)
67,00066,00065,0000FY2013

Rokkodai 2 campus

12,31810,857

10,743

11,2644,900

Tsurukabuto 1 campus

1,426

1,169

1,143

1,232

4,700

Tsurukabuto 2 campus

482

517

775

876

4,500

Kusunoki area

18,494

17,51821,62623,731

Myodani area

479

472

580

685

Fukae area

1,004

994

1,258

1,441

Total

36,23233,35337,89040,99236,00034,00033,353Compared to FY2012,
this is an increase of
3,102 CO2 tons, an increase of

30,000
0

2004

2011

2012

4,781

x approx.
585 households.

2013 (FY)An increase of 28,000 m3
compared to FY2012.

4,809

If the output of a regularhousehold is taken to
be 200 m3, then this is
an increase of

4,577

4,300

x approx.
140 households.

4,100
3,900
0

2004

2011

2012

2013

(FY)

Chart 4 Gas Usage

5. Fuel Oil Usagex approx.
898 households.

32,000

(FY)

4,913

An Increase of 4,760 CO2 tons
compared to FY2004.
If the output of a regularhousehold is taken to be
5.3 CO2 tons, then this is
an increase of

36,23220132012(1000 m3)
5,100

37,8902011

Total gas usage in FY2013 increased by 28,000 m3 (0.6%) from theprevious fiscal year.
All departments will make a concerted effort to save energy and promoteconservation activities. Future building renovations will continue toinclude the introduction of more efficient equipment, with the goal offurther reducing energy consumption.

1,763

38,0002004

4. City Gas Usage

1,765

40,000x approx.
57 households.

Chart 3 Electricity Usage

1,826

40,992

If the output of a regularhousehold is taken to be
4,600 kWh, then this is
an increase of

63,0002,029

42,00065,61865,35564,73864,000

Rokkodai 1 campus（CO2 tons）

An increase of 263,000 kWhcompared to FY2012.

65,728

Total fuel oil usage in FY2013 increased by 23.2kl (58.3%) from theprevious fiscal year.
This was mainly due to a decrease in usage in FY2012 related to building
renovation in the Fukae area, returning to normal levels in FY2013.
The Rokkodai 1 and Tsurukabuto 1 campuses, and Kusunoki area
stopped using the heating boilers, so the amount used dropped to zero inrecent years. The Rokkodai 2 campus uses a negligible amount of fuel oil
for emergency generators. Fuel oil is not used on the Tsurukabuto 2
campus.

Chart 1 CO2 Emissions
（kℓ）
600

（CO2 tons / 1000m2）

95

90.20

90
85

83.24

81.94

80

500

15% reduction

400

73.47

75

300

69.65

70

200

65
60
0

583

100

2004

2011

2012

2013

Base year

Chart 2 CO2 Emissions by Total Floor Area

2015

58.17

(FY)

Goal year

0

2004

2011

39.77
2012

Chart 5 Fuel Oil Usage

62.96
2013

(FY)

Conserving Resources and Recycling

From the left FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013

(t)
900

Water (City Water/General Service Water) Usage

824.5

Volume recycled
Volume discarded

Total water usage in FY2013 decreased by 24,000 m (5%) from theprevious fiscal year.
In the Rokkodai area, water resources have been conserved by using
Rokko Mountain river water as reclaimed wastewater for flushing toilets,
in laboratories, and elsewhere. In addition, the Kusunoki area started
using well water in February 2012.
Efforts toward the efficient use of water resources will continue.
3

800

700

200.2

(1000 m3)

200

City Water

General Service Water

600

110.3
480

500

477
102

400

94.8

453

221

100

39.4

210

19.5

4.9

12.4

54.7
4.2
8.8

4.5

300

Office paper

Newspapers

Magazines

Cardboard boxes

Other paper

Raw garbage

Combustible waste

100

Cans

244

Glass jars/bottles

256

PET bottles

378

Incombustible waste

200

Bulk waste

0Chart 7 Non-industrial Waste Production by Waste - FY2010 - FY2013
0

2011

2012

2013

（FY）

Chart 6 Water Usage
Table 2 Water Usage(m3)FY2011FY2012City water

14,431

Generalservice water

15,132

Rokkodai
2 campus

City water

46,231

Generalservice water

46,778

Trukabuto
1 campus

City water

10,455Generalservice water

11,893Tsurukabuto City water
2 campus Generalservice water

7,168

Rokkodai
1 campus

8,152

Kusunoki
area

City water

270,972

Generalservice water

19,781

Myodaniarea

City water

6,705

Generalservice water

0City water

22,424

Fukae area

Total

Generalservice water

0City water

378,386

Generalservice water

101,736

29,56393,00922,34815,320290,753

6,705

22,424

480,122

FY2013
Total

Total
13,42915,18543,45850,308
11,651
10,162
6,523
8,810
152,921
136,596
6,796
021,157
0
255,935
221,061

28,614

93,766

21,813

15,333

289,517

6,796

21,157476,996

The total amount of non-industrial waste produced in FY2013
decreased by about 2% from FY2012. This can be attributed mainly tothe decrease in the amount of bulk waste produced. The recycling rate
saw an increase of 0.8% to 20.3% over the previous fiscal year (Chart
8).

Total
10,971
15,65045,93747,658
10,338
9,856
5,928
8,781
143,131
127,789
7,112
0
20,0930243,510
209,734

Volume recycled
26,621（t）
93,59520,1941,500

Volume discarded

Recycling
rate
17.6％
1395.722.2％
1306.119.5％
1405.520.3％
1379.6

2010

2011

2012

2013

1,000
500

14,709270,9200(FY)

Chart 8 Changes in the Total Non-industrial Waste Produced from FY2010 Through FY2013

7,112

Trends of Paper Usage Across the University
20,093453,244

Non-Industrial Waste
Chart 7 shows the amount of non-industrial waste produced from
FY2010 to FY2013. The volume recycled indicates the volume of waste
converted back into resources, and the numbers in the chart itself show
exact values for FY2013. Bulk waste and office paper account for asignificant proportion of non-industrial waste. Bulk waste had slightly
decreased up until FY2011, but increased by roughly 15% in FY2012 due
to building renovations and the relocation of laboratories within the
University. In FY2013 it decreased again as the renovations and therelocation were nearly completed. The amount of office paper waste,
which makes up the largest portion of paper waste, was increasing until
FY2012 but was successfully reduced in FY2013. Office paper is usedfor various purposes, not just for education and research. Efforts toward
the efficient use of paper seem to be gradually taking hold at the
University. Other paper waste, including wrappings and advertisements,
decreased slightly from FY2012, but for the most part was still being
discarded. Emphasizing that such paper products should be recycled willbring more success.

Chart 9 shows trends in the amount of office paper used from FY2011
to FY2013. The volume of office paper used decreased by 11.9%(approx. 27 tons) from the volume of FY2013.
We need to continue our efforts to reduce office paper usage by making
it common practice to have paperless meetings and lectures, to makecopies using both sides of the paper, to make consolidated printings,
and to use the blank side of paper that has been used on only one side.

Printing paper (for color)

（t）
250

200

211.650.92
13.96

Copy paper

Printing paper (for black & white)227.680.09
0.75

200.67
0.06
0.54

150

100

196.77226.84200.07

50

0

2011

2012

Chart 9 Volume of Office Paper Used

2013

(FY)

How this Environmental Report was compiled
This environmental report summarizes the work accomplished by our environmental activities over the past year (April, 2013 to March,2014) on the main campuses of our university. It is published under the title Kobe University Environmental Report 2014.
While the intended readers of this report are the members of our university, including students, faculty and administrative staff members, thereport also serves as a tool for stimulating discussion regarding the environment both on and off campus. In addition to introducing readers
to the related environmental topics, education and research conducted throughout the university, the report also features our efforts inpromoting an environmental management system to further enhance environmental performance.
In order to create interest in environmental issues among students, who make up the majority of the university’s population, the cover pageof this report, as well as articles related to student groups, were prepared in cooperation with the Kobe University Students’ Environmental
Research Team*.
*See inside for details on the Kobe University Students’ Environmental Research Team.

Reference guidelines● Environmental Reporting Guidelines, Fiscal Year 2012 Version(Ministry of the Environment, April 2012)
Guidelines for Items to be Mentioned in Environmental Reports, Second Edition(Ministry of the Environment, November 2007)
Survey locations● Rokkodai area:
Rokkodai 1 campus
main departments:
Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics, School of Business Administration,
Graduate School of Law, Graduate Schoolof Economics, Graduate School of Business Administration, Graduate
School of International Cooperation Studies, Research Institute for
Economics and Business Administration
Rokkodai 2 campus

main departments：
Administrative offices, Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Science,
Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of
Humanities, Graduate School of Science, Graduate School ofEngineering, Graduate School of System Informatics, Graduate Schoolof Agricultural Science, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology

Tsurukabuto 1 campus main departments: Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Graduate School ofIntercultural Studies, and Institute for Promotion of Higher Education
Tsurukabuto 2 campus main departments: Faculty of Human Development, Graduate School of
Human Development and Environment
Kusunoki area

main departments: School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine,and University Hospital

Myodani area

main departments: Faculty of Health Sciences, and Graduate School of
Health Sciences

Fukae area

main departments: Faculty of Maritime Sciences, and Graduate Schoolof Maritime Sciences

Fiscal year of operation● Fiscal 2013 (April, 2013 to March, 2014)
Date of issue● September 30, 2014
Planned date of next issue● September 30, 2015
Department in chargeof publication● Center for Environmental Management
Contact● Environmental Management Group, Safety and Health/Environmental Management Division,
Facilities Department, Kobe University
1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501 TEL: 078-803-6654
E-mail：shis-kankyo@office.kobe-u.ac.jp
URL● http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/report/environmental/2014/

Cover
The Kobe University Students’ Environmental
Research Team has been contributaing to the
preparation of the 2014 Environmental Reportsince last year. They requested that students at
Kobe University and its attached schools submit
cover images in an effort to spread awareness of
the report; 9 images were collected during theone-month application period.
The Kobe University Students’ Environmental
Research Team reviewed the entries and selected
the best one, which was then used for the report’s
cover page.
During deliberation, the best image received
comments such as, “The contrast between the sky
and the abundant green is brilliant” or “Thesubject, the student hall, seems to imply thatstudents will take more initiative in carrying out futureenvironmental activities at the University.”Thank you to all who made submissions.

Best Photo Award

Other Distinctive Photos

KOBAYASHI Fumiaki
Sophomore, Department of Physics,
Faculty of Science
Location: Tsurukabuto 1 campus

KUBOTA Ryo
Freshman,Faculty of Law,
Kobe University
Location: Student HallYAMANE Tomomi
Senior, Department of Earth andPlanetary Sciences, Faculty of Science
Location: Faculty of Engineering campus*The Student Hall houses the Kobe University co-op store on the 1st floor, meeting rooms,
community rooms, halls, club activity rooms, etc. on the 2nd-6th floors, and is utilized
for various purposes by students, faculty and administration.