FY 2010

Environmental Report
Abridged version

National University Corporation

Hokkaido University

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Replicating connections across the university
and expanding the circle of sustainability toencompass society as a whole

Takashi Mikami
Executive Director , Office for a Sustainable Campus

Universities are widely expected to view their campuses as mini
towns and to make them sustainable by drawing on their characteristics,
as well as to act as models for environmental impact reduction. We
established the Office for a Sustainable Campus in response to theneed for a new campus-wide environmental management system thatencompasses

educational

andresearch

programsforthe

implementation of campus sustainability assessment.
One of Hokkaido University’s main characteristics is its status as
the country’s northernmost national university. Another feature is its
65,000 hectares of land resources located throughout Hokkaido,
including experimental forests, a livestock farm, an experimental
farm and marine research stations. These areas give the university
an environment ideal for activities that involve locals, includingchildren. However, to carry out such activities, the university needs toharness the strength of its students.
The Office for a Sustainable Campus listens to the ideas ofstudents and departments across the university and plans new
events in addition to providing overall coordination and direction.
Another major role of the office is to promote campus-wide cooperation
by eliminating generational barriers between students and faculty
members and by creating horizontal ties among departments acrossthe university.
The circle of sustainability is expected to expand and encompass
society as a whole if students can go out into the world and act tomake positive changes toward this goal based on their experience atthe university. We remain committed to our contribution to global
efforts for sustainability by producing an environment in which suchindividuals can flourish.

Photo courtesy of Gensei Ishimura

Sapporo campus map ofenvironmental facilities
Hokkaido University is located in the center of
Sapporo (pop. 1.9 million). Our campus is widely
known and popular with residents as it retains alush greenery despite its proximity to the business
district. The environment is valued as an asset
inherited from our ancestors. We are therefore
dedicated to conserving the campus environment
while making improvements in the researchfacilities related to the reduction of environmental
impacts. Notable facilities and spaces on campus
are introduced here.

PoplarAvenue
Avenue1 Heisei Poplar

3 Bio Toilet

2 Poplar Avenue

4 using geothermal energy

5 Hokkaido University Museum

Snow-melting system

6 Relaxing Area (central lawn)

Kanjo Street
Elm Tunnel

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Kita 18-jo Station

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Kita 18-jo Gate

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Nishi 5-chome Street

Kita 18-jo Street

3International Residence

59Kita 13-jo Gate

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Kita 12-jo Station

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Kita 12-jo Street
Subway Namboku Line

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Environmental Preservation Center

11 (Inorganic waste liquid treatment system)

Main Gate

To Botanic Garden
Kita 8-jo Street
To Sapporo Station

Outline of the Sapporo Campus

Sapporo Station

Land area : 1,776,248 m2(2.3 km from north to south, 1.2 km from east to west)
Total floor area of buildings : 714,683 m2
No. of staff : 3,842
No. of students : 17, 285

Graduate School of

To Asahikawa and Chitose

To Makomanai

7 Environmental Science

8 Visitor Center “Elm No Mori”

9 Sakushukotoni River“Low-energy house”

10 experimental housing

Yellow star-of-Bethlehem in

12 the Site of Old Village

13 Biogas plantSeamless integration of educationaland research activities
Educational and research programs aimed at helping to build a sustainable society require the integrationof knowledge and expertise across a wide and diverse range of fields. In this regard, Hokkaido University
has launched cross-disciplinary projects and established hubs to promote educational and research
programs that transcend the boundaries of different areas of specialization.

Sustainable Low-carbon Society ProjectThis project aims to support the creation of asection focuses on two researchers who support

low-carbon society by promoting CO 2 emission

these programs by leading forums for discussion

reduction, renewable energy usage and campus

among scientists in various fields on campus andsustainability activities. Its main programs include

elsewhere, and leverage on-campus research

public lectures, research and investigation involving

activities to foster outstanding individuals capablestudents, and the presentation of research resultsof playing significant roles in the internationalat the Sustainability Weeks and other events. This

community.

Querying the future of energy on campus
and elsewhere with a focus on renewable sources
Dr. Yoshida views universities as business establishments that consume large amounts of energy, andbelieves they should contribute to society by promoting
research projects designed to lower environmental
burdens across the whole of Japan. Today, he iscommitted to a variety of research projects on thepractical use of renewable energy, which he sees as aburning challenge to be tackled immediately. Such
research encompasses a wide range of areas, fromtechnical aspects of renewable energy to social problems
needing resolution to enable the promotion of its
widespread use. In 2010, Dr. Yoshida helped to host theInternational Symposium on Renewable Energy during
theuniversity’s

Sustainability

Weeks

event,

anddiscussed the present situation and future outlook of
renewable energy with researchers and energy policy

Fumikazu Yoshida
Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration

makers in Japan and elsewhere. He believes he has
a role to play in conjunction with
universities to provide researchers with opportunities to present
research results and share/discuss
opinions, and to offer information to
the public to support decisions on
future energy policy.

HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY Environmental Report 2010

International Symposium on Renewable Energy

Working with students and researchers tomake Hokkaido University a zero-emissions campus
Dr. Fujii takes a bottom-up approach toward campus
sustainability. His major focus is the development of an
on-campus resource circulation system through initiatives
including a composting project called “Boys, makecompost!” (an echo of the famous “Boys, be ambitious!”call of Hokkaido University founder Dr. William S. Clark).
His challenging goal is to replicate the system in
Hokkaido’s industries of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
and in society as a whole. He believes that he and the
Graduate School of Environmental Science have a duty totake the lead in various endeavors to draw out intramuralcollaboration with undergraduate and graduate schools.
He also expects research programs involving students to
help enhance their environmental awareness and to
produce individuals who

Masahiko Fujii
Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science

will promote such awareness in society after theyleave the university andjoin other communities.
Students involved in the “Boys,
make compost!” project

Sustainability Weeks 2010
The Sustainability Weeks event provides a forum for
spreading the word about Hokkaido University’s educationaland research programs on sustainability, including the
Sustainable Low-carbon Society Project. The university has
hosted the event every year since 2007 so that researchers,
educators, students and citizens from Japan and elsewhere
can come together to share and discuss cutting-edge scientific matters at symposiums, lecture meetings, workshops,
exhibitions and other programs.
Sustainability Weeks 2010 was the fourth event of its■2 010 D ata
Number of events: 47(incl. 4 run by students and 3 run collaboratively by students and faculty members)kind, and its 47 individual sessions highlighted the action

Number of participants : 11,196

required to achieve physical, mental and social well-being in(incl . 267 from overseas)order to ensure a high quality of life for people in the future.

(9 universities)

Number of events jointly planned with partner institutions: 5

The road to campus sustainability
Universities are required to contribute to global efforts toward sustainability throughresearch and education while acting as role models for a sustainable society by using
campuses as living laboratories. Hokkaido University runs the Office for a Sustainable
Campus to promote campus sustainability as a focal point for such efforts.

Activities of the Office for a Sustainable Campus
Hokkaido University’s Office for a Sustainable
Campus was established in November 2010 as theinstitution’s

hub

for

the

establishmentofterms of efforts to create a sustainable society.
The office has two divisions and one center (theaCampus Assessment Division, the Environmental

campus-wide sustainability management system.

Impact Reduction Division and the Environmental

Its two main aims are to minimize the University’s

Preservation Center), which work together closely

environmental impacts toward the achievement ofto plan green campus development. This section

zero emissions by harnessing natural and recycled

introduces ongoing activities to create a green

energy, and to become a leading university incampus.

Thorough implementation of energy conservation design for buildings
The university has made efforts to reduce environ-

The main Faculty of Agriculture building, where

mental burdens through green building design since

retrofitting was implemented in 2008, was chosen for

2008, focusing on 14 energy conservation design

the Building and Equipment Long-life Cycle Associationconsiderations when campus buildings are constructed,(BELCA) Award in the Long Life category. The BELCA

remodeled or repaired. These cover heat insulatingAwards are intended to highlight existing buildings

materials, heating equipment, sensor-based lighting,that contribute to the quality of building stock as a result

and the use of energy-friendly LED lighting to replaceof favorable maintenance and effective retrofitting.

conventional lights.
■Green buildings completed in FY 2010

Information Center

School of Medicine Lecture Building

Minamishinkawa International Residence No. 2

Specimen storage building for the Botanical Garden of
the Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere

Center for Promotion of Platform for Research on
Biofunctional Molecules

Model Project for Environmental impact Visualization
Hokkaido University strives to maximize energy
efficiency

bypublishing

relatedlowering

energydata

consumption

throughtheandinstitution’svisualization initiative. Looking at the effects of efforts
implemented to date, it is estimated that campus-widesimultaneous energy-saving endeavors will lead to a
reduction of power consumption by 8 million kWh andgas consumption by 900,000 m 3 , representing a CO 2

Facilities covered by the project and related effects■School of Law Research Building (February 1 – March 7, 2010)
Maximum annual reductions : power : 13%; gas: 28%; CO2: 20%■Faculty of Engineering Materials and Chemicals Southand Laboratory buildings (February 7 – March 6 , 2011)
Maximum annual reductions : power : 8% ; CO 2 : 8%
■Institute of Low Temperature Science main and new buildings(new building : February 7 – March 6 , 2011)
Maximum annual reductions: power : 9%; gas: 23%; CO 2 : 14%

reduction equivalent of 5,600 tons.

Communication through stakeholder meetings
The university runs stakeholder meetings to solicit
opinions on the institution from locals, and reflects the views
gathered in its future activities. The sixth such meeting,which was held in FY 2010, focused on the university’s
measurestoreduceenvironmental

impacts

andoneducational/research programs for sustainability, and parties
involved with the related endeavors expressed their expectations in regard to these measures/programs and theiropinions on areas where improvement is needed. Measurestaken in response to opinions expressed at the fifth meetingare reported in the Japanese version of the institution’s FY2010 Environmental Report.

Partnerships with students engaging in campus sustainability activities
Hokkaido University students come up with unique
ideas and form groups to implement activities for campus
sustainability. The University runs a system to support
voluntary student activities such as those implemented
under the Hokudai Genki Project. In collaboration with theStudent Council for Sustainable Development (SCSD; a
student

organization)

and

the

Hokkaido

University

Campus Visit Project (HCVP), the Office for a Sustainable
Campus plans to continue holding related events, including the Sustainable Campus Contest, Candle Night andthe Sustainable Campus Tour.
The Campus on Canvas event planned
and run by the HCVP

Candlize 2010 – the Candle Night event
organized by the SCSD

Major indicators■Energy consumption on the Hakodate Campus■Energy consumption on the Sapporo Campus(crude oil equivalent in liters per square meter of total floor area)(crude oil equivalent in liters per square meter of total floor area)ĦᲔ-k0ħ

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(Energy consumption increased due to the operation of energy-consuming researchfacilities and the impacts of an extremely hot summer/cold winter. Efforts will be madeto change the mindset of people on campus regarding the use of air-conditioning.)■Greenhouse gas emissions■Water consumption on the Sapporo Campus(per square meter of total floor area)

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A decrease of 13.8% on the previous year

An increase of 5.2% on the previous year

(CO 2 emissions increased in FY 2009 due to a change in the CO2 emission
intensity of electric power generation.)(While less well water was consumed, city water consumption rose due toincreased installation of equipment that uses this type of water.)■Amount of paper procured■Amount of general waste disposal (Sapporo Campus)

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Recyclable
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An increase of 3.7% on the previous year

A decrease of 4.9% on the previous year

(Further promotion of paperless operations/processes is necessary.)(Efforts to reduce waste and promote waste separation have begun to produce
results.) Note:Kitchen waste is discharged from university hospital catering facilities.

■Amount of waste liquid treatedĦᲔħ

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Inorganic
waste liquid

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waste liquid

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2006

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2007

2008

2009

2010（FY）

The increase in the amount of inorganic waste liquid treated in FY2010 was caused by the treatment of liquid stored after equipment
malfunction at the Environmental Preservation Center, where it
had undergone intermediate treatment until FY 2009.

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