University of Amsterdam, was launched on the sustainability of several projects, including the University of Amsterdam, as well as for their own systems and solutions for cutting-edge research to provide funding and support for a series of initiatives, specifically including:
• reflect the concerns of the community of academic projects and research
• to show the University of Amsterdam as a good citizen and take practical action to
• academic colleagues and other agencies to provide advice and assistance
• The field of sustainability, the project sought to obtain additional funds and expertise
University of Amsterdam has more on issues of sustainability courses and related research projects. On the university’s role in society is concerned, the University of Amsterdam in its research activities aimed at the issue of sustainability in its role to play. In addition, almost every college in the areas of sustainability are set of specific courses, for example, environmental law (Amsterdam School of Law, attached to the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Law has five research institutes focusing on international law, private law, environmental law , Labor Law and Information Law of the study),
Set up environmental management research (Earth Master of Science post-graduate courses) and the strategic and sustainability research. As the existing courses to reflect the needs of students and the community will be constantly evolving, so the above may be subject to change.
However, the University of Amsterdam, not only to maintain a suitable living environment for the provision of academic power, and is taking practical action to change the requirements to serve as role models. For example, the University of Amsterdam, by giving all the computers in the computer lab set up automatic standby function so that they do not work in a “sleep” state, thereby reducing carbon emissions. The move also reduced by about 40% of electricity consumption, taking into account the University of Amsterdam has more than 11,000 computers, this small change had an extraordinary impact. In fact, through the implementation of the above technical measures and the use of renewable resources, electricity,
So that the University of Amsterdam’s largest computer room to reach the official carbon neutral, that is, zero carbon emissions.
　　
Another contribution of the University of Amsterdam to other universities and organizations to provide support and advice. At present, the University of Amsterdam is for the Government of Ecuador to provide advice on sustainable forestry, which has become the school of biological diversity and power of a research project Institute of Ecology. At the same time the Institute of biological diversity and the Caribbean Research and Management Foundation is committed to protecting Antilles surrounding coral reefs.
University of Amsterdam in another area to obtain funding for the project is to provide positive guidance. For example, the combustion process of biomass to replace objects Catchbio initiated research project (extracted from biomass, bio-catalyst for the sustainable too), University of Amsterdam, and Wageningen University in the project received 1.1 million euros in funding. The Netherlands Institute of Science and received 3 million euros in financing part of the funds for “advanced chemical technology for sustainability” of the two research projects. In fact, affect the sustainability of disciplines and fields,
University of Amsterdam to raise funds and promote the smooth conduct of research provides a number of recommendations, advice and guidance.