Sustainability in Higher Education
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This paper explores the carbon price produced by higher education as an economic-oriented thread of GHG accounting, in terms of resource competition, green investment, and institutional sustainability. This study computes a variety of emission indicators like electricity-cost exposure, renewable-energy savings potential and decarbonization avenues using operational data on scope-wise emissions from an Indian higher education institution for FY 2018–19 to FY 2023–24. FY 2023-24 emissions decreased to 14,899.1 tCO₂e from FY 2022-23 at 17,314.0 tCO₂e with the largest source of the last footprint being from Scope 2 purchased energy at 83.01%. This resulted in a reduction of emissions per student from 6.65 to 3.86 tCO2 e and significantly better normalized performance and about 1,033.53 tCO2 offset due to the renewable power output of 1423604 kWh applied annual savings estimated at ₹1.279 crore This finding shows carbon footprint assessment as a strategic economic tool for sustainable campus governance and low-carbon institutional reform in the current resource-constrained and accountability-oriented regulatory settings of global higher education systems.
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@article{Sharma2026Measuring,
title = {Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Higher Education Institutions:Economic Implications for Resource Optimization, Green Investment,and Institutional Sustainability},
author = {Neha Sharma},
journal = {International Journal of Engineering Technology and Management Sciences},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.46647/ijetms.2026.v10i03.052},
url = {https://doi.org/10.46647/ijetms.2026.v10i03.052}
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