BEST PRACTICE - 2

TITLE OF THE PRACTICE –SUSTAINABILITY: GIVING BACK TO ENVIRONMENT

OBJECTIVES OF THE PRACTICE

Sustainable environmental existence is the only way for us, and we at Sai College have institutionalized thiswith “Green Campus” initiatives, and include the need for clean & green environment as part of our educational plan.

PRACTICE

Proudly, Sai College is one of the colleges which has taken several “Green Campus” initiatives, towards making our premises sustainable in true sense, and at the same time making it a part of our students’ educational experience & learning. Initiatives taken by the college can be broadly specifiedin four categories –

• Tree plantation and cleanliness
• Energy conservation
• Waste management
• Water Conservation

         TREE PLANTATION & CLEANLINESS

• The NSS wing of the college regularly conducts tree plantation and “Swachata” drives in and around the college premises.
• 13 Tree plantation drives, 23 “Swachata” and “Shramdaan”,  drives have been conducted in last 5 years by the college.
• Plant distribution drives have been conducted

         ENERGY CONSERVATION

• 100% Lighting in and around the college premises is through energy efficient LED lights, which results in ~80-90% lesser energy consumption.
• Use of energy saving LED is also expanded to all the display devices used in our computer labs. All the CRT monitors have been upgraded to LED monitors, and all new devices that have been procured are energy efficient.
• Students and Staff participate in daily energy conservation practices, such as displaying reminder slogans to promote switching off lights & fans when not in use.

         WASTE MANAGEMENT

        As part of our day-day operations, we have four types of waste material generated –Bio-degradable Solid waste, Liquid&semi solid waste,  non bio-degradable solid waste            and e-waste. The waste generated is systematicallysegregated and managed in order to reduce it’s impact on the environment.

• Bio-degradable solid waste such as garden waste and the waste from cafeteria is used to prepare vermin-compost, which is further mixed with the soil of the premises making it rich in nutrients, and helps with maintaining our gardens green.
• Waste paper generated is used by the incubator centre “Sai Kalakriti Kendra” to train students to make hand made paper and related products.
• Liquid waste (media) from laboratories is disposed after autoclaving so as to make it microbe free.
• Carcinogenic semi solid waste (electrophoretic gel) is disposed carefully in designated dustbins and further buried outside the premises.
• Non bio-degradable waste are systematically disposed in the designated garbage area of Bhilai Steel Plant town services department.
• An MOU for e-waste recycling has been set up with authorised e-waste recyclers.College has till date disposed 388 Kg of e-waste for recycling.

        WATER CONSERVATION

• A functional rainwater harvesting has been installed in the college, which helps in rain water preservation, and helps with reducing dependency of college on other sources of water supply.
• Overhead tank overflow alarm system has been installed to avoid wastage of water.
• Awareness on water conservation is spread through awareness sessions, slogan fixed at prominent places in premises.

        AUDITS CONDUCTED

        College has conducted :

• Environmental Green Audit – Environmental Management System-ISO 14001 : 2015
• Green Energy Audit

EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS

                                           ENHANCEMENT OF GREEN COVER IN AND AROUND THE COLLEGE PREMISES

AWARDED THIRD PRIZE AMONG ALL COLLEGES UNDER HEMCHAND YADAV UNIVERSITY FOR WORK DONE IN WATER CONSERVATION IN 2021

AWARDED FIRST PRIZE AMONG ALL COLLEGES UNDER HEMCHAND YADAV UNIVERSITY FOR WORK DONE IN ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION ON WORLD ENVIORNMENT DAY 2022

CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL COUNCIL OF RURAL EDUCATION FOR PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN SANITATION AND HYGIENE, WATER MANAGEMENT, WASTE MANAGEMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION AND GREENERY MANAGEMENT