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Technology In University

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New technologies are not only improving the way of teaching and learning, but they are also ameliorating the effectiveness and security of university campuses. A campus can be traditionally considered y as (Kwok, 2015) a piece of land on which buildings of an educational establishment are constructed. There are libraries, classrooms, residential halls, student centers, dining halls, and recreation areas. Intelligent technologies can be applied to many administrative areas of the campus such as energy management, operations management and security management in order to facilitate communication between students and professors, increase efficiency and provide a better security. The intelligent campus is “intelligent” because it increases the …show more content…

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The EU´s Energy Efficiency Plan 2011 (EEP) requires 3% of all public buildings to be renovated per year until 2020. After 2020 all buildings constructed must be virtually carbon-free. As other countries in the world, in particular the US and China, also push for more energy-efficient and ecological friendly buildings and in response, green-construction-related patent filings have triplicated in little over a decade (EPO, 2015).

Energy, economic and environmental issues represent the greatest challenges of this century. The university, in recognition of its status, should meet these grand challenges. Many of the world´s most brilliant students and academic leaders are poised to guarantee a brighter, sustainable future. With the use of new technologies, universities face the challenge to create a sustainable campus. Public concern about climate change and other ecological issues will inevitably increase.

A successful transition to a green campus requires the involvement of fours aspects of the university community (The Sustainable Campus, n.d.):
• The administration: Has an important influence on the decisions concerning new building design, energy management, transportation, food …show more content…

Many campus environments also experience parking problems and contamination from fossil-fueled vehicles. The University of Graz and the University of Tennessee were pioneer on sustainable solutions. Since 2011, they have free e- bike charging stations with lockers on its campus. The fact is that 85 percent of students at the University of Graz get to class using transportation other than automobile, and electric bikes are a common choice (Arup, 2012). The future campus will include a campus bicycle management system (CN Patent No. 204066215, 2014). The system comprises an IC card swiping system, a mechanical lock and a stepping motor. Through this system, information of students cards can be read through the IC card swiping system, and is processed and stored, and then the opening/closing of the mechanical lock can be controlled. Moreover, in order to boost efficiency, the user will be able to search the position of a bicycle through the system and the position information will be displayed through liquid crystal

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