Sustainability Development Goals

11.4: Sustainable practices

Universities acquire a major share of the commuting volume within their communities and societies, due to the huge number of students, employees and other stakeholders who access universities on daily basis. Hence, following and executing sustainable practices by universities will positively impact the community sustainability and raise the public awareness among all community stakeholders regarding the importance and benefits of sustainable commuting.

To enhance sustainable practices, KAU is pouring efforts to:

Provide affordable housing to students and employees (faculty and staff), for the sake of reducing commuting, while collaborating with governmental, private, and NGOs sectors, to conduct public awareness and promotional campaigns related to sustainable commuting.
Promote bus shuttles, car pooling and common transportation, in addition to implementing pedestrian schemes on campus to promote non-motorized commuting.
Enhance the sustainability of green fields, by building on brownfields, using sustainable building standards.
Establish Local collaborations for the sake of availing accommodation for residents.

11.4.1: Sustainable Practices Targets

KAU monitors and encourages sustainable commuting like walking, cycling, carpools, and shuttlebus on campus, as well as providing bus transportation services between the university campus and the dorms.

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11.4.2: Promote Sustainable Commuting

KAU, and as part of its social responsibility, has been taking several actions to promote sustainable commuting through awareness campaigns and collaborations with the local authorities and NGOs.

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11.4.3: Allow Remote Working

KAU is a task-oriented university, i.e. cares for everyone's fulfilling of their tasks no matter where they are doing it from. This is part of the university strategy to empower online education by developing powerful online education platforms. This will promote remote working for employees and reduce employee commuting.

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11.4.4: Affordable Housing for Employees

KAU provides affordable housing for its employees, as part of facilitating their work and reducing commuting.

11.4.5: Affordable Housing for Students

KAU provides affordable housing for its students, as part of facilitating their education and reducing commuting.

11.4.6: Pedestrian Priority on Campus

KAU avails and facilitates pedestrian access on campus, as well as a unique and special path for people with visual impairments.

KAU's Pedestrian Priority Access on Campus

11.4.7: Local Authority Collaboration Regarding Planning & Development

KAU has been working and collaborating, hand-in-hand, with the local authorities to address planning issues and development, as well as ensuring that local residents are able to access affordable housing.

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11.4.8: Planning Development - New Build Standards

KAU is committed to sustainability in all aspects in its strategies. New buildings follow sustainable standards that comply with the university's objectives.

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11.4.9: Building on Brownfield Sites

KAU looks after its green-fields' sustainability through leveraging its brownfield sites for building and development purposes.

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