Landscape Design Solutions for achieving the goals of Green University (Case Study: Shahid Beheshti University Campus)

Today’s global environmental problems such as global warming, climate change, rising greenhouse gases, particulate matter, pollution, and depletion of natural resources show the destructive effects of development programs regardless of the principle of sustainability. Despite all the efforts made by the environment, human activities continue to upset the balance of nature and reduce sustainability. The higher education system, which is an investment in human resources, has a significant role to play in achieving the goals of sustainable development and creating a healthy society. Many universities are doing important work not only on environmental issues but also on social and economic issues, thus including three dimensions of sustainability and evaluating them. In this research, first, the data were collected through library studies to find out its relation to the main problem. Then by selecting external and internal examples, it has been tried to use the design experiences and positive and negative design points of these cases. The general principles created an opportunity to provide water-sensitive landscape design solutions on the campus of Shahid Beheshti University. The UI GreenMetric index has been used to evaluate universities, which are measured in six main categories: setting and infrastructure (SI), energy and climate change (EC), waste (WS), water (WR), transportation (TR), and education (ED). In this way, all university users, including staff, academic faculty and students participate in the process of achieving a green university.