Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) was established on 1st December 2000 as the 1st technical public university in Malaysia. The campus is located in the UNESCO world heritage city of Melaka, set within 766 acres of lush verdant landscape boasting state-of-the-art facilities in all its seven faculties. As a focus university, UTeM boasts strengths in technical fields – namely Engineering, IT, and Management Technology.

The number of active staff is approximately 2,063, and the number of students is around 13,322. UTeM is fully committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, in line with the National Energy Policy 2022-2040 and Malaysia’s sustainable development agenda. This commitment drives UTeM to integrate innovative energy management practices, reduce its carbon footprint, and implement sustainable initiatives across its campus operations. The sustainable energy management system has been adapted since 2015 with seven main elements: policy, organization, human resource development, operation & control, effective maintenance, budget & investment, and planning & recognition, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. UTeM has invested significantly in energy management to support its expansive campus. By targeting an 18% reduction in energy consumption within five years of implementation, the university has surpassed its goal, as summarized in Figure A2. The successful performance of the sustainable energy management system has not only contributed to a reduction in CO₂ emissions but also enhanced the Building Energy Index (BEI) for the main campus, reinforcing UTeM’s commitment to a low-carbon and sustainable future.

The latest update of the BEI is 145 kWh/m2 /year with CO2 emission reduction for 3,791.97tone CO2. The total energy saving (waste avoided) for the three-year energy management program is 13,849,590 kWh. Meanwhile, the commitment operation cost of the government has been saved by about USD 1,263,775. Table a1 summarizes the total performance. UTeM adopts a holistic solution under an energy management scheme to monitor environmental issues such as waste and pollution closely. To ensure that the sustainable energy management program success, the full support by all staff and top management, the threelayer committee has been established. The top-level is an Executive Council (EC) chaired by Vice-Chancellor (VC). The related energy efficiency programs consist of zero, medium, and large costs solution, where the building capacity involves staff, students, and community concurrently. UTeM has prepared the integration system for a smart and dynamic campus through Industrial Evolution I.R. 4.0 technology in its innovative ways. Thus, the MaPTeP (energy matrix for office), Smart Building & Energy Management System BEMS, load factor improvement simulator are introduced.

UTeM is committed to supporting the environment policy that has been established for continuous economic, social and cultural progress and enhancement of the quality of life of Malaysians through environmentally sound and sustainable development. This support was manifested by exercising commitment and accountability related to pollution management in UTeM environmental policy. Besides that UTeM also implements environment awareness and sustainability programs to raise awareness among the staff and the local community about the importance of conservation and diversity of nature. The continuous improvement of *RM 1 = USD 0.25 Figure 2. Energy cost saving (2018 - 2020) as compared to baseline consumption 2018 2019 2020 RM 1,302,020 1,387,150 2,365,930 USD 325,505 346,788 591,483 - 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 Energy Cost Saving (RM@USD) Year Figure 3. Waste Management: (a) Solid and Scheduled Waste Management Policy; (b) Inorganic waste management (recycling) (c) Organic waste to waste compost (d) (e) (f) Figure 4. 3R Program in UTeM: (d) Recycle bin, (e) Green Mug Program, (f) Reduce: Double sided printed document awareness 8 environmental quality was also conducted by facilitating the generation and sharing of knowledge related to the environment and sustainability through research and development.