Development of Sustainable Campus: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Planning and Strategy 1 ZUHAIRUSE MD DARUS, 1 ABDUL KHALIM ABDUL RASHID , 2 NOR ATIKAH HASHIM, 1 ZAIDI OMAR, 3 MASRAN SARUWONO & 1 NORAZIAH MOHAMMAD 1 University Kebangsaan Malaysia 2 University Putra Malaysia 3 University Teknologi Mara MALAYSIA Correspondence email : ujang@vlsi.eng.ukm.my , atiqmy@yahoo.com Abstract. Malaysia and 178 countries in the world has signed and agreed on acceptance and implementation of sustainable development on the Agenda 21. It was reconfirm again in Johannesburg in 2002. The Malaysian Government commitment can be seen in the Five year development scheme from the sixth up to the ninth Malaysian Plan which from the year 1990 to 2010. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) as one of government agency will also committed to implement the sustainable development. It started in the year 1994 when the Institute of Environmental and Development known as LESTARI was established. This paper will generally looking at the initiative and strategy taken by University Kebangsaan Malaysia in planning and developing the sustainable campus. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia target to achieved the sustainable campus status in year 2020. Keywords. Sustainable Development, commitment, Environment, Facilities, Strategy 1. Introduction During the united Nations Earth Summit held by the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) in Rio de Janeiro (1992), a sustainable development was defined as “improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting eco system”. This definition has an impact on the economic, social and environmental development. It was later be formally adopted worldwide. At the 2005 World Green Building Council Congress, the mayors of fifty of the world’s largest cities signed an agreement that all new municipal buildings will be subjected to green building rating systems by 2012. Malaysia and 178 countries in the world has signed and agreement on acceptance and implementation of sustainable development and has accepted to implement the Agenda 21. It was reconfirm in Johannesburg in 2002. The Malaysian Government commitment can be seen in the Five year development scheme from the sixth up to the ninth Malaysian Plan which from the year 1990 to 2010. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) as one of government agency will also committed to implement the sustainable development. It started in the year 1994 when the Institute of Environmental and Development known as LESTARI was established. The main objective of this Institute is to initiate and oversee the sustainable component is included in the environmental and education development at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on ENVIRONMENT and DEVELOPMENT Zuhairuse Md Darus, Abdul Khalim Abdul Rashid, Nor Atikah Hashim, Zaidi Omar, Masran Saruwono, Noraziah Mohammad ISSN: 1790-5079 273 Issue 3, Volume 5, March 2009