Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 40.37
Liaison Raafat Kabbara
Submission Date Nov. 15, 2022

STARS v2.2

Higher Colleges of Technology
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Raafat Kabbara
Assistant Manager - Facilities Management
General Services
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
387

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
106

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
27.39

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
8

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
7

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
87.50

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
Please refer to the file attached.

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
A small query has been sent to the academic divisions' Deans requesting them to identify any sustainability-related research ( including Energy, Water, Waste, Transporation, agriculture, Material, Environment, Social, industrial, ESG, etc.) which has been conducted by any of their faculty researchers.
After securing the data, categorization of all the research conducted has been done, indicating the researchers' names, affiliated departments, research topics, sustainability-related areas, and the year the research was/is conducted. Please refer to the attached file for reference.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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