The carbon footprint assessment from electricity of undergraduate students at Mahidol University Amnatcharoen Campus for Eco University

Abstract

The assessment of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year in study class resulted to assess the students for a total of carbon dioxide emissions at 1,784.32 ton CO₂/Capital, with an average of 1.64 ton CO₂ /Capital/person. The consideration by year class of study found that the year class with highest amount of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions was the 2^nd year,which averaged 767.52 ton CO₂/Capital including 2 programs: Bachelor of Public Health Program and Bachelor of Science Program in Agriculture. The knowledge on electrical energy usage of the students showed the most of aware in “maintenance of electrical appliances helps to save energy”, and followed by the knowledge that “put too many stuffs in the refrigerator will cause to consume more power than usual” and “electricity generation in Thailand does not use fuel”. The behavioral aspect found that the electrical energy usage behavior of students was recorded at often level consume. The information obtained from this research is expected to be a guideline for creating a policy to conserve electrical energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions at Mahidol University Amnatcharoen Campus.