International Campus, Zhejiang University is in Haining City, Zhejiang Province, covering 1200 acres, with a total building area of 399,300m2. It was officially open to students in Sept 2016, and by Dec of 2024, it has 829 faculties & staff, and 3119 full-time students.
The International Campus is the youngest campus of Zhejiang University, which was inaugurated in October 2016. The initial purpose of building this campus was to provide students and faculty with a modern, influential, significant, and inspiring environment for teaching and research.
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International Campus, Zhejiang University (International Campus for short) located in Haining, Zhejiang Province, with covering area of 800,000m2 (1200mu) and building area of 399,300m2. From the very beginning of its construction, International Campus has adhered to the concept of "people-oriented, low-carbon, and green".
Since the 19th century, the global average temperature has risen by 1°C, becoming the hottest period in 120,000 years. In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an authoritative report, which pointed out that to slow down global warming, the use of fossil fuels must be completely stopped and achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.
International Campus, Zhejiang University is always committed into pilot tasks to lead the green campus construction in China. In 2019, the Library and the Learning and Teaching Building North A of the International Campus had been awarded the LEED O+M platinum certification. This means that the International Campus, Zhejiang University, has become the first university in the world that have passed the LEED v4.1 ARC platinum certification.
What humans can do to make contribution to influence global climate is to change ratios of greenhouse gas, aerosol (fine particulate matter) and cloud in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gas and aerosol will impact the amounts of inward solar radiation and outward infrared (thermal) radiation—part of Earth energy balance, which means global climate system can be interfered by controlling proportion and features of greenhouse gas and aerosol.