DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES OF THAI SANGHA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research article had the following objectives: 1. To study the clean energy management of the Thai Buddhist University. 2. To study the factors affecting the clean energy management of the Thai Buddhist University. 3. To present the development of clean energy management according to Buddhist principles of the Thai Buddhist University, conducted by the mixed research methods. The quantitative research collecting data from a sample of 341 people, qualitative research by in-depth interviews with 18 key informants, and focus group discussions with 9 people to confirm the body of knowledge after data synthesis.

The research results were found that: 1. Clean energy management of Thai Buddhist University were found that, by overall, the practice was at a high level. When considering each aspect, it was found that all aspects were at a high level, ranked as follows: design and installation, maintenance, sales and utilization, and potential survey and assessment, respectively.2. Factors affecting the Clean energy management of Thai Buddhist University consisted of 2 main factors, namely, 1. PDCA management process, especially do, check and act that were able to predict the results by 33.4 percent, and 2. Iddhipada-dhamma, especially Viriya, effort, Vimamsa, and Chanda that could predict the results by 18.4 percent. Both factors were at statistically significant levels of 0.01 and 0.05 respectively. 3. Development of clean energy management according to Buddhist principles of the Thai Buddhist University focused on 4 main areas: survey and potential assessment, design and installation, maintenance, and distribution and utilization by applying Iddhipada-dhamma, (Chanda, Viriya, Citta, Vimamsa) together with the PDCA management process to make clean energy management efficient and sustainable, taking into account consistency with Buddhist principles, university architecture, and environmental and social impacts.