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The building sector is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are the couse of global warming, so the application of the concept green building is the most effective way to minimize the effect of global warming. The aims of the study is to (1) identify the Green Building concept application in the Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Library (2) identify the level of Green Building concept application in the Universitas Sebelas Maret Library according to Greenship Existing Building Version 1.1. The research method was a qualitative. The population of the research was all existing buildings in the Universitas Sebelas Maret. The sample chosen was UNS Library by purposive sampling as the sampling technique. The research data validity as followed was data triangulation and validation by the subject experts of appropriate site development, energy efficiency and conservation, water conservation, material, air health and comfort, building and enviroment management. The result of study is, (1) UNS Library applies the green building concept (2) The level of Green Building concept application in the Universitas Sebelas Maret of Surakarta Library got “Bronze” by scored 41.025%.