University environmental performance in the UI Green Metric Ranking: case of Costa Rican Institute of Technology, central technological campus

 

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Autoren: Rodríguez Rodríguez, Alina, Mejías Elizondo, Raquel, Vindas Chacón, María Carolina
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2021
Beschreibung:Since 1995, Costa Rican Institute of Technology has promoted the development of various projects in order to achieve the sustainability in the activities made inside and outside of its facilities. Thanks to the vision and work of many officials and students, today the Institution is internationally recognized for being the first Costa Rican public university to achieve the carbon neutrality,  also to declare itself free of single-use plastic, design and build its own solar farm and to promote sustainable mobility through the development of an automated bicycle loan system. These projects, together with other measures implemented, allowed it in 2018 to apply in the IU Green Metric World University Ranking, where were evaluated criteria such as: setting and infrastructure; energy and climate change; waste; water; transportation; education and research. In 2019, Costa Rican Institute of Technology advance 61 positions, becoming the most sustainable university in Central America.
Land:Portal de Revistas TEC
Institution:Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas TEC
Sprache:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5161
Online Zugang:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/5161
Stichwort:IU Green Metric
Sustainability
Environmental management
Environmental quality
Environmental awareness
Environmental indicators
Sustainable use of resources
Sostenibilidad
Gestión ambiental
Calidad ambiental
Sensibilización ambiental
Indicadores ambientales
Uso sostenible de recursos