Cruz Carrillo, Carolina; Lozano Vargas, Laura Katherine; Blanco Portela, Norka
This project is based on the elements to measure the carbon footprint in a national institution
of higher education for which it does not work. It is a tool to improve concentration. The
carbon footprint, in this way, contributes positively to the mitigation of the impact on the
environment and is recognized among universities as a generator of good practices and a
positive contributor to the environment.
Through different analysis tools and that allowed to collect the information as matrices
seen in each of the modules of the specialization in environmental management in
Uniagustiniana, they were filled in by entering the aspects and impacts identifying the most
significant for the institution, reviewing the legal regulations in Colombia applied to the
environmental component and finally a general diagnosis of environmental conditions,
identifying the scope of the importance of reducing carbon footprint in higher education
institutions, and also strengthening research with the concept of footprint carbon in HEIs at
the national level.
