bachelorThesis
A sustentabilidade ambiental do câmpus Medianeira da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná através do cálculo da pegada ecológica
Fecha
2015-11-23Registro en:
SOARES, Danilo Fernandes. A sustentabilidade ambiental do câmpus Medianeira da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná através do cálculo da pegada ecológica. 2015. 58 f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação) - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Medianeira, 2015.
Autor
Soares, Danilo Fernandes
Resumen
The search for sustainability in all activities developed for men, since the planning of huge enterprises until the segregation of the waste in a residence is one of the biggest challenges of the modern society. In this scenario, comes up the necessity of using environmental indicators for the sustainability mensuration. A university campus, just like any other activity, generates environmental impacts daily, in a directly and indirectly way. In this way, it's extremely important that universities get know the extent of the impact that their activities have on the environment, so then, be able to adopt measures aimed at sustainability. The methodology of the Ecological Footprint (EF) is to calculate the size of bioproductive area needed to produce resources and assimilate the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by the study population. In this context, it sought to quantify the average consumption of mainly resources used in daily life in the campus of Medianeira at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), during the year 2015. The result indicates an Ecological Footprint of 177.41 hectares, equivalent to an area nearly 15 times larger than the campus itself. It was found that the consumption of foods, infrastructure and buildings, together, account for 84% of carbon dioxide emissions and the EF composition. The electricity consumption resulted in an area almost twice as large as the campus area. Whereas the consumption of paper and mobility and transport, are those that generates less impact, less than 4% of the total composition. The per capita contribution of the campus corresponds to 0.0725 gha.person-1.year-1. Comparing to other campus, UTFPR - Medianeira presented EF per capita is 63% lower than USP - São Carlos and 56% lowers than USC. Although it can be considered a positive aspect, it's primordial to reduce this index even more for the adoption of more sustainable practices with the campus population. It is worth noting the importance of the Ecological Footprint as an easy tool application and understanding of the results, becoming a crucial piece in the campus environmental management.