Cálculo de la huella de carbono para la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

Abstract

The climate change is has become a topic of great importance in recent years, is known that it is a natural event in which the planet's temperature increases gradually; however, due to the anthropogenic intervention this phenomenon is has been accelerating in a worrying manner; reason why it becomes urgent change and awareness-raising by institutions, companies and households. The Greenhouse Gases accumulate in the atmosphere and prevent that sun rays come out of the Earth's surface, causing increase in the temperature of the planet and generating changes in the behavior of the climate; since this phenomenon has accelerated the concern around the world to seek emission reductions generated has been generated in order to reduce impacts, presenting a rather worrying scenario for mankind and the environment, is intended to generate measures of adaptation and mitigation in order to face the already visible effects such as high temperatures and floods that have lived in the last years. For this reason, in Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas as an academic institution seeks to measure greenhouse gas emissions based Paiba Aduanilla in order to calculate their footprint of carbon. This document includes the frame of reference that gives an overview of the terms that should be considered when calculating such emissions, global problems and the importance of having the total calculation of carbon within each institution footprint in order to formulate measures that would allow the reduction of this the regulatory framework that shows us the tools legislative in terms of international treaties, legislation, national and district understood as a fundamental tool 10 to generate policy institutional that lead to effective management of reducing emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, data collected within the inventory of energy that allows us to visualize the emissions generated by the consumption of electricity and emissions from fuel consumption and generation of waste and the results that allow us to finally conclude that the carbon footprint for the Aduanilla of Paiba of the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas headquarters is: 8,473 Ton CO2 This is done according to established protocols and methodologies that are proposed to achieve data allowing you to quantify the amount of Greenhouse Gases generated in this product of the academic activities headquarters which has been intended and thus leave a document that allows the creation of future policies, measures for mitigation and adaptation to climate change.