Línea base para el diagnóstico de buenas prácticas ambientales en el campus José Rubén Orellana Ricaurte de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional : reporte de línea base para la elaboración de una guía de buenas prácticas ambientales.

Abstract

The National Polytechnic School (Quito) is considered one of the main universities in Ecuador, however, little work has been done on the implementation of Good Housekeeping Practices. Therefore, the purpose of this integrative project is to present the Good Housekeeping Practices report form issued by the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE), completed through the collection of information in the departments and faculties of the José Rubén Orellana Ricaurte Polytechnic Campus. The information collected presents consumption values corresponding to 6 environmental management indicators evaluated during the period of time before, during and after the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic (2019-2022). For this, several types of analysis were established for each indicator and for each time range, the result of which reflected a significant drop in consumption during the year 2020. It was observed that there are many shortcomings in the facilities and machinery of the institution, which could be caused by the time of use of the equipment and by age, so that the change or repair of these can be beneficial to reduce the demand for consumption. In addition, there are currently no programmes for the dissemination of information on good environmental management practices or activities involving issues related to the sustainable use and exploitation of resources. Thus, this work will be the baseline for the planning of activities around the implementation of Good Environmental Practices led by the University's Sustainable Campus Committee. The National Polytechnic School (Quito) is considered one of the main universities in Ecuador, however, little work has been done on the implementation of Good Housekeeping Practices. Therefore, the purpose of this integrative project is to present the Good Housekeeping Practices report form issued by the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE), completed through the collection of information in the departments and faculties of the José Rubén Orellana Ricaurte Polytechnic Campus. The information collected presents consumption values corresponding to 6 environmental management indicators evaluated during the period of time before, during and after the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic (2019-2022). For this, several types of analysis were established for each indicator and for each time range, the result of which reflected a significant drop in consumption during the year 2020. It was observed that there are many shortcomings in the facilities and machinery of the institution, which could be caused by the time of use of the equipment and by age, so that the change or repair of these can be beneficial to reduce the demand for consumption. In addition, there are currently no programmes for the dissemination of information on good environmental management practices or activities involving issues related to the sustainable use and exploitation of resources. Thus, this work will be the baseline for the planning of activities around the implementation of Good Environmental Practices led by the University's Sustainable Campus Committee.