Determinación de huella de carbono y desarrollo de un plan piloto basado en la ISO 14064 en dos Obras Salesianas, ubicadas en Quito, Ecuador

Abstract

The present investigation had the purpose of determining the carbon footprint in two Salesian works located in the city of Quito, corresponding to the South Campus and Giron Campus of the Salesian Polytechnic University "Sede Quito", the results obtained in the quantification allowed to propose a plan pilot that quantifies the emissions in tons of CO2 equivalent and proposes, through the input of the reduction plan, the reduction of GHG emissions in Salesian works. To achieve the quantification, international standards such as the NTE INEN-ISO 14064-1:2020 Standard, the GHG Protocol and the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change "IPCC" were used, developing in the first category, stationary emissions (electric generators), mobile (use of fuel in own vehicles) and fugitives (refrigerants and fire extinguishers), second category, emissions associated with electricity consumption, third category corresponds to travel transportation, mobilization of collaborators and courier services, fourth category belongs to emissions associated with the use of products of the organization. Once the quantification is achieved, the following results are obtained: 801,983 (tons/CO2 equivalent), for the year 2021 in the two Salesian works, which shows that category 3, associated with indirect emissions from transport. It is the one that produces the most emissions with a value of 507.4060 (tons/CO2 equivalent). In the development of the calculation of the tool, it is evident that the institution requires adequate information management for the development of subsequent GHG inventories.