Resumen

MENADIER-GAINZA, Roberto Orlando; MAS-DIEGO, Siannah María; ARIAS-GILART, Ramón  y  GONZALEZ-DIAZ, Yudith. Calculation of the Ecological Footprint generated by the National Center of Applied Electromagnetism. RTQ [online]. 2024, vol.44, n.2, pp. 269-287.  Epub 30-Mayo-2024. ISSN 2224-6185.

This work determined the ecological footprint of the National Center for Applied Electromagnetism, a science institution attached at the Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba. The categories analyzed to carry out the calculations of CO2 emissions and the ecological footprint were: Water, Built surface, Electricity Consumption, Mobility, Paper, Non-hazardous solid waste, Hazardous waste, Food, Services and Production of Magnetic Conditioners. The methodology of Doménech (2009) and the methodology for calculating the ecological footprint in universities of López Álvarez et al. (2009) of the Sustainable Development Office, University of Santiago de Compostela were used as a basis. The results obtained for the year 2022 reflect that the National Center for Applied Electromagnetism needs an area of 52,984 ha/year of forest to regenerate the natural resources that the center uses for the satisfaction of it social demand. Similarly, it requires 89,096 hag standard forest to assimilate CO2 emissions.

Palabras clave : ecological footprint; science institution; university; environmental management.

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