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3.1 Project 1: Solar University Initiative
The Solar University Project is an initiative which aims essentially to disseminate
an environmental education action and the culture of renewable energies for the
academic community, and for that to be a base for the broad promotion of the proposal
through a pilot project, which works alongside the campus library (Interviewee 1,
2016). Seventeen 4.1 kWp Photovoltaic Modules of Full Capacity were installed on
the roof of the university library. “The photovoltaic modules used in the project have
245 W of potency, dimensions of 1 × 1.7 m and are manufactured with the more
consolidated technology in the world (monocrystalline silicon)”.
3.2 Project 2: Energy Efficiency and Clean Energies
in Campus
The improvements in energy efficiency for the use of electricity can, in principle,
be done in two different ways: through more efficient technology or through user
behavior and habits (Henryson et al. 2000). The energy efficiency project applied in
the university was only aimed at the technological matter. That is, different technologies will be applied in order to reduce consumption, and at the same time to make the
university less dependent on non-sustainable energy sources. The fluorescent lamps
in blocks F, G and H will be replaced with LED lamps of equal potency or higher
potency to provide more light.
3.3 Project 3: Awareness and Education for Sustainability
The studied university has an Education and Awareness for Sustainability Program
(PECS) which is linked to the Environmental Education Policy, and aims to become
effective through actions in basic education to higher education, in all levels and
modalities of study. In the educational scope, the program predicts the approach of
environmental education in at least one learning unit or discipline up to graduate
courses. Since environmental education can not be implemented as a specific discipline in the curriculum of all the courses, the university has defined many different
forms and fronts for the dissemination of the theme.
4 Data Presentation
In this section, results of the case study about the implementation of green campus
initiatives in the researched university are presented. This case study was developed
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3.1 Project 1: Solar University Initiative
The Solar University Project is an initiative which aims essentially to disseminate
an environmental education action and the culture of renewable energies for the
academic community, and for that to be a base for the broad promotion of the proposal
through a pilot project, which works alongside the campus library (Interviewee 1,
2016). Seventeen 4.1 kWp Photovoltaic Modules of Full Capacity were installed on
the roof of the university library. “The photovoltaic modules used in the project have
245 W of potency, dimensions of 1 × 1.7 m and are manufactured with the more
consolidated technology in the world (monocrystalline silicon)”.
3.2 Project 2: Energy Efficiency and Clean Energies
in Campus
The improvements in energy efficiency for the use of electricity can, in principle,
be done in two different ways: through more efficient technology or through user
behavior and habits (Henryson et al. 2000). The energy efficiency project applied in
the university was only aimed at the technological matter. That is, different technologies will be applied in order to reduce consumption, and at the same time to make the
university less dependent on non-sustainable energy sources. The fluorescent lamps
in blocks F, G and H will be replaced with LED lamps of equal potency or higher
potency to provide more light.
3.3 Project 3: Awareness and Education for Sustainability
The studied university has an Education and Awareness for Sustainability Program
(PECS) which is linked to the Environmental Education Policy, and aims to become
effective through actions in basic education to higher education, in all levels and
modalities of study. In the educational scope, the program predicts the approach of
environmental education in at least one learning unit or discipline up to graduate
courses. Since environmental education can not be implemented as a specific discipline in the curriculum of all the courses, the university has defined many different
forms and fronts for the dissemination of the theme.
4 Data Presentation
In this section, results of the case study about the implementation of green campus
initiatives in the researched university are presented. This case study was developed