Commitment to sustainability in a Brazilian technological university: a case study

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https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2023.v24n1.2383

Abstract

Higher education institutions have been steadily integrating sustainable practices into their operations. Despite these efforts in the implementation, several challenges must be overcome to achieve sustainability. There is a lack of studies that investigate sustainable development in higher education, and the efforts of a small, specialized university have been scarcely analyzed in detail. This manuscript addresses the path toward sustainability followed by a private Brazilian technological university. The university in São Paulo is one of the region's most traditional and oldest universities, focused on engineering, computing, and business. Data from 2019/2020 on energy and water consumption and solid waste generation for the university campus were discussed and benchmarked with GreenMetric indicators. The data was analyzed by a theoretical framework composed of 6 dimensions. Challenges were identified, and remedial actions were proposed to transform the university into a greener campus. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, the higher education institution kept sustainability projects active, some of which received international awards. However, this study reveals that although sustainable development is considered very important to HEI and society, it is not yet embedded in the system's strategies, activities, and policies.

 

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Dario, Centro Universitário FEI

Dario H. Alliprandini is graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the São Carlos School of Engineering of the University of São Paulo (1982), where he also completed the Masters (1990) (topic: Computer-Aided Process Planning) and Ph.D. (1996) (Manufacturing Integration) courses and Quality). Performed research internship - Postdoctoral - at the School of Industrial Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta-USA, 2000-2001). He worked for 9 years in companies in the manufacturing and services area. He was a professor in the Department of Production Engineering at UFSCar for fifteen years (1992-2006), where he served as a professor, researcher, coordinator of graduation in production-materials engineering, department head, coordinator of the graduate program in engineering of production and tutor of PET / Capes. From 2006 to 2012 he graduated from the School of Engineering and Management (Educational Stage Group) as academic director and responsible for the production engineering course. He is currently a professor of the Production Engineering course at Centro Universitário da FEI - Department of Production Engineering. At FEI, in addition to acting in undergraduate education, he is a permanent professor in the Postgraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering (Production concentration area) and department head and coordinator of the Production Engineering course. He has experience in the field of Production Engineering, with an emphasis on Production and Operations Management, Quality Management, Continuous Process Improvement, Product Development Management. His current research lines are: Lean Production Systems, Quality in Product Development, Improvement and Learning in Production, Management of Operations in Services.

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2023-05-31

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Scur, G., & Alliprandini, D. (2023). Commitment to sustainability in a Brazilian technological university: a case study. Administração: Ensino E Pesquisa, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2023.v24n1.2383

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Vol. 24 No. 1 (2023): 1ªEdição RAEP

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