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Carbon Neutrality in Andean Universities: The Centrality of Context in Comparative Analysis of Assessment, Opportunities and Obstacles
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Jonathan R. Barton; Paula Hernández Díaz; Andrés Robalino-López; Timothy Gutowski; Ignacio Oliva; Gabriela Fernanda Araujo Vizuete; María Rojas Cely – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This paper aims to analyze the influences of context and methodological differences in how universities confront, report and manage carbon neutrality in selected Andean universities, contrasted with a university in the USA. Design/methodology/approach: A sequential, mixed-methods design, using quantitative and qualitative approaches was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Energy Conservation, Climate
Understanding the Environmental Footprint of a Swiss University -- Mobility, Energy and Material Consumption before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
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Livia Somerville; Matthias Stucki; Regula Keller – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the environmental footprint of a university of applied sciences in 2019 and 2020, including the effects of the lockdown periods. The study identified the main sources of emissions and assessed the pandemic-related effects. Design/methodology/approach: Using the life cycle assessment methodology,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, COVID-19, Pandemics