Avaliação das práticas sustentáveis na Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - campus sede.

Abstract

The present research aimed to evaluate sustainable practices, in the area of operations, performed at UFCG Campina Grande. Through this understanding, tools were sought to analyze sustainability in Higher Education Institutions and the instrument entitled STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) adapted by Oliveira (2018) for the Brazilian context of HEIs was chosen. Based on the choice of tool used in the work, the following areas were defined for the identification of sustainable practices: Air and Climate; Buildings; Energy; Food and Meal Services; Ground; Shopping; Transport; waste; and water. Interviews were carried out to obtain data and relevant information for each indicator of the tool. A questionnaire was also carried out with the administrative managers of the UFCG in order to ascertain the perception of the strategic area on sustainability at the university. It was possible to observe that sustainable practices in the subjects evaluated are at a very early stage in the UFCG in most areas of operations. The UFCG Sustainable Logistics Plan (2020-2024) was identified, which contains some proposed goals to improve sustainability in the Institution, but there are still bottlenecks to be filled. Based on research on sustainable practices carried out in other HEIs, some suggestions for improvement and/or expansion of sustainability were proposed at the UFCG Campina Grande campus. Suggestions for future work are to use Oliveira's (2018) methodology, based on the STARS tool, in other Brazilian public federal universities for the purpose of comparing results. The limitations of the research were the absence and/or difficulty in obtaining data from the UFCG on the sustainable practices carried out.