Description/achievement of initiative
The University of Catania during next years will continue to reduce its carbon footprint by different actions, including dissemination informations related with a responsable use of resources between students, teachers and administrative employees.
Implementation methodologies
In particular, the University of Catania aims: -to encourage the use of electronic market for public admistration procurement; -to reduce the counsumption of paper and save energy using also for official communications telematic communication technologies; -to obtain energy using photovoltaic panels; -to support sustainable methods of tranports in and around campus; -to support research into green technologies; -to take part in the local Observatory on waste collection and reconversion of waste materials; -to adopt, in collaboration with the local municipality of the city of Catania, an efficacy and efficency collection system of collection and disposal of waste materials in the buildings of the University; -to continue to take part in network at National and International level on sustainable acitivities carried out by public administrations (eg. green public procurement ).
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Coordination mechanisms/governance structure
Partner(s)
Università degli Studi di Catania