Design of an eco-efficiency system for sustainable development in the university context

Abstract

The main objective of the research is to determine the relationship between the design of an eco-efficiency system and the sustainable development of the Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión. The study has a quantitative approach, non-experimental design, transectional cut and correlational scope. There was a population of 1304 workers, including teachers and administrative staff, from which a sample of 297 workers was obtained. The information was managed by means of the survey, using the questionnaire as an instrument, whose reliability was 0.971, according to Cronbach's Alpha coefficient, and the validity was 0.91, according to the content validity method carried out by three expert judges. Finally, it was possible to prove that there is an asymptotic significance (p=0.000) lower than the significance level (0.05), with a Spearman's Rho correlation of R= 0.490 considered positive and moderate. In other words, the design of an eco-efficiency system has a direct relationship with the sustainable development of the Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión. This allowed inferring that such design allows reducing expenses in energy, water, paper and related materials, fuels, as well as adequately managing solid waste, making environmentally sustainable public purchases, promoting a culture of eco-efficiency and using clean technologies. In other words, these actions implemented, thanks to the eco-efficiency design, will improve the sustainable development of the university.