Green economy metrics as a promoter of sustainable development in universities. Case study: El Bosque University

The exchange that occurs in universities when they participate in international rankings is an important space to share and grow in the academic production of teachers and in the training of students. At the beginning, the sustainable social responsibility system was adhered only to the industry due to the increase in large-scale production; however, the academy has taken a voice and vote on this climate phenomenon. This is why projects aimed at sustainability have been proposed in universities that aim at a green economy. Likewise, the UI Green Metric Rankings allows higher education institutions worldwide to measure their sustainable actions in different categories on a voluntary basis.For this reason, this article presents the best practices of the University El Bosque against the different indicators that the UI Green Metric measures, such as infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transport and education. Consequently, the concept of sustainability has become a vital element for the development of programs that involve the institution in internationalization through the global recognition generated by being participants and being able to be in the range of green universities.As a conclusion of this exchange, Based on responsible production methods with the natural and social environment or Clean Modalities, a production cycle is proposed that opens the possibility of integrating with other related production systems that receive their waste as raw materials in a network, this is Symbiotic Cycle. To arrive at the approach of a symbiotic disposal of waste as inputs with other production systems in such a way as to consolidate a set of sustainable organizations that collaborate with each other and that continuously recover the value to increase efficiency.Keyword: sustainability, green economy, sustainable developmen

Design of an environmental business management model for the recovery of biogas in the closing phase of el carrasco landfill, Bucaramanga-Santander, Colombia

El trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo principal el modelo de gestión empresarial ambiental para el proceso de recuperación del biogás, generado en el municipio de Bucaramanga Santander, para la fase de cierre del relleno sanitario El Carrasco. Por tal motivo, se inició con el diagnóstico ambiental del estado actual del relleno, mediante la recopilación de información primaria suministrada por la Empresa de Aseo de Bucaramanga (EMAB) y secundaria; determinando las variables que permitieron calcular la generación y recuperación de biogás, mediante el modelo de la EPA US denominado “modelo colombiano de biogás” y así mismo se realizó el estudio técnico de los proceso de aprovechamiento del biogás a energía para así gerenciar proyectos de energía eléctricaMagíster en Gestión Empresarial AmbientalMaestríaThe main objective of the research work is the environmental business management model for the biogas recovery process, generated in the municipality of Bucaramanga-Santander, for the closure phase of the El Carrasco landfill. For this reason, it began with the environmental diagnosis of the current state of the filling, through the collection of primary information provided by the Bucaramanga Toilet Company (EMAB) and secondary; determining the variables that allowed to calculate the generation and recovery of biogas, using the EPA US model called "Colombian biogas model" and also carried out the technical study of the process of harnessing biogas to energy in order to manage electric energy projects