INCAE ON SUSTAINABILITY

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The project “Reducing INCAE GHG Emissions” began in 2011. The first step was to conduct an initial diagnosis that
allowed INCAE to identify priorities and next steps.
Electricity
Measures focused on reducing electricity
consumption through actions such as:
• Solar panel installation in 2012-2013 to heat
showers in houses on both campuses.
• Switch to alternative technology for internal and
external lighting on both campuses in 2012-2013.
• Installation of skylights in the Financial department
and cafeteria in the Walter Kissling Gam campus in
2012 and 2014.
• Signing of an agreement between INCAE and
the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) in 2015
to participate in a pilot project launched by the
Government of Costa Rica for the installation
of photovoltaic panels. The project has been
implemented in one of the houses on the Walter
Kissling Gam campus.
• Audits to identify energy-saving opportunities in
2015.
• Purchase of a new and more efficient central air
conditioning system in 2015, that includes centralized
controls for monitoring use.
Solid Waste
•Reduction of printed materials for students and
redesigned internal procedures in 2012, significantly
reducing INCAE’s paper use. Policies such as
reusing paper and printing on both sides were also
implemented.
• Elimination of all disposable containers from
INCAE’s cafeterias in 2015-2016, reducing solid
waste by an average of 3 tons per year.
• Implementation since 2009 of a recycling
program that collects materials such as paper,
aluminum and plastic, as well as special and
hazardous electronic waste and batteries.
KWH
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
450.00
400.00
350.00
250.00
0
KWH/PERSON MONTH
Averaged monthly electricity consumption in a
house with a photovoltaic panel.
150.00
100.00
50.00
Electricity consumption at INCAE
250
200
150
100
50
0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Walter Kissling Gam Campus, Costa Rica
Francisco de Sola Campus, Nicaragua
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Paper use at INCAE
Walter Kissling Gam Campus, Costa Rica
Francisco de Sola Campus, Nicaragua
TOTAL
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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