Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ

The university has grown at such a pace that space has been used as diligently as possible. In 2012 the university’s density was 88 square feet (27.12 square meters) per student. Conservation of water and … read more

The university has grown at such a pace that space has been used as diligently as possible. In 2012 the university’s density was 88 square feet (27.12 square meters) per student.

Conservation of water and energy is an everyday part of building operations, but strangely enough this has not formally been put into policies or measured.

The climate
Quito, the capital city is located at 9,350 feet of altitude in the equator. This provides a unique spring-like weather year round with an average temperature at noon of 65.7 °F. As for sunshine there is about 2058 sunshine hours annually and approximately 5.6 sunlight hours for each day. USFQ is set in the valley of Cumbayá, which receives on average more sun than Quito.

Refrigerator and Air conditioning Units Inventory

In 2013 a visual inventory of all refrigerators and AC’s installed in campus was conducted. Many of these units are in very hard to reach places. The following information was collected: Place where it is located, brand and model, the type of coolant and full capacity that it can hold when it is initially purchased, time since last inspection and maintenance was carried out, amount of years since purchased, and links related.
The University does not do a formal accounting process of how much coolant has been placed back.

The campus has a total area of 536,339.28 square feet, of which 397,923.79 square feet are constructed, representing 74,19% of the available area. Laboratories take up to 29 527,2 square feet, approximately. Free space for recreation purposes represent the other 25.81% that includes a man made lake, 2 soccer fields (1 is synthetic grass), 2 tennis courts and a parking lot.

The campus has 34 buildings, with a total construction area of 529,742.51 square feet. Furthermore there are 38 bathrooms distributed on the entire campus, most of the bathrooms have sinks with water saving mechanisms, and the toilets use water saving regulation devices. Individual consumption has yet to be calculated.

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