Through this program, the University of Guadalajara assumes its responsability as an educational institution, it joins the global concern for the conservation and sustainability of the environment.
Integrative University Program for Energetic Transition, focuses on energy saving and efficiency conditions, as well as laying the groundwork to define sustainability guidelines, energy generation, social involvment, techological accesibility and, of course, academic preparation for innovation. It is structured by seven projects: Energy saving and efficiency program, construction of solar power plant, photovoltaic power generation at university buildings, support for university´s workers, conversion of universitys vehicle fleet, rural electrification with renewable energy and Institute for Renewable Energy
In the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, as a result of its urban expansion, the rate of motorization with excessive use of the car, and with the deterioration of public transportation, presents a critical urban mobility problem, with increasing congestion, pollution and insecurity are severely affecting the productivity of the urban economy and quality of life of its inhabitants.
Thus a A mass urban passenger transport mode that will connect the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, it will cross the Municipalities of Zapopan, Guadalajara and Tlaquepaque, becoming the third line of the suburban train of the metro area, it will travel 21,447 Km, and have 18 boarding stations, with the possibility to transship from the lines 1 and 2 already in operation.
The main identified benefits are: 1) Connecting parts of the metropolitan area without mass transport systems 2) Reduction of polluting and green house gass emissions, a calculated reduction of 17,407 ton of CO2 3) A reduction in the generalized travel time and cost, calculated in $21,339,007,299 MXN for all future benefits 4) liberating assets of the vehicles used for the replaced bus routes 5) estimated reduction of road crashes 6) commute waiting time reliability
A serie of coordinated actions directed towards renewable energy for street lighting as well as for public buildings. These include a plan to power street lighting with solar panels, as well as the transition to power public buildings with solar panels, this will be implemented first in the municipal markets, Mercado Corona as the main one. Additional to the previous technological advances, energy efficiency regulation will be set up
Read More Read LessMibici is a public transportation system located in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, based on the rental of bicycles available in stations arranged as a network in the most important urban centralities of the city.
Currently the system works in the central areas of the municipalities of Guadalajara, Zapopan and Tlaquepaque. It contains nearly 250 stations connect with the mass transport systems
Guadalajara Puntos Limpios are a serie of facilities distributed in the public space in the center of the municipality where the trash can be categorized in four specialized containers to recieve high volume of waste. All solid waste deposited in the correct container, stop being trash and become raw material for the recycling industry. This also reduces the materials being transported from residencial collection and the periodicity of recolection. The areas with the hightes generation and opportunity of waste are evaluated to implement the clean point, the goal for the end of 2017 is to have 180 points installed
Read More Read LessThe municipality of Tlaquepaque has developed a plan that aims to reduce the energy consumption, identify opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through improving and changing the consumption within the public building and infrastructure of the municipality. Among its objectives are to reduce electric energy and water consumption for municipal owned vehicles by 10%. Energy efficiency of the pumps used for public water supply is addressed as well. It also includes proposals for using renewable energy sources
Read More Read LessGuadalajara's 30 km/h zones, as in other cities around the globe, are strategies for traffic calming in specific parts of the city, mainly by reducing the road space for motor vehicles, signaling and adapting the texture of the road. In the metro area there are a total of 10 polygons of these zones, most of the municipality of Guadalajara, but also in Zapopan and Tlajomulco. This is influencing cars to move at a speed of 20 km/h or below. Overall this brings the benefit of increasing walking and cycling, reduce motor vehicle traffic volumes, thus road crashes and greenhouse gas and air pollutants. This action has its legal base on Jalisco's Sectorial Program of Sustainable Movility.
Read More Read LessThe renovation of luminaries with LED technology after the replacement of 40 thousand units (just over 50% of the streets of Guadalajara municipality, which will allow an approximate monthly saving of one million 563 thousand 700 kwh, representing 30 percent of the energy used, registering an annual saving of 72 million pesos
Read More Read LessAs part of Jalisco´s General Program for Transport, the state has programmed a serie of actions, including infrastructure and route distribution to integrate the different public transport modes. The program includes a collective transport system, and coordinates the mass transportation modes, including the integration of the LRL´s Line 3 (describe in Action 1), proposes the expansion and modernization of the Line 1 and the Macrobus BRT system, as well as creating the Peribus BRT system.
Line 1 expansion includes extending the railway line 1 km to the south, as well as introducing bigger railway trains, thus needing to extend the stations. Macrobus will expand the route, increasing the BRT units. Peribus system will install a BRT system in the peripheral roadway of the metropolitan area that connects the outskirts with the main mass tranport, making a route of 41.5 km, with 46 stations
The collective transport proposal includes a new bussiness model structure, new routes and distribution to make travels more efficient
Through this program, the University of Guadalajara assumes its responsability as an educational institution, it joins the global concern for the conservation and sustainability of the environment.
Integrative University Program for Energetic Transition, focuses on energy saving and efficiency conditions, as well as laying the groundwork to define sustainability guidelines, energy generation, social involvment, techological accesibility and, of course, academic preparation for innovation. It is structured by seven projects: Energy saving and efficiency program, construction of solar power plant, photovoltaic power generation at university buildings, support for university´s workers, conversion of universitys vehicle fleet, rural electrification with renewable energy and Institute for Renewable Energy
The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area has reported 1 Community emission inventory, since 2016. In its latest inventory, compiled in 2016, the Agriculture, forest and other land use, Agriculture, forest and other land use, Stationary energy, Waste management and Transport are identified as key emission sources.