GENERAL PURPOSE

The Institutional Improvement Plan in Energy Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability is a 3-year program, with financing shared between MINEDUC / ULS, and its fundamental objective is to position the University as a reference and articulator of regional development processes, particularly regarding the issues of energy efficiency and sustainability, through a scientific-technological platform capable of responding to territorial needs.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Link with the Environment: Implement a management model aimed at creating a permanent instance of linking and articulation of the University of La Serena with the different actors of the regional territory, which allows us to know and deepen the needs of regional civil society and business, prioritize those of urgent solution, and integrate the institutional competencies of academic training and scientific-technological capacities for their resolution.
Institutional Strengthening: Strengthen the quality and relevance of the training of undergraduate programs of scientific-technological careers of the institution, by incorporating educational training and significant experiences with the areas of energy efficiency and Institutional Improvement Plan of the University of La Serena environmental sustainability, connecting this process with professional training and advanced human capital as a concrete contribution to the training seal expressed in the Institutional Educational Model.

Culturization of Collectives: Develop and implement a promotion, dissemination and training plan with regional coverage, among the educational, productive and social agents of the territory, as a basis for the installation of a culture of energy efficiency and environmental responsibility that leads to the realization of sustainable development for the Coquimbo Region and its inhabitants.

Projection in R&D&I: Contribution to the solution of complex problems that affect the quality of life, productivity and competitiveness of the regional and national territory, based on the strengthening and multi- and interdisciplinary integration of training, research and technological development capabilities. that the institution has, maintaining energy efficiency and environmental sustainability as a reference.