Evaluación de la factibilidad técnica, financiera y ambiental para la creación de una Escuela Ecológica en la Parroquia Yaruquíes. Cantón Riobamba. Chimborazo

Abstract

The Project “Assessment of technical, financial, and environmental feasibility for creating an ecological school” was carried out at Yaruquíes in the city of Riobamba, in the province of Chimborazo. The type of research was descriptive and cross-sectional. A survey was applied to a sample of 384 parents in the city of Riobamba for market study, 86% of them would want to sign up their children in the ecological school, it means this project has market acceptability, Financial assessment showed viability, a positive NPV of $18.101 and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 16%, which is higher than discount rate established. Finally, impact environmental study showed variability for ecological school because there is higher positive impact than negative one. Some expected environmental benefits are: electric power saving of 33% because of photovoltaics solar panels, 32% of water saving and emissions of CO2 between 13.000 and 20.000 kg a year. After market, technical, environmental, and financial studies, it is concluded that this project is feasible, so the creation of the ecological school is recommended for this área.