News - environmental sustainability

Cities and their energy requirements under study: UTEC Durazno has new Renewable Energy engineers and a dozen other graduates

The first graduate of the Educational Link Program received their degree, allowing a UTU student to continue their studies towards a degree in Renewable Energy Engineering and val...

Academia Takes First Step to Establish a Green Hydrogen Work Network in Uruguay with UTEC and Udelar Participation

Paysandú hosted the First Academic Conference on Green Hydrogen in Uruguay, an event that marked a milestone by bringing together various actors from academic, social, and product...

The call for proposals for adaptation to climate change in Durazno and Rivera is open

The Technological University together with the Ministry of the Environment invites you to participate in the call to design innovative solutions in both cities. A total of four pr...

Technical Water Conferences propose optimization of water resources for agriculture through innovative irrigation techniques

Experts, researchers, students and agricultural producers from Cerro Largo and surrounding areas met at the third edition of the Water Technical Conference organized by UTEC's Wat...

Instituciones educativas adoptan las huertas agroecológicas e integran a la comunidad en el interior

Centros Caif y escuelas del departamento de Durazno participaron durante 2023 de la propuesta de huertas agroecológicas, iniciativa del curso de promotores de huertas donde se for...

Young people committed to water and the future: students who lead the care of this resource

Two students of Water Engineering and Sustainable Development talk about the importance of studying and working to take care of water resources in Uruguay. We celebrate World Wate...

Wood waste becomes filters to improve the quality of the water that flows from the Rivera landfill into the Cuñapirú stream.

The project led by UTEC Rivera teachers seeks to reduce some contaminants in wastewater and raise awareness in the community about the importance of classifying solid waste at sou...

A map of the geothermal potential of Uruguay, biofertilizers from microalgae and environmental indicators

These research projects were presented by UTEC teachers, graduates and students at the Sustainable Uruguay Expo

The plastic recycling station in Minas de Corrales receives new equipment to produce more products

The initiative of the Rivera Municipality and UTEC has already received students from schools, high schools and neighbors who learned how to use technology and made recycled plast...