ABSTRACT: Considering the increase of health problems related to inactivity and noncommunicable diseases, like heart diseases and obesity, nowadays many researches carry out the correlation between the built environment and physical activity. Those issues associate health and urban planning studies. Walking occurs in daily actions and can be considered as a viable alternative to health problems reduction and to […]
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Indicadores de Sustentabilidade em Balneários Suburbanos no Estado do Espírito Santo
RESUMO: O turismo e a migração de moradores têm crescido nos balneários brasileiros. Estes se dividem em várias tipologias, contudo no Estado do Espírito Santo se caracterizam em Urbana, Suburbana e de Plano. Para esta pesquisa será abordada apenas a Suburbana, por agregar atividades de cultura e lazer, somados aos recursos naturais disponíveis e à localização próxima aos centros […]
Estrategias de diseño pasivo con luz día en cuartos de hospitalización doble
ABSTRACT: Shared hospitalization rooms (DHR) demand high levels of natural lighting and a proper visual comfort since daylight provides benefits to the health of a patient. The aim of this study is to establish guidelines for the use of passive design strategies (PDS) with daylight in (DHR), in a cold, semi -humid climate. The first stage defined the […]
Water sustainability assessment for the region of Curitiba
ABSTRACT: The Watershed Sustainability Index (WSI) allows for integrated analyses of social, economic and environmental matters that can affect sustainability in a watershed, in a water-centric approach. It is subdivided into four categories: hydrology, environment, life and policy, each of them analysed through a three-tier indicator system, namely for pressure, state and response. As such, the index accounts for […]
Decision making process assisted by Life Cycle Assessment: Greenhouse gas emission
ABSTRACT: The concept of sustainability has been spreading in the construction industry introducing tools and methods that may assist in the process of decision m aking and allowing improvements in management techniques as much as in production processes. Thus, this research aims the selection of materials by means of the proposition of a decision making method – the Choosing by […]
Smart Cities: Selection of Indicators for Vitoria
ABSTRACT: Since 2007, urban cities have become the main living environment of humanity, as opposed to rural areas. Thus, with the increase of urban areas, it is appropriate to develop techniques for the orderly and integrated growth of the cities. The concept of Smart City arises in this context. Considering the particular challenges of each city to become […]
Life cycle energy assessment of a light steel framing house in Brasilia city
ABSTRACT: The building sector is responsible for the majority of the energy and materials consumed in the world. Social housing plays a significant responsibility in consumption of resources in Brazil. In this context, this paper aims to evaluate the energy consumption during the life cycle of two social housing for Brazilian context. It was compared a brick masonry house […]
Building environment construction studies in Brazil
ABSTRACT: The built environment composed of planning, design, management and maintenance impacts upon people and cities. The paper discusses contents of two documents about policies and strategies for a sustainable built environment. One reports guidelines to sustainability assessment tools (1), publication dated 2008. The other treats aspects of sustainable building in Brazil and lines to promote national policies […]
Hospital ambience: Qualification of spaces and perception and environmental awareness
ABSTRACT: One of the conceptions of the meaning of the term ambience refers to the pursuit of humanization through the balance of the elements of the environment, whereas, in the aspects of the built environment, the social, political and economic, culture and personal values of each individual which directly affect the perception of these about space. health care environments […]
Escolas e Sustentabilidade: Projetando estratégias para uma arquitetura mais sustentável
RESUMO: O conceito de “algo” mais sustentável, que tenta avançar no sentido de uma definição ampla da sustentabilidade, inclui diversos aspectos, dentre eles os aspectos econômicos, sociais, culturais e ambientais. Uma escola mais sustentável é inclusiva, valoriza a diversidade, respeita os direitos humanos e aspira promover uma melhor qualidade de vida a todas as espécies; promove a saúde das […]