RESUMO: O presente estudo trata da iluminação natural no ambiente interno, com foco específico nos ambientes escolares. O objetivo é demonstrar a influência de balcões refletores, associados à elementos bloqueadores da luz solar direta, na disponibilidade da iluminação natural em salas de aula. O objeto de estudo são as jardineiras existentes próximas às janelas da sala de aula […]
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Wood Frame Housing System: Case Study and Application Potential for Low-Cost Housing in Foz do Iguaçu
ABSTRACT: The lack of housing in Brazil is around 5,430 million. Nowadays, this problem is one of the biggest challenges of the country. This situation must encourage the research of technological solutions for the production of satisfactory performance houses. Wood Frame housing system could be an option. It is used in North America, Asia and Europe and now is […]
Windows and Facades: Proposal of a Device for Increasing Performance for Natural Ventilation and Daylighting
ABSTRACT: Buildings energy consumption in Brazil corresponds to about 47% of total consumption. In this respect, facades and windows are elements which influence directly that consumption. Thus, the aim of this work is the study of a device for windows and facades, which operates to increase building energy efficiency, without adding monthly maintenance costs. The proposed Sun-Air-Light device has […]
The contribution of green roofs to mitigate urban heat island effect in Rio de Janeiro
ABSTRACT: Green roofs represent the reintroduction and inclusion of vegetation and biodiversity in the built urban environment. The integration of vegetation through green roofs; for example, using grasses, succulents, flowers, shrubs, and trees in urban areas is particularly important to maintain cool built urban environment because buildings, streets and other infrastructures increase the heat absorption, which results in the […]
The use of calabashes as sound absorption alternative material
ABSTRACT: This paper aims to give some scientific information on calabashes used as sound absorption alternative material. For two decades the need for concert halls with adequate acoustic quality has been increasing in Brazil. Therefore, modern buildings have been built in our country according to adequate standers. Nevertheless, the cost of the necessary acoustic materials in current use is […]
Thermal Performance as a parameter of choice of materials: Brazilian Antarctic Station
ABSTRACT: In the atypical context of Antarctica to the correct selection of more sustainable and efficient materials, it must be considered the specific environmental conditions of the region. Among them, there are the climatic characteristics (low absolute moisture content, low temperatures, high wind speeds, and rapid climate changes), the isolation and the need to preserve the natural environment. The […]
Passive design strategies for building envelopes in different orientations
ABSTRACT: Human wellbeing in architecture is highly influenced by its site and climate; there are methodologies that suggest the correct orientation of open facades, depending on preexisting weather condition, which seek to ensure the user environmental comfort. In tropical cities like Medellin – Colombia, the absence of stations generates a relatively homogeneous climate that allows the use of passive […]
Escuelas productoras de energía: cosechando una nueva generación
RESUMEN: ¿Podemos imaginar una nueva generación de edificios productores de energía? Visualicemos futuros escenarios energéticos donde los establecimientos educacionales, fundamentados en sus condiciones de dispersión urbana, extensión territorial y ocupación estacional, sean concebidos como nuevos nodos urbanos de generación energética. Orientado a promover el desarrollo de energía solar en zonas urbanas, este artículo presenta una herramienta de evaluación paramétrica de […]
Neglected Issues in Building Performance
ABSTRACT: The paper outlines a number of potentially very useful building performance concepts that have been ignored, forgotten or only partially adopted. The idea explored in this paper is that, despite many significant advances in specialized fields, there are also many issues that remain outside the mainstream of building research, guidelines or conventional wisdom. Some of […]