ABSTRACT: Urban planning promoted in Brazil by the “Estatuto da Cidade” (City Statute) establishes the Participatory Master Plan as the primary tool for urban policy, citing citizen participation as a way of guiding urban development and planned occupation. There is an assumption that participatory processes must include the preparation of studies and the conducting of analyses, as well as […]
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Selective Demolition of Buildings as Sustainable Strategy
ABSTRACT: Over the last decades the demolition process has experienced several changes, which focus mainly on how the building will be demolished more recently, the emergence of environmental concerns, brings to the surface the discussion about the damage of building demolition, which is responsible for producing a significant portion of all waste generated by construction, from the most selective […]
Sustentabilidade em edificações na Região Metropolitana da Grande Vitória – Gestão de água e de energia
RESUMO: A construção civil é responsável pelo elevado consumo de recursos, como água e energia, e geração de resíduos, provocando diversos impactos ao meio ambiente e, por isso, a necessidade de produzir edificações mais sustentáveis. O atual momento de crise política e econômica que o Brasil enfrenta, leva as construtoras a buscarem novas vertentes para se destacarem no mercado. […]
The influence of glazed balconies in the thermal comfort in an urban tropical region
ABSTRACT: Natural ventilation has served as an effective passive cooling design strategy to comfort and reduction energy used by air-conditioning systems, especially, for tropical regions where the temperature and humidity are generally high. The balconies are architectural elements characterized by shaded areas and permanent ventilation with a significant impact on comfort and distribution of air flow inside the building. […]
Relevance of embodied energy on building retrofit assessment
ABSTRACT: Many regulations and initiatives to promote the reduction of the energy consumption and carbon emissions have been implemented in the building sector. However, they are mostly targeted for new buildings. In order to have an effective impact and reach the goals that are being established, it is necessary to act in new but especially in the existing buildings, […]
Assessment criteria for the level of integration of urban water and land use management
ABSTRACT: The growth of population density in urban areas has exacerbated the negative impacts on water resources, such as pollution due to higher effluent discharge and flooding due to soil impermeabilisation. Such problems worsen when public policies and territorial management practices are not integrated. This paper recognizes the importance of integrating water resource management with land use management to […]
Socioeconomic study of domestic water consumption in the Federal District, Brazil
ABSTRACT: Based on the hypothesis that variables such as the cost of water, family income, household size and building typology affect the way water is consumed, this paper describes the results obtained from fieldwork and discusses domestic water consumption for different residential building types of high, mid-high, mid-low and low income dwellings in the Federal District. An econometric model […]
LEED Certification and the new Standard of Sustainable Construction in Colombia
ABSTRACT: The Decree 1285 of 2015 is the new standard for sustainable construction in Colombia, with technical parameters and design guidelines adopted by Resolution 0549. This normative has increased public and private interest in the subject, in order to develop a sustainable construction industry. However, there is a lack of technical and practical knowledge in architects and builders, and […]
Mobilidade urbana sustentável e acessibilidade: Estratégias de infraestrutura verde para reabilitação do centro de Vitória-ES
RESUMO: O crescimento urbano tem sido pautado na ocupação dispersa e privilégio do uso do automóvel, excessiva subtração de espaços livres e áreas verdes, intensa impermeabilização do solo, bem como de arborização urbana insuficiente, decorrendo em diversos problemas urbanos de ordem bioclimática, os quais podem ser mitigados através de estratégias de infraestrutura verde aplicadas no espaço público. Este artigo […]
A percepção do Conforto e da Segurança das ciclovias e ciclofaixas em Vitória-ES (Brasil) a partir de seus usuários
RESUMO: A mobilidade alicerçada aos princípios da sustentabilidade é uma questão em destaque dentre as principais preocupações das políticas públicas atuais relacionadas aos fluxos urbanos. Tornar mais eficiente as condições do trânsito é uma preocupação constante, que visa também a melhoria do bem-estar social e o controle da poluição. Uma das alternativas que vem sendo utilizada para tal é […]