Análise e discussão dos fundamentos de projetos de edificações integrados

Abstract

Nowadays, the existing processes in the civil construction are constituted by many methods and materials which can be considered diversified, for this reason, demand a more detailed analysis about the impacts and consequences that these processes can cause to the environment and to the living beings that inhabit the planet. The effect of chemical products on the environment, on edifications and, therefore, on human beings have enormous relevance when the health of current and future generations is taken into consideration. Current edifications still have a high rate of energy consumption, because many important aspects are not taken into account during the project. Various types of researches have been developed for more than 25 years, showing that it’s possible to project edifications that use 80% less energy than conventional. Reducing energy consumption of an edification can also decrease the environmental impacts that result from the generation of energy in a plant, as well as from the on-site burning of fuels such as natural gas and fuel oil. That way, the project of integrated edifications aims at constituting a project team that is in agreement concerning the project goals, integrating all the areas that set one’s sight on a more sustainable edification, that uses materials and constructive methods less harmful to the environmental and human health. Specifying the constructing materials is essential to project sustainable edifications, and it’s always important to question each material’s lifespan. In this sente, it is important to explore the pollutants and chemical products which are liberated in the atmosphere during the syntheses of these materials. It is also important to develop a comparative analysis between conventional and new materials that are less harmful to the environment, and that can be used with the same goal as the conventional ones. Thus, in this final course paper, an analysis will be carried out in order to discuss how to reconcile constructive practices with the environment and the planet’s resources, so that, in the future, it might be possible to have more sustainable and ‘cleaner’ buildings from human’s and environment’s point of view. To the proposed analysis, it will be used the project fundamentals of sustainable edifications and the most updated studies about the subject matter will be used as a reference to discuss the theme