Avaliação e recomendações de intervenção em edifícios públicos de ensino superior na UFJF: o caso do Edifício Itamar Franco

Abstract

The construction industry is one of the sectors that most impacts the environment by using natural materials and delivering products that generates waste and site adaptation. In order to assess building’s environmental conditions and improve their environmental performance, international certification systems emerged and some of them have been adapted to Brazil. This study aims to analyze the performance of an specific building in relation to 14 categories set by the Technical Reference AQUA - School Buildings & Offices, 2007, and come up with improvements in its performance. AQUA is a certification system adapted to Brazil based on the system HQE (Haute Qualite Environmentale), which has been used in Europe to evaluate sustainability criteria in buildings since 2002. It is considered the most adapted to Brazilian situation. The research method focus on a case study - the new building in UFJF Engineering College. The results show that concern about the environmental performance can still be improved. Search for more sustainable measures, according to the AQUA, starting at the planning and design phases was incipient in the new building’s dynamics. Guidelines were recomended and may contribute to increase the building’s performance. In addition, measures were suggested and could be adopted for this building. The information gathered and its recommendations suggest the increasing of environmental performance for the evaluated building, through the application of AQUA Questionnaire.