New requirements resulting from construction environmental certification programs and performance standards

Authors

  • Adriana Teresinha Silva FEEVALE
  • Andrea Parisi Kern Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
  • Rossana Piccoli Universidade de Caxias do Sul
  • Marco Aurélio Stumpf González Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2014.102.06

Abstract

The concern with environmental issues and the performance of buildings is a global trend. In Brazil, the adoption of environmental certification has been growing, and since July 2013, the national standard NBR 15.575 is in force, under the general heading of residential buildings. Both, environmental and performance issues have challenged the industry as a whole, including designers, constructors and suppliers, in view of the complexity of the issues surrounding the concept of performance. This paper discusses new requirements resulting from the adoption of environmental criteria and from the concept of performance, based on results of research that investigated, respectively, the design and production processes of a certificated commercial building and the implementation of the Spanish (CTE) and Brazilian (NBR 15.575/2013) performance standards by construction firms.

Keywords: civil construction, built environment, environmental certification, building performance.

Author Biographies

Adriana Teresinha Silva, FEEVALE

Curso de Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Andrea Parisi Kern, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Programa de Pós Graduação em Engenharia Civil

Rossana Piccoli, Universidade de Caxias do Sul

Curso de Engenharia Civil

Marco Aurélio Stumpf González, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Programa de Pós Graduação em Engenharia Civil

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Published

2015-01-29

How to Cite

Silva, A. T., Kern, A. P., Piccoli, R., & González, M. A. S. (2015). New requirements resulting from construction environmental certification programs and performance standards. Arquitetura Revista, 10(2), 105–114. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2014.102.06

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014): Jul-Dec

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