An analysis of practices in sustainable construction projects in Latin America. / Análise das práticas de sustentabilidade em projetos de construção latino americanos.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The aim of this work is to identify the consolidated practices with respect to sustainability utilized in construction projects in Latin America and especially in Brazil. This study is based on data obtained from projects submitted to the first International Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction 2005. A statistical study of this data was undertaken, the result of which is an outline of Brazilians and Latin Americans designers. Above all, this study can identify the gaps related to applications of sustainable design practices. The study shows that environmental preservation is a consolidated practice to Brazilian and Latin American designers while the concept of sustainability is not. The projects that focus mainly on the environmental dimension should incorporate more actions related to social and economical dimensions. Within the environmental dimension the dominating practices deal with energy, materials and water. Gaps are identified in the lack of use of modern, technology intensive methods and in the scarcity of dealing with the whole life cycle of the building. These results can be used as a basis for actions that aim at inserting higher levels of sustainability in construction projects

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sustainable construction sustainability construção civil (projeto; aspectos ambientais) - américa latina ( brasil)

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