Habitação de baixo impacto ambiental: recomendações básicas para se projetar no semiárido do RN

Abstract

Facing the environmental problems we face in Brazil and in the world, especially with the scarcity of natural resources and climatic adversities, we must design an architectural project to encourage the rational use of natural resources, reduce construction and maintenance costs, and have social responsibility with who will use the building should be a basic premise incorporated into the architect's design process. In a country where the housing deficit is shameful, looking at housing of social interest is also one of the tripods of sustainability: the social. This work proposes to structure basic design recommendations that can serve as guideline in the process of designing housing of social interest for the semi - arid region of Rio Grande do Norte, in order to produce a building with low environmental impact. For this purpose, a bibliographical review on bioclimatic architecture, thermal performance of dwellings, vernacular architecture and good practices for sustainable housing was used as methodology. Climate Consultant 5.3 software was also used to obtain data on environmental conditioning factors and bioclimatic strategies for adaptive comfort in the city of Caicó / RN.