Projetar para a Sustentabilidade Ambiental: Proposta para o concurso "Architecture Student Contest 2022"

Abstract

The international agreements and protocols, which have been published by the European Commission, increasingly involve the commitment of producers, but also of consumers. In this way, circular economy and energy efficiency strategies are essential goals to fight global warming growth and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. At the construction level, this interpretation is linked to methods of reduced impact and energy savings for the decarbonization of the sector and passive strategies to obtain natural thermal comfort. Therefore, the advantage lies in replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable, and efficient energy in terms of material production and active systems. Environmental management tools become decisive elements in minimizing these carbon emissions in the building. By highlighting all phases of the building's life cycle, they allow understanding the impact of the construction process and making comparisons with different construction systems. They translate, therefore, the environmental responsibility on the decisions taken in the project and the optimization of the same when added to efficient and economical systems. It is therefore up to the designer to plan in an environmentally conscious way supported by environmental management tools to guide him. In this way, it will promote an efficient project with a reduced ecological footprint.