AVALIAÇÃO DA EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA EM HABITAÇÃO DE INTERESSE SOCIAL

Abstract

Many options are available to simulate environmental comfort variables. In this present work several computer programs were applied to verify the environmental performance of a social housing in the city of Fortaleza. Among the computational tools, Autodesk Ecotect Analysis was applied to evaluate the efficiency of solar protections designed and its plugin Radiante was verify natural illumination levels, Autodesk Flowdesign to analyse natural ventilation and Designbuilder was used evaluate thermal comfort in selected rooms of the housing unit. In this first undergraduate experience, these softwares were used bodily with the objective of providing accessible, easy the specific analysis process of environmental comfort for the students of a theme named Special Topics in Environmental Comfort. The results obtained using these computational tools materialize the benefits of an environmental conscious design proposal, quantifying the impact of such elements over built spaces.