Affiliation(s)
1. School of Civil Engineering of Meridional Faculty (IMED), Passo Fundo 99070-220, Brazil
2. Postgraduate Program in Civil Engineering (PPGCI) of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
3. School of Architecture of Barcelona, Barcelona Tech, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
4. Postgraduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism (PPGARQ), Meridional Faculty (IMED), Passo Fundo 99070-220, Brazil
5. Postgraduate Program in Civil Engineering (PPGEC), Meridional Faculty (IMED), Passo Fundo 99070-220, Brazil
ABSTRACT
Having as a starting point of the problematic
energy consumption of buildings, it studied the panorama of energy efficiency, emphasizing the
Brazilian program of the INMETRO (Instituto Nacional de Metrologia,
Normalização e Qualidade Industrial), PROCEL “Edifica” (national
program for energy efficiency in buildings), contained in the norm RTQ-C (technical
requirements of the quality for the level of energetic efficiency of
commercial, service, and public buildings). For a better understanding
of the regulation, it elected a building,
emblematic in the city of Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil, illustrating the perspective
of the program. The building was classified in accordance with the two
methodologies presented by the program: prescriptive
and simulation, so it was possible to investigate the peculiarities of each
methodology and the own regulation. After the application of the methodologies,
we came to the conclusion that the prescriptive method is less accurate and
requires more dedication by the evaluator to do all the calculations and
surveys required, however, it is the fastest tool
and accessible to the field professionals. The simulation on the other hand, is
a more accurate methodology and reaches levels of analysis that the
prescriptive method does not reach, but still
is a tool that needs large initial
financial contribution and prior knowledge.
KEYWORDS
Energy efficiency, labelling, Brazilian regulation.
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