Eficiência energética: um estudo em residências do período áureo da borracha na cidade de Manaus

Abstract

Civil construction plays an important role when it comes to the environment, as it generates many impacts, either by the resources it requires or by the waste it generates, and this both at the construction stage and throughout its useful life. One of the ways to make a building more sustainable is to take energy efficiency aspects into account. In the city of Manaus, it can be observed that the houses that apparently take into account the climatic aspects are those built during the golden age of rubber once which had wide frames, high ceilings, thick walls, among other constructive aspects that are necessary for the buildings to provide a minimum of thermal comfort in this region. The research in question, therefore, aims to find the level of energy efficiency through Procel Seal's energy efficiency certification methodology in elite-built residences between 1890 and 1920 and evaluate the applicability of this method to these residences. From the results obtained, it was observed that 55,56% of the households reached the optimum levels of energy performance, reaching a household reaching the maximum score, although in all households, the internal temperatures measured were higher than those registered externally. Thus, among other conclusions that can be drawn from the results obtained, was that homes built at the height of rubber were designed to provide maximum comfort using natural ventilation, and that although the homes studied were built more than one century, they addressed aspects of energy efficiency that were formalized many years later.