This multidisciplinary project, coordinated by Professor Marcos Silvoso, aims to add skills to promote the sustainable development of building materials and construction systems for building design. It also seeks to assess the performance of residential buildings, with reference to NBR 15575, in aspects related to sustainability, environmental comfort, structural performance, useful life and its relationship with the building design and production process. An extremely important industry for the country, civil construction is currently responsible for a large part of the consumption of raw materials, energy, in addition to the intense generation of solid waste, strictly related to the environment and its degradation. In addition, during the operation phase the building is responsible for significant energy consumption in order to guarantee conditions of human comfort inside, and the materials and construction systems used directly impact this behavior. Thus, this project aims to develop research of theoretical and experimental character in construction materials and construction systems that make it possible to reduce the negative impacts present in the construction industry during the production and operation phases of buildings. Through the use of assessment tools, such as LCA, and computer simulation, together with the use of experimental methods of analysis, sustainable solutions are sought for the construction of buildings, such as the use of natural materials, use of waste , and development of innovative materials and construction systems aiming at a better environmental performance. The experimentation activities are supported by the infrastructure installed in the Laboratory for Teaching Construction Materials and Soil Studies (LEMC-FAU / UFRJ) and its Experimental Site.

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