Publications

Facing a Brazilian scenario of housing deficit and failed social politics created for providing housings in a quantitative way and guaranteeing quality,...

Em 2006 o governo federal aprovou a Regulamentação para Etiquetagem Voluntária do Nível de Eficiência Energética...

The residential energy consumption has been growing in recent years and, in Brazil, actions aimed at increasing energy efficiency in these buildings resulted...

Paper (in Portuguese) The discussion about sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings increased due to the late concerns about energy and...

Download The present paper consists of a study regarding a problem-solving method called Simulation Based Optimization (SBO) applied to building energy...

Building Integrated Photovoltaic systems (BIPV) may be part of facade or building roof, so, the accumulated heat at the back of the panels can be dissipated...

In semi-transparent photovoltaic (STPV) systems, the heat accumulated in the back of the panels can be transmitted to the thermal zone and contribute to...

In tropical countries where high temperatures and high humidity rates induce the use of HVAC, the computational simulation has become an important tool...

Representative weather data are fundamental to characterizing a place and determining ideal design approaches. This is particularly important for large...

Computer  simulation  programs  are  currently  considered  the  main  tools  for  performing predictions...