Avaliação da qualidade ambiental em condomínios horizontais de alto padrão na grande Natal

Abstract

Recent research related to sustainable development, show that the expansion of the buildings in the cities needs to be better analyzed, because its impact on the environment and to people's lives is worrying and must be made a priority for the proposed changes. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the existing facilities in the urban areas, linking them solutions less causing such impacts. For this, it was verified the existence of condominiums with marketing proposals, highlighting the large green area and an infrastructure that provides an excellent quality of life for residents. Thus, a survey was made of the latest apartments built in Natal and their areas of expansion, and presenting this type of advertising, classifying them this way upscale condominiums. A selection of assessed condominiums had as criteria, construction time, the projects completed from 2009, being the latest to new sustainable technologies. And the choice of a condominium to make a counterpoint, being the first condominium built in the city. At the end of seven condominiums were selected for evaluation, each being located in different neighborhoods regions, enabling, in this way, enabling the search. The evaluation of the environmental quality of condominiums is based on attributes developed by Valaski (2008), which assesses the existing buildings, as well as the community in general appearance. The results of the overall evaluation showed that two of the seven projects were classified positively in relation to environmental quality, including the first condominium deployed in the city. The other, showed that there is a need for further study to precede the design of a horizontal condominium. Regarding the specific assessment of the buildings could not find many homes carriers sustainable solutions, such as solar water heating, and a few other, bearers of alternative energy by photovoltaic panels. The storage and use of rain water proved to be a growing item in new buildings, while the reuse of wastewater, along with toppings gardens and vegetation in facades were not very applied.