Manuel Duarte Pinheiro

The increase of complexity in school buildings to support user comfort and social and functional demands is changing the resources consumption patterns, namely energy. Users indoor comfort conditions also play a significant role in energy demand in school buildings. A significant number of Portuguese public secondary schools were recently refurbished, under a national modernization program. The present paper shares the main results of a multiple case study, comprising eight secondary schools, regarding resources use monitoring (energy and water) and the observational field work concerning users' attitudes and behaviour.Promoting best practices to enhance school buildings sustainability has a double goal: addressing the environmental impact of a large stock of service buildings and simultaneously raise awareness among the younger generations. Introduction The increase of complexity in school buildings to support users comfort and social and functional demands is changing the reso...

ABSTRACT The increase of complexity in school buildings to ensure for users comfort and social and functional demands are changing energy consumption patterns. In the Portuguese context, a recent rise in energy consumption, after a major national refurbishment programme, confirms the need to improve energy management in schools in order to reduce their environmental impact. Besides building design and systems, users are also a determining factor impacting energy consumption in buildings. However, behavioural issues are still among the areas least covered by scientific literature.

ABSTRACT This paper proposes a method to aid in the comparison and choice of alternatives for assemblies closely related to buildings’ thermal performance. The method provides an assessment of the environmental, energy and economic life cycle from cradle-to-cradle (3E-C2C) following recent European Standards for the environmental and economic assessment of construction works. Environmental performance is assessed using life cycle assessment method, energy performance corresponds to consumption of energy for heating and cooling, and the economic performance is based on the whole-life costing (WLC) method.The 3E cost-C2C approach establishes weights that allow the quantification of each aspect of the assembly's performance using the same unit. This approach uses a prevention-based environmental impact assessment method that converts the results of all impact categories into an economic unit. This allows the cost of the environmental impacts to be added to the economic and energy WLC and a 3E performance C2C to be considered, therefore preventing contradictory conclusions that can arise from the individual analysis of each aspect.3E-C2C is useful in the selection of an external wall alternative, and corresponding insulation thickness, when comparing alternatives that are not functionally equivalent, since there is no need to change their characteristics to make them comparable.

There are numerous claims for sustainability in design, design research, environmental ergonomics, and other areas about human-environment interaction. However high specificity of each area, fragmented research, and various approaches to sustainability have induced the need to discuss the relationship between sustainability, design, and human interaction with involving environment, especially in built environment. New trend of growing number of independent hostels in Lisbon calls for deep analysis of this system. The study of publications, both scientific and public, was made to understand the characteristics of it. This article emphasizes the relations among sustainability, interior design, comfort, and well-being, necessary to understand the end-user of these travel accommodations. The findings are contributing for development of survey to be carried out in second phase of research.

This paper presents an on-going Ph.D. research about interior design, well-being, and sustainability in hostels of Lisbon. Interior design has boosted comfort in designed environments disconnected from natural environment, despite encouragements to include sustainability in design. Since 2006 several Lisbon hostels gained international recognition even without national characterisation due to limiting Youth Hostel state definition, and economic deterioration in Portugal. Evolving paradigm proposes that interior design would improve wellbeing through filter of sustainability, depending on objective and subjective variables. Through literature review paper identifies main concepts contributing for survey in progress by identifying the key variables of studied system.

The increase of complexity in school buildings to support user comfort and social and functional demands is changing the resources consumption patterns, namely energy. Users indoor comfort conditions also play a significant role in energy demand in school buildings. A significant number of Portuguese public secondary schools were recently refurbished, under a national modernization program. The present paper shares the main results of a multiple case study, comprising eight secondary schools, regarding resources use monitoring (energy and water) and the observational field work concerning users’ attitudes and behaviour.Promoting best practices to enhance school buildings sustainability has a double goal: addressing the environmental impact of a large stock of service buildings and simultaneously raise awareness among the younger generations.
(This paper was presented by the first author (Lourenço) in the Word SB14 Barcelona, October 2014.

The conference Portugal SB10 - Sustainable Building Affordable to All is organized by University of Minho – UM, Technical University of Lisbon – IST and the Portuguese delegation of the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment – iiSBE Portugal in Vilamoura, Algarve - Portugal, from the 17th till the 19th of March 2010. This conference is included in the “SB10” series of international conferences that are being organized all over the world. The event is supported by high prestige partners, such as the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE), Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE – Portuguese Engineers Professional Association) and Ordem dos Arquitectos (OA – Portuguese Architects Professional Association). Currently it is undeniable the importance of buildings on sustainable development due to their potential e...

First presented at the international conference called Portugal SB07; Sustainable Construction, Materials and Practices--Challenge of the Industry for the New Millennium, held in Minho, Portugal in 2007, the papers of this two-volume proceedings present the authors' research and projects in a wide array of issues related to sustainable construction, including use of industrial waste, use of non- conventional materials, design for climate change, design for deconstruction, and teaching. Many case studies are included. The contributors are engineers and architects who teach and practice at institutions worldwide, making this a valuable resource for its international perspective, as well as for the wealth of material presented. The papers are illustrated with tables, plans, and B&w photos.

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The increase of complexity in school buildings to ensure for users comfort and social and functional demands are changing energy consumption patterns. In the Portuguese context, a recent rise in energy consumption, after a major national refurbishment programme, confirms the need to improve energy management in schools in order to reduce their environmental impact. Besides building design and systems, users are also a determining factor impacting energy consumption in buildings. However, behavioural issues are still among the areas least covered by scientific literature.

The present paper analyses the energy consumption patterns of eight Portuguese case-study schools, with a methodological approach that integrates quantitative and qualitative data analysis. The approach made it possible to link the energy consumption patterns of the schools (selected as Key Performance Indicators) with the user behaviour and management strategies. As a result, six Key Performance Strategies (KPS) were identified so as potentially to enhance the energy performance of school buildings through use and management. Some of the identified KPS can be implemented directly through school management policies to reduce energy use and enhance efficiency. Others can be incorporated in future building design strategies. Some have the potential for being hereafter integrated into the simulation models of buildings’ energy performance.

The increase of complexity in school buildings to ensure for users comfort and social and functional demands are changing energy consumption patterns. In the Portuguese context, a recent rise in energy consumption, after a major national refurbishment programme, confirms the need to improve energy management in schools in order to reduce their environmental impact. Besides building design and systems, users are also a determining factor impacting energy consumption in buildings. However, behavioural issues are still among the areas least covered by scientific literature.

The present paper analyses the energy consumption patterns of eight Portuguese case-study schools, with a methodological approach that integrates quantitative and qualitative data analysis. The approach made it possible to link the energy consumption patterns of the schools (selected as Key Performance Indicators) with the user behaviour and management strategies. As a result, six Key Performance Strategies (KPS) were identified so as potentially to enhance the energy performance of school buildings through use and management. Some of the identified KPS can be implemented directly through school management policies to reduce energy use and enhance efficiency. Others can be incorporated in future building design strategies. Some have the potential for being hereafter integrated into the simulation models of buildings’ energy performance.