VANTAGENS ECONÔMICAS EM RESIDÊNCIAS COM SELO CASA AZUL CAIXA NÍVEL BRONZE

Abstract

Energy efficiency and sustainable consumption of natural resources are recurrent and extremely important issues all over the world, since, every day families spend an exacerbated amount of water and energy. A sustainable residence can reduce this expense by acting in an environmentally legal manner and making financial savings for its residents. A current way to guarantee the sustainability of a residence and consequently guarantee these benefits is to obtain environmental certifications. To this end, this work was developed in order to clarify points of a national environmental certification, the Casa Azul Seal made available by Caixa Econômica Federal at its bronze level, which can generate financial savings for its residents. In order to show the economic advantages obtained after its implementation, points such as design and comfort, energy efficiency, conservation of material resources, water management and social practices were observed. For this, a study was carried out in a building that does not have the Casa Azul Seal, in the city of Niquelândia in the north of Goiás, where the non-compatibility focuses with the criteria required in the certification were identified. The compatibility classification was made through a checklist, assembled in order to observe the compliance or not of each of the analyzed points. After studying and monitoring each of these outbreaks, it was confirmed that this residence could obtain a better use of resources, thus saving on its monthly water and energy expenses.