Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@conference {2187, title = {An{\'a}lise da disponibilidade de investimento em projetos de reabilita{\c c}{\~a}o portugueses}, journal = {EURO ELECS 2015 - Latin-American and European Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Communities}, volume = {volume 3}, year = {2015}, month = {2015-07-21 00:00:00}, pages = {1563 - 1570}, publisher = {Bragan{\c c}a, L., Yuba, A. \& Alvarez, C.}, address = {Guimar{\~a}es, Portugal - 21-23 July, 2015}, abstract = {The importance of implementing sustainable practices in buildings is duly proved
}, keywords = {Building Stakeholders, economic viability., Sustainability}, isbn = {978-989-96543-8-9}, author = {Ara{\'u}jo, C. and Bragan{\c c}a, L. and Almeida, Manuela G. and Barbosa, J. A.} }
and understood by the majority of the population. However, its implementation is not yet a
reality. Some studies have been performed with the goal of understand this lack of use of
sustainable solutions, among building sector stakeholders. The conclusion is that one of the
main factors contributing to this is related with economic constraints. Several studies have
proven that many sustainable practices correspond to minor costs than traditional practices in
a life cycle perspective. However, the building sector stakeholders are not aware of this and do
not implement sustainable practices commonly. In this paper a cost-benefit methodology willing
to cross this barrier and promote the sustainable practices implementation is presented.
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt