Construindo melhor: Um guia do cobre em edifícios verdes e mais saudáveis

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Construindo melhor: Um guia do cobre em edifícios verdes e mais saudáveis

Publicado: 24 de junho de 2019 · Categoria: Technical Papers

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Building Better: A Guide to Copper in Green and Healthy Buildings Phoenix Biomedical Campus, Health Sciences Education Building - LEED Silver Certified Photo Credit: Timmerman Photography 2 Introduction By using copper, the sustainable building community can create structures with features that not only preserve the integrity of the environment, but also promote occupant health and wellbeing. An impressive and dynamic array of designs, technologies and products are available to support smarter, greener and healthier buildings. This guide highlights some of the building features that both appeal to owners and provide benefits to tenants. It includes details on how leading green and healthy building standards recognize these features, for projects pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) or WELL Building Standard (WELL) certification or following the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 189.1 standard. For any project, regardless of certifications pursued or standards followed, this guide provides ideas and clear benchmarks for making buildings better. It also emphasizes the vital, growing role of copper as the essential element in green and healthy buildings. Note: This guide provides information from LEED version 4 for Building Design and Construction, WELL version 1 and ASHRAE 189.1-2014. 3 Green and Healthy Buildings: Copper at the Core Electric Vehicles Electric vehicle (EV) technology has advanced...