Quality of rainwater drained by a green roof in the metropolitan region of Recife, Brazil

Santana, Taize Calvacante; Guiselini, Cristiane; Cavalcanti, Sávio Duarte Lopes; Silva, Marcos Vinícius da; Vigoderis, Ricardo Brauer; Júnior, José Amilton Santos; Moraes, Alex Souza; Jardim, Alexandre Maniçoba da Rosa Ferraz

doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.102953

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“…However, it was not possible to be executed due to administration restrictions. Moreover, a study conducted in Recife (a city nearby Joao Pessoa) showed that green roofs also have a great potential for non-potable uses and should be considered in buildings to reduce consumption of public supply water [45].…”

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An Approach for Water and Energy Savings in Public Buildings: A Case Study of Brazilian Rail Company

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Water scarcity is a current problem in many parts of the planet and there is a worldwide concern about water availability to meet future water demand. In countries like Brazil, where most of the electricity is produced by hydroelectric power plants, water scarcity directly impacts energy production. The water–energy nexus is directly related and impacted by CO2 emissions and its climate consequences, which calls to a broader approach: energy–carbon–water nexus. In this context, the Sustainable Water and Energy Consumption (SWEC) Program was developed to mitigate water and energy supply problems in a railway company in Brazil. The actions took place in four main areas: (a) users conscientization, (b) consumption diagnosis, (c) indicators for evaluating water and energy consumption, and (d) evaluation of implementing alternative cleaner water and energy sources. The per capita consumption of water and energy were reduced by 10% and 19%, respectively. Permanent results were achieved by the SWEC Program, such as the acquisition of two photovoltaic systems with a total capacity of 96.5 kWp. The investment made provided an average monthly reduction in energy consumption of 56% in 2022. This work contributed to the UN Agenda 2030 and the findings may help companies and industries, and other institutions, such as universities and schools, to improve their water and electricity consumption.

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An Approach for Water and Energy Savings in Public Buildings: A Case Study of Brazilian Rail Company

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“…Still, there is a need for a deeper psychological-cultural approach. The green and blue infrastructure of attached buildings around city squares and their effects in cooling and mitigating urban heat islands to improve human thermal comfort [162,[239][240][241] needs to be systematized in the following period. Furthermore, OTC studies for the urban design of inland or coastal city squares should also be differentiated in the future.…”

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A Systematic Review of Outdoor Thermal Comfort Studies for the Urban (Re)Design of City Squares

Mandić,

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Marić

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In the upcoming period, city squares’ urban redesign will be crucial in achieving sustainable development goals. This study presents a systematic review of OTC-related studies for the urban design of city squares using the PRISMA 2020 methodology. A review included a total of 173 papers from 2001 to 2023. The results identified five study types—clusters based on four pre-defined criteria: study approach, data collection methods, time duration, and primary objectives. The clusters indicate that more than half of all studies are related to the comparison of thermal comfort and heat mitigation measures. Most of the case studies were located in one of three climate zones: temperate oceanic (Cfb) (58 studies), hot summer Mediterranean (Csa) (40 studies), or humid subtropical (Cfa) (28 studies). The most common geometry of the analyzed urban square is medium-sized, is rectangular, and has dominant axel orientation south–north. Also, based on all five clusters, several research gaps were identified, appropriate for future research: the majority of studies related to the traditionally considered climate areas, no typology of urban square geometry configuration based on OTC assessment, and the lack of a local design model for assessing and improving the thermal comfort of city squares.

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“…Recife is located in the Metropolitan mesoregion and comprises the municipalities that make up the coastal region of the Pernambuco State ( Jardim et al, 2021 ). The city of Recife has 69.20% of houses with adequate sanitation; 60.50% of urban houses on public roads with trees, and 49.60% of urban houses on public roads with adequate urbanization (e.g., manhole, sidewalks, and paving), when compared with other municipalities in the state, it is in the position 20 out of 185, 107 out of 185, and 1 out of 185, respectively ( IBGE, 2020 ; Santana et al, 2022 ).…”

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Investigation of pre and post environmental impact of the lockdown (COVID-19) on the water quality of the Capibaribe and Tejipió rivers, Recife metropolitan region, Brazil

Oliveira

Silva²,

Almeida³

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Journal of South American Earth Sciences

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Quality of rainwater drained by a green roof in the metropolitan region of Recife, Brazil

Cited by 13 publications

References 43 publications

An Approach for Water and Energy Savings in Public Buildings: A Case Study of Brazilian Rail Company

An Approach for Water and Energy Savings in Public Buildings: A Case Study of Brazilian Rail Company

A Systematic Review of Outdoor Thermal Comfort Studies for the Urban (Re)Design of City Squares

Investigation of pre and post environmental impact of the lockdown (COVID-19) on the water quality of the Capibaribe and Tejipió rivers, Recife metropolitan region, Brazil

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