Proposta de requisitos funcionais para o desenvolvimento de sistema informatizado de gestão de água e energia: o caso da UTFPR

Abstract

It has been observed that the high levels of consumption of the planet’s natural resources are predatory and untenable, leading to their early depletion. In such context, the adoption of sustainable practices in the pursuit of resources preservation is mandatory. At that, controlling and monitoring these resources is increasingly necessary. Therefore, the utilization of specialized information, many times generated by information systems, has been demonstrated to be an important tool for sustainability. The general objective of the present study is proposing functional requirements to the development of water and energy computer-based system at the UTFPR. To achieve this main objective, the following specific objectives were stablished: verifying how the monitoring of the campi water and energy consumption works, searching for elements of water and energy management in what concerns to legal and operational aspects, identifying functional requirements to the elaboration of a computer-based system for subsidizing the management of energy and water at UTFPR. For this, regarding to the purpose, applied research was conducted, using bibliographical and documental surveys as methods, with published material, and the analysis of legislation and institutional documents as resources. In the search for better understanding the studied environment, qualitative research was conducted through a questionnaire sent to the general service departments of the thirteen UTFPR campi. In order to identify the relevant elements from a legal and operational point of view, a documental research was carried out in the legislation and on the websites of water and energy concessionaires and regulatory agencies. To identify the necessary requirements for the system, a documental research was carried out on requirements of other systems such as SISPES, Contaluz and STGC. Among the results, a total of 51 functional requirements (FR) for the computerized system were described, with 11 FR related to the operating environment and user characteristics, 7 FR referring to the system header, 16 FR references as report options and 17 FR references to system input data. At the end, even without the intention of exhausting the subject study, both general and specific objectives were reached, and the necessary functional requirements for the development of water and energy computer-based system to UTFPR were proposed.