Análise da percepção da sociedade em relação aos tópicos de sustentabilidade na construção civil

Abstract

Considering the crescent intensification of environmental impacts and recognizing the crucial importance of civil construction in the socioeconomic field, it becomes more necessary the application of good social practices and development of sustainable projects. Institutions have created green building certifications in order to validate the sustainable practices applied in buildings, whereby each sustainability category is assigned a respective score for the certification. This study has the objective identify the perceived value in the typical characteristics of sustainable buildings base on the perception of users and correlate it with the score given by the environmental certificate. This research is classified as quantitative, using a questionnaire of 40 questions with a semantic differential of five points, sent over the Internet. The results obtained showed that the sustainability topics most valued by the sample do not necessarily correspond to the categories most valued by the environmental certification. Additionally, it was observed that gender influences the perceived value of sustainability categories. On the other hand, the analyses did not identify a significant difference based on age.