Projects

Ongoing research and extension projects

• Brazilian Database on Thermal Comfort

• Brazilian Center for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

• Development of energy Benchmarks within the scope of the National Electric Energy Conservation Program - PROCEL 

• Standards development

• Building labeling

• Partnership for P&I UFSC and Saint Gobain do Brasil on the theme "Comfort and Energy Saving in Buildings"

• Cooperation between Brazil and Germany (PROBRAL)

Completed research and extension projects

• Cost/benefit analysis of energy efficiency parameters in HIS
• Algorithms for Thermal Comfort Analysis
• Efficient House
• Advanced Sustainable Construction - CAPES/PNPD

• Cooperation Université de Genève - CUEPE / LabEEE - UFSC

• Edois - Energy Efficiency for Micro and Small Companies

• Energy Efficiency in Lighting on the UFSC Campus

• Energy Efficiency in the Salvador Work Code

• Energy Efficiency in the New Civil Engineering Building

• CAIXA Casa Azul Seal Manual

• Multimedia: Energy Efficiency in Architecture

• Proposal for revision of the Brazilian bioclimatic zoning

• PROJETEEE

• Project S3E

• Project 6 Cities

• Project for Standardization of Energy Efficiency for the city of Salvador

• ​PRUEN - Energy Use Rationalization Program at UFSC

• SUSHI - Sustainable Social Housing Initiative

• SWERA. The Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA) project, together with INPE and LABSOLAR/UFSC, provides TMY climate files for 20 Brazilian cities. DOE has already converted the TMY files for use in EnergyPlus.

• Technologies for more sustainable housing construction
• Sustainable Tower