HOUSING, WATER CONSERVATION AND BIOCLIMATIC STRATEGIES IN SEMIARID OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
Architectural design; Bioclimatic strategies; Water conservation; Rain water.
Water scarcity is one of the global problems that can affect human survival. Building with conservation systems is going to provide a decrease in water's demand for sanitation companies. The need to use rain water and the conservation of drinking water is more urgent in hot dry regions, where it is less available. The quality of the built environment is not only related to the water availability and the comfort for users should be designed from the environmental point of view, by the knowledge of the climate and the principles favorable to it. This paper aims to develop an architectural proposal for a horizontal multi-family housing in the city of Currais Novos, RN, using water conservation strategies, rainwater harvesting and bioclimatic strategies for the hot dry climate. The procedures are organized in five steps: (i) data collection; (ii) data analysis; (iii) development of the proposal; (iv) capacity of the system; (v) writing and drawing the technical details. After the simulation of rainwater harvesting systems, it was possible to reduce significantly the consumption of drinking water using two measures: the reduction of consumption at the source and the utilization of an alternative source of water.