Thermal Comfort in Buildings: Materials and Construction Techniques. A comparative study between the city of Ouro Preto - Brazil and Porto - Portugal

Abstract

The present work intends to address the issues related to environmental comfort studies, analyzing the thermal behavior of buildings in order to study architectural solutions through the use of construction techniques and materials that propose to minimize thermal discomfort in the built environment. The research aims to identify and analyze the presence of heat or cold, thermal discomfort in buildings and locate the possible constructive characteristics that are responsible for these phenomena. For a better understanding of the subject were made comparative studies of thermal comfort related to the buildings and their component materials between the city of Ouro Preto - Minas Gerais - Brazil and Porto - Portugal, buildings chosen by the historical importance in both countries and considered heritage property. of humanity. Within this context, a bibliographic review of several works on local architecture and natural resources of environmental comfort was performed, seeking to know and report the importance of the correct use of materials and techniques as an efficient strategy in the search for comfort.