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Jéssica Kuntz Maykot; Enedir Ghisi. Correction: Maykot, J.K. and Ghisi, E. Assessment of A Rainwater Harvesting System in A Multi-Storey Residential Building in Brazil. Water 2020, 12, 546. Water 2020, 12, 1482 .
AMA StyleJéssica Kuntz Maykot, Enedir Ghisi. Correction: Maykot, J.K. and Ghisi, E. Assessment of A Rainwater Harvesting System in A Multi-Storey Residential Building in Brazil. Water 2020, 12, 546. Water. 2020; 12 (5):1482.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJéssica Kuntz Maykot; Enedir Ghisi. 2020. "Correction: Maykot, J.K. and Ghisi, E. Assessment of A Rainwater Harvesting System in A Multi-Storey Residential Building in Brazil. Water 2020, 12, 546." Water 12, no. 5: 1482.
This article aims to present an economic feasibility and user satisfaction analysis of a rainwater harvesting system in a multi-storey residential building (where there is rainwater to supply toilets) located in Florianópolis, southern Brazil. This research used detailed methods and also considered the opinion and habits of users regarding the use of a rainwater harvesting system. The water end-uses were estimated through questionnaire survey in each flat. The potential for potable water savings was estimated using computer simulations. Simulations were performed using the computer programme Netuno, version 4 and economic feasibility analyses were performed considering different rainwater demands. Analyses associated with the habits of the residents, the satisfaction of users and the importance of saving potable water were also carried out. Showers were responsible for the highest share (54.2%) of water consumption in the flats, followed by the other end-uses: washing machine (21.3%), kitchen tap (9.3%), toilet flush (9.2%) and washbasins (2.6%). The most economically feasible system, which presented lower payback and higher internal rate of return, corresponds to the system sized to supply rainwater only to toilet flushing. Such a system would need a rainwater tank with a capacity smaller than the capacity of the one currently in use. In general, residents expressed satisfaction regarding the rainwater harvesting system installed in the building. The study is important because, besides obtaining water end-uses in the flats, it also investigates the perception of residents related to rainwater harvesting, which has been little explored in the scientific literature.
Jéssica Kuntz Maykot; Enedir Ghisi. Assessment of A Rainwater Harvesting System in A Multi-Storey Residential Building in Brazil. Water 2020, 12, 546 .
AMA StyleJéssica Kuntz Maykot, Enedir Ghisi. Assessment of A Rainwater Harvesting System in A Multi-Storey Residential Building in Brazil. Water. 2020; 12 (2):546.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJéssica Kuntz Maykot; Enedir Ghisi. 2020. "Assessment of A Rainwater Harvesting System in A Multi-Storey Residential Building in Brazil." Water 12, no. 2: 546.
The aim of this paper is to determine the comfort temperature for men and women in two office buildings, one operating under mixed-mode strategy (naturally ventilated and/or air-conditioned) and one fully air-conditioned. Thus, 116 field studies were performed from March 2014 to March 2016 involving 584 participants in two office buildings. In order to collect temperature, relative humidity and air velocity data, microclimate stations were installed in the offices. Data collected were submitted to statistical analysis: they were initially separated according to the type of building (mixed-mode or fully air-conditioned) and operating system, and then they were distributed according to gender. The comfort temperatures were estimated by means of linear regression and by using the Griffiths method. Results show that the Griffiths method is more suitable to express the comfort temperature for men and women. Overall, the comfort temperature was 24.0°C for females, and 23.2°C for males. In the mixed-mode building, comfort temperature was statistically higher for females than that for males (23.7°C and 23.0°C, respectively). In the fully air-conditioned building, significant differences were found for comfort temperature for females and males (24.2°C and 23.4°C, respectively). Furthermore, when the mixed-mode building operated under natural ventilation the comfort temperatures tended to be lower for both men and women when compared to the comfort temperature found in the same building during air-conditioning operation.
Jéssica Kuntz Maykot; Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp; Enedir Ghisi. A field study about gender and thermal comfort temperatures in office buildings. Energy and Buildings 2018, 178, 254 -264.
AMA StyleJéssica Kuntz Maykot, Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp, Enedir Ghisi. A field study about gender and thermal comfort temperatures in office buildings. Energy and Buildings. 2018; 178 ():254-264.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJéssica Kuntz Maykot; Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp; Enedir Ghisi. 2018. "A field study about gender and thermal comfort temperatures in office buildings." Energy and Buildings 178, no. : 254-264.