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In the context of the search for the necessary improvement of the quality and performance of social housing in Brazil, the work presents results of survey and characterization of projects of Housing Projects of Social Interest-EHIS filed and approved in the municipality of Indaiatuba-SP after the date of entry in force of the Housing Building Performance Standard ABNT NBR 15575: 2013. The projects were surveyed and characterized as to the income range of the residents, urban insertion of the enterprises, typologies of the buildings, construction systems adopted. The degree of compliance of the projects with NBR 15575 was then carried out, specifically with regard to the factors of Habitability called Functionality and Accessibility. Such research generates reflections and contributes to the professional training, mainly of architects and urban planners, regarding the valorization of the current regulatory context in the theme of housing in the city and of decent housing as a fundamental human right. The knowledge base generated on EHIS projects can support future evaluations to verify performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents partial results of a more comprehensive research on housing quality and the performance of social housing development projects (EHIS). It values advances in the Brazilian regulatory context as well as the possibility of adopting innovative construction technologies, which can provide a housing quality increase. More specifically, the goals were interpreting the requirements of the Brazilian Standard on Housing Performance ABNT NBR15575:2013 and the National Technical Evaluation System (SINAT); analyzing the motivations and difficulties in order to achieve compliance by the professionals involved; gathering a collection of valid methods and instruments for future post-occupancy evaluations (POE). Bibliographical research was used in this study. Research allowed reflections on the importance of compliance to normative references in housing design phase as well as of building-in-use performance evaluations in order to improve housing quality in future design projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents partial results of a more comprehensive research on housing quality and the performance of social housing projects (EHIS) in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas (RMC). The overall goal is improving social housing production quality by valuing Brazilian advances in the regulatory context. More specifically, the goal was contributing to the consolidation of an EHIS knowledge base in Santa Barbara d'Oeste, SP in view of the Brazilian ABNT NBR 15575 Standard on Housing Performance. Documentary and bibliographic studies were conducted. After the completion of a comprehensive inventory and detailed characterization, case study projects were selected. The design projects were verified regarding compliance to a selection of NBR15575 requirements. Research allowed reflections on the importance of compliance to normative references in housing design phase. EHIS knowledge base can establish the foundation for future performance evaluations and design improvements for these and new projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]