Environmental education and energy efficiency as strategies for reducing energy consumption in public school building in Goiânia
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2019-12
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Getúlio Antero de Deus Júnior
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Electrical energy is essential for the quality of life of people, who use it in di erent socioeco-
nomic activities and for technological development. In view of the gradual increase in the demand
for electricity and the future possibility of not serving all the consumer sectors, it is necessary
to optimize it. The objective of this study was the application of strategies based on the pillars
of energy e ciency and environmental education in order to minimize the expenditure of electric
energy in public buildings, which were selected for this project due to the fact that, its users show
a lack of concern about the correct consumption of electric energy since the expenses are tied to
the public co ers and are not always perceived by the people as resources coming from the taxes
paid by the citizens. Among the public buildings that consume the most electric energy, the most
important are those in the Education Sector. In fact, a larger project called the Energy E ciency
Project in Public Buildings in Goi ania (PEEEPG), to which this work is linked, found that among
the municipal public buildings, the education sector is responsible for approximately 30% of the
electricity consumption and, therefore, this speci c sector was selected for the application of the
selected strategies. The methodology used was based on research-participant, environmental edu-
cation together with replacement of lamps by LED system (Light Emitting Diode) at strategic
locations in the building and monitoring of results. The actions carried out included the lamp re-
placement, and educational lectures o ered to students of di erent age groups in three school shifts
with a partnership of employees and teachers of the municipal school selected on energy e ciency
and strategies to reduce the consumption of electricity. The project mobilized directly about 200
people belonging to the target audience and indirectly 800 students who were part of the teaching
unit. It was collected a data base among 2012 to 2016. The methods of data collection and analysis
were based on documentary research, analyzing the electric energy bills of the building, as well as
documents and legislation of the municipality itself on the consumption of electric power and the
architecture model applied to school environments in Goi ania. The results obtained, after a monito-
ring period of six months (November to April) during the years 2016 and 2017, indicated an analyze
to reduction of 16% of the consumption of electric energy in the building, compared to the same
period in the previous year. Therefore, this result regard to the possibility of investments in energy
e ciency projects for public buildings, subsidizing actions in the design, retro t and maintenance
of public buildings.
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Electricity consumption, Energy efficiency, Environmental education, Light emitting diode, Public buildings
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ROSA, Marlison Noronha; SOUSA, Yan Machado; HORA, Karla Emmanuela Ribeiro; KOPP, Katia; DEUS JUNIOR, Getúlio Antero de; ROSALES, Camilo. Environmental education and energy efficiency as strategies for reducing energy consumption in public school building in Goiânia. International Journal on Alive Engineering Education, Goiânia, v. 6, n. 2, p. 13-32, jan./dec. 2019. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/ijaeedu/article/view/54740>.