Concreto Translucido

Construção Sustentável: O Concreto Translúcido
Raíza Pires*
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Joinville, Centro de Engenharias da Mobilidade, Graduanda em Engenharia de Infraestrutura.
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Abstract: The sustainability concept is increasingly present in all engineering areas and in civil construction it won’t be different. The search for maximizing the use of solar energy had made researchers develop a new concrete type: lighting transfer concrete. This innovation enables solar light pass through concrete block however it doesn’t transmit a clear image just the “shadow” of objects. Besides of playing your principal function that is structural, using lighting transfer concrete brings benefits like the reduction of unnecessary energy consumption in some places in the building by using natural light and also has a contrast role when we’re talking about modernizing the architecture of a room. Basically, to produce this “green” concrete, a mixture has been made by cement and optic fiber that provides the same mechanic resistance of the conventional concrete but with a difference of being environmental friendly.
Key-Words: Sustainability, Civil Construction, Lighting Transfer Concrete, Natural Light, Green Concrete, Optical Fiber, Environmental Friendly.
Resumo: O conceito de sustentabilidade está cada vez mais presente nas diversas áreas da engenharia e na construção civil não seria diferente. A busca por maximizar o aproveitamento da energia solar fez com que pesquisadores desenvolvessem uma nova forma de concreto: o concreto translúcido. Essa nova tecnologia permite a passagem da luz solar através dos blocos de concreto, porém não transmite a imagem nítida, apenas a “sombra” dos objetos. Além suprir sua principal função que é a estrutural, o uso do concreto translúcido traz benefícios como a redução do consumo desnecessário de energia em alguns ambientes da