Green buildings: a vision of engineers in relation to the implementation of sustainability in the development of civil projects.

Abstract

Construction is a transformation sector, due to this, it is acknowledged that it can cause various environmental impacts. Hence, there is a general concern, in the civil society, over the damages that can be caused by this sector once that it is known as strategic for economic growth but it usually causes environmental harm and generates a great amount of solid waste. The necessity in promoting a plan that aims to preserve the environment through sustainability in construction projects has become a driven factor in the professional qualification of engineers. This paper aims to analyse the conception of engineers referring to the adoption of sustainable practices in their projects; besides, this paper also aims to identify ecological practices adopted during engineers projects. To achieve this, the following step was adopted: A survey was conducted amongst engineers in order to gather information for further data analysis and an awareness work over the impacts of badly designed projects over the environment was carried out.