CONSTRUCTION SITES: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF WATER CONSUMPTION IN MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS IN JOINVILLE/SC

Abstract

Understanding water consumption at construction sites is important because it allows the knowledge of the factors that can influence water demand in the civil construction sector and enables the creation of water conservation strategies. This article presents a case study with the objective of evaluating water consumption in four construction sites in the city of Joinville/SC. The construction sites  were studied and compared based on the following information: built area, number of floors, number of apartments, number of bedrooms and bathrooms per apartment, construction method and use of outsourced versus labor contracted by the construction company. The water consumption in m³/m² found in this study varied between 0.139m³/m² and 0.376m³/m².