The Nucleus of Research in Engineering, Science and Sustainability of the Semi-Arid (NUPECS) is in operation
in the rural area of Caiçara Of Rio do
Vento far 100 km from the capital Natal, in the state Rio Grande do Norte -
Natal and is connected to Goal 1. End poverty in all
its forms everywhere.
The Nucleus of Research in Engineering, Science
and Sustainability of the Semi-Arid (NUPECS) develop technical activities
related to construction using waste materials such as: glass and plastic
bottles. The methodology brings housing,
self-esteem, empowerment and income to rural and urban communities, also
presenting a high environmental, social and economic impact reorganizing
communities to be committed to Sustainable Development Goals (SGD).
In NUPECS has developed
experiences of research that present impacts related to mitigate poverty. These
experiences are developed by Julio Francisco Dantas de Rezende, as a researcher
at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).
The experiments help to
combat poverty when much of the technologies developed provide the development
of lower-cost housing, providing universal access to housing.
In NUPECS, the sustainable assets
are unique in Brazil when is presented four different construction techniques:
houses built with plastic bottles, glass bottles, tires and stones.
The progress of the green
construction initiatives are very advanced receiving students from elementary medium
and high school and also receveing researchers from different universities. In
therms of methodology, the experiments developed permits scalability and
application in different regions around the world.
It is considered the
possibility to apply in diferent communities interested in sustainability and
Sustainable Develoment Goals. If the initiative expand there is an operational
methodology and technology to expand the actions of NUPECS to different
countries.
International partnerships and the development of
inter-organizational networks are fundamental to share the sustainable actions
of green construction and SGD to new international communities. In the NUPECS
site is just already possible receive technical visits to participate in rural
area of the city Caiçara do Rio do Vento in Rio Grande do Norte State – Brazil.
Our challenge is to build international ties to share and apply the green
construction technologies worldwide.
