Sustainability Report
Operational Emissions / Energy
1. Ventilação natural permanente O terminal é completamente aberto, permitindo ventilação cruzada natural constante. Isso elimina a necessidade de ar-condicionado ou ventiladores elétricos, reduzindo o consumo energético durante toda a operação.
2. Iluminação LED eficiente Foram instaladas luminárias LED sob a cobertura do terminal e ao longo da praça, com sensores e temporizadores. Os LEDs consomem até 80% menos energia que lâmpadas convencionais e têm vida útil muito mais longa, o que reduz manutenção e trocas frequentes.
3. Uso de materiais com baixa manutenção As estruturas metálicas e os pisos de concreto foram escolhidos por sua durabilidade e resistência ao desgaste urbano, o que reduz a necessidade de repinturas, trocas e reformas frequentes. Menos manutenção = menos transporte de materiais, menos insumos, menos emissões.
4. Cobertura leve com telhas termoacústicas As telhas sanduíche metálicas utilizadas na cobertura ajudam a reduzir o calor irradiado, melhorando o conforto térmico passivo sem exigir sistemas de climatização. A estrutura também protege da chuva e sol excessivo, reduzindo o desgaste dos mobiliários e pavimentos.
5. Piso drenante na praça O uso de pavimento drenante evita ilhas de calor e contribui para o microclima urbano, favorecendo maior conforto térmico, o que pode influenciar positivamente na frequência de uso sem necessidade de climatização artificial em estruturas adicionais.
6. Fácil limpeza e gestão O desenho sem cantos mortos, rebaixos ou estruturas fechadas permite limpeza rápida e eficiente, com menos uso de água e produtos químicos, diminuindo a pegada de carbono das equipes de manutenção.
Service and maintenance emissions
1. Lightweight, minimalist and easy-to-maintain structure The lightweight metal roof, with sandwich tiles and a steel structure on concrete pillars, requires less raw material and less energy to maintain than large, heavy structures. This material saving and constructive simplicity results in lower embodied carbon and less frequent maintenance.
2. Open terminal with natural ventilation Being an open mini-terminal (without total sealing), it eliminates the need for artificial air conditioning - reducing energy consumption, emissions and operating costs.
3. Drainage and rigid concrete flooring The square was covered with drainage flooring, which improves evapotranspiration and reduces erosion and water accumulation, reducing degradation and maintenance. The terminal got rigid concrete flooring on the platforms: less susceptible to deformation from heavy traffic, resulting in greater durability.
4. Modern LED lighting LED luminaires were installed under the terminal roof and throughout the square, with greater energy efficiency and extended service life, reducing replacements and consumption.
5. Reuse of existing structure The steel roofs of the old terminal were dismantled, restored and relocated to Rua Jaime Benévolo, creating a cultural corridor with no new steel consumption. This saved resources, avoided CO₂ emissions from the production of new material and enhanced the local heritage.
Afterlife
Yes, the free plan of the terminal and the square allow not only for a more dynamic flow but also for a variety of uses. The design of the square, which used to be made up of paths leading to the center of the square, has been changed to individual garden beds for trees. The Sagrado Coração de Jesus square was completely paved with drainage paving slabs and an organic strip of flooring that integrates it directly into Parque da Liberdade. Its trees were completely preserved, but their gardens were rearranged from a radial path-inducing structure to individual circular gardens, leaving the pedestrian path freer and more fluid.
1. Open and bolted metal structure The roof consists of a lightweight metal structure with beams, purlins and X bracing, supported on pillars. These components are screwed together and assembled, not welded directly to the concrete base - this allows for easy disassembly and subsequent reuse or recycling of all the metal parts.
2. Proven reuse of existing structures The old steel roofs have already been dismantled, restored and relocated to a cultural corridor on Rua Jaime Benévolo. This practical example illustrates the feasibility of reusing steel throughout the life of the project.
3. Modularity and roof maintenance The metal sandwich roof system, supported on pillars, allows for the localized replacement of roof tiles as they wear out, without the need for intervention in other areas - ideal for low-impact maintenance and the reuse of parts in good condition.
4. Street furniture design for disassembly The benches, waste garbage cans and wooden tables are independent components, fixed to the operable floor of the square. This allows them to be removed and redistributed, whether for maintenance, repair or relocation, reducing waste and consumption of new materials.
These structural and furniture elements have been designed to facilitate disassembly, promoting the circular economy, allowing the direct reuse of materials (such as the steel moved externally), reducing waste, extending useful life through selective maintenance, supporting future modular reconfigurations and localized repairs. This set of decisions - design for disassembly, actual reuse and modular maintenance - enhances the circular economy in the life cycle of the terminal and the plaza.