{"id":460,"date":"2021-01-29T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T17:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/?p=460"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T20:12:43","slug":"water-efficiency-a-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/pt\/water-efficiency-a-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Efici\u00eancia na utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua: Um estudo de caso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00e1gua \u00e9 um dos recursos essenciais de que os jardins bot\u00e2nicos necessitam para sustentar a vida das plantas. Os jardins precisam de irrigar as plantas, mas tamb\u00e9m precisamos de o fazer de uma forma sustent\u00e1vel. Reduzir as \u00e1guas residuais pode melhorar o fluxo das \u00e1guas subterr\u00e2neas, os ecossistemas e os reservat\u00f3rios, reduzir os custos financeiros e combater as altera\u00e7\u00f5es clim\u00e1ticas, reduzindo a necessidade de tratamento intensivo de energia. Por estas raz\u00f5es, o Climate Toolkit acrescentou recentemente <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/pt\/\">dois novos objectivos<\/a><\/strong> diretamente relacionados com a gest\u00e3o da \u00e1gua. Se tiver atingido ou estiver a planear atingir estes objectivos, por favor <a href=\"https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/pt\/the-climate-toolkit-update\/\">informe-nos<\/a> para podermos adicionar esta informa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 base de dados!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservat\u00f3rio Phipps utilizado <strong>medi\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua<\/strong> para analisar o seu consumo de \u00e1gua e <strong>gest\u00e3o de fugas<\/strong> para minimizar as suas perdas de \u00e1gua. Neste artigo, vamos definir efici\u00eancia h\u00eddrica, estrat\u00e9gias h\u00eddricas do Projeto Drawdown, estrat\u00e9gias de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1gua da EPA e medi\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1gua em jardins bot\u00e2nicos, e explicar como o sistema ajudou o Phipps Conservatory a reduzir significativamente o seu desperd\u00edcio de \u00e1gua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>Redu\u00e7\u00e3o do projeto: Gest\u00e3o de fugas<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>O Projeto Drawdown visa reduzir as emiss\u00f5es globais de carbono atrav\u00e9s da divulga\u00e7\u00e3o de informa\u00e7\u00f5es cr\u00edticas sobre o clima <strong>solu\u00e7\u00f5es<\/strong>. A organiza\u00e7\u00e3o sem fins lucrativos lan\u00e7ou solu\u00e7\u00f5es sobre Transportes, Eletricidade, Alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o e Agricultura, Sa\u00fade e Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, Ind\u00fastria e Edif\u00edcios, entre outros t\u00f3picos.   Uma das quest\u00f5es enumeradas no Project Drawdown \u00e9 <strong>Efici\u00eancia na distribui\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1gua<\/strong> que \"trata das fugas nas redes de distribui\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1gua\". Uma quantidade significativa de \u00e1gua \u00e9 perdida quando \u00e9 bombeada para diferentes utilizadores dentro do sistema de distribui\u00e7\u00e3o. As empresas de abastecimento de \u00e1gua utilizam eletricidade para bombear \u00e1gua atrav\u00e9s do seu sistema e s\u00e3o, consequentemente, um dos maiores consumidores de eletricidade. Fugas e fissuras podem fazer com que uma quantidade significativa de \u00e1gua seja bombeada de volta atrav\u00e9s dos tubos para substituir o que foi perdido, fazendo com que seja utilizada mais eletricidade. O Projeto Drawdown recomenda a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o da gest\u00e3o da press\u00e3o ou a dete\u00e7\u00e3o ativa de fugas para aumentar a efici\u00eancia da \u00e1gua em todo o campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fugas<\/strong> podem ser detectadas atrav\u00e9s de uma variedade de m\u00e9todos, incluindo a medi\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua, a dete\u00e7\u00e3o de fugas e a gest\u00e3o da press\u00e3o. Se uma organiza\u00e7\u00e3o instalar v\u00e1lvulas de press\u00e3o, as fugas e fissuras podem ser detectadas, inspeccionadas e seladas. Se a gest\u00e3o da press\u00e3o e a dete\u00e7\u00e3o ativa de fugas forem utilizadas com precis\u00e3o, o Project Drawdown pode estimar que as perdas de \u00e1gua \"podem ser reduzidas em mais 38 a 47% a n\u00edvel global at\u00e9 2050\". A redu\u00e7\u00e3o das \u00e1guas residuais pode representar uma poupan\u00e7a significativa de capital, reduzindo simultaneamente as actuais emiss\u00f5es de carbono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>Estrat\u00e9gias de efici\u00eancia da EPA: Medi\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1gua<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A EPA publicou um guia sobre as melhores pr\u00e1ticas de efici\u00eancia h\u00eddrica que inclui: Gest\u00e3o do Sistema de \u00c1gua, Gest\u00e3o de Fugas, Medi\u00e7\u00e3o, Estrutura da Taxa de Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o, An\u00e1lise da Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e Efici\u00eancia da \u00c1gua na Utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o Final, e Plano de Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e Efici\u00eancia da \u00c1gua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Medi\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1gua<\/strong> pode ser definido como a medi\u00e7\u00e3o do fluxo de \u00e1gua num sistema e foi concebido para controlar e medir a quantidade de \u00e1gua utilizada na irriga\u00e7\u00e3o e no processamento de \u00e1gua. A medi\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua permite que os utilizadores compreendam a quantidade de \u00e1gua que est\u00e3o a utilizar e onde a est\u00e3o a utilizar, o que os ajudar\u00e1 a definir estrat\u00e9gias para reduzir a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>Conservat\u00f3rio Phipps<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A conserva\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua \u00e9 essencial para resolver os problemas relacionados com a exist\u00eancia de um sistema de esgotos combinado em Pittsburgh. Quando h\u00e1 uma quantidade significativa de precipita\u00e7\u00e3o, o sistema transborda os esgotos e a chuva para os rios locais. Conservar toda a \u00e1gua da precipita\u00e7\u00e3o e reutilizar o m\u00e1ximo de \u00e1gua sanit\u00e1ria e municipal \u00e9 essencial para evitar esta situa\u00e7\u00e3o. O sistema de \u00e1gua de Phipps est\u00e1 dividido em tr\u00eas sec\u00e7\u00f5es: \u00e1gua sanit\u00e1ria, \u00e1gua municipal e \u00e1gua da chuva. Phipps utiliza barris de chuva, jardins de chuva e uma lagoa para captar \u00e1gua. A \u00e1gua armazenada \u00e9 utilizada para regar as suas plantas, poupando assim \u00e1gua pot\u00e1vel. A Phipps recicla as \u00e1guas sanit\u00e1rias dos tr\u00eas edif\u00edcios do seu campus inferior, fazendo circular a \u00e1gua atrav\u00e9s de um tanque de decanta\u00e7\u00e3o e, em seguida, de filtros de areia e de zonas h\u00famidas constru\u00eddas. Na fase final, a \u00e1gua limpa passa por uma luz UV para matar quaisquer agentes patog\u00e9nicos antes de ser recirculada para a descarga das casas de banho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Em 2012, foi instalado um contador de \u00e1gua em todo o campus de Phipps. O sistema de medi\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1gua de Phipps est\u00e1 espalhado por todo o conservat\u00f3rio, permitindo ao pessoal detetar fugas e fissuras. Na maioria dos casos, a investiga\u00e7\u00e3o sobre a medi\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua centra-se nas potenciais poupan\u00e7as e na efici\u00eancia da redu\u00e7\u00e3o em sistemas urbanos e \u00e1reas residenciais. O Conservat\u00f3rio Phipps concentrou-se na sua infraestrutura atual para melhorar os seus sistemas de \u00e1gua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water-Systems.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water-Systems.png 688w, https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water-Systems-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water-Systems-100x57.png 100w, https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water-Systems-150x85.png 150w, https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water-Systems-200x114.png 200w, https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water-Systems-450x256.png 450w, https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Water-Systems-600x341.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Com a ajuda de contadores de \u00e1gua, a Phipps descobriu que utilizou um total de 12 050 000 gal\u00f5es de \u00e1gua em todo o jardim de inverno em 2012. Do total de \u00e1gua, 53% foram utilizados para os recursos h\u00eddricos e \u00e1gua de processo e 44% foram utilizados para a rega. A Phipps apercebeu-se de que havia inefici\u00eancias e desperd\u00edcios significativos de \u00e1gua no seu sistema. Em vez de reconstruir completamente o sistema, a Phipps concentrou-se em atualizar a infraestrutura atual. Este plano consistia em substituir os dispositivos de \u00e1gua por modelos com quadros de controlo, temporizadores e sensores de n\u00edvel para reduzir o desperd\u00edcio global de \u00e1gua. Para al\u00e9m da medi\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua, os quadros de controlo tamb\u00e9m permitem identificar facilmente fugas e fissuras. <strong>O consumo de \u00e1gua diminuiu em Phipps em 45% e poupou cerca de<\/strong> <strong>5,5 milh\u00f5es de gal\u00f5es de \u00e1gua<\/strong>. Phipps continua a melhorar os sistemas e a tecnologia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>Recomenda\u00e7\u00f5es<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Phipps recomenda <strong>utilizando o <a href=\"http:\/\/living-future.org\/lbc\/about\">P\u00e9tala de \u00e1gua do Living Building Challenge<\/a><\/strong> para orienta\u00e7\u00f5es sobre a constru\u00e7\u00e3o e as adapta\u00e7\u00f5es existentes.<\/li><li><strong>Foco na redu\u00e7\u00e3o das \u00e1guas residuais <\/strong>em todo o campus e n\u00e3o as poupan\u00e7as financeiras! O retorno do investimento n\u00e3o \u00e9 aplic\u00e1vel \u00e0s redu\u00e7\u00f5es de \u00e1gua, porque se trata de um processo lento, em que cada pequeno objetivo \u00e9 atingido de cada vez.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>Mais recursos<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawdown.org\/solutions\/water-distribution-efficiency\/technical-summary\">Efici\u00eancia na distribui\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1gua<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/production\/files\/2016-12\/documents\/wc_best_practices_to_avoid_supply_expansion_2016_508.pdf\">Melhores Pr\u00e1ticas a Considerar ao Avaliar a Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e Efici\u00eancia da \u00c1gua como uma Alternativa para a Expans\u00e3o do Abastecimento de \u00c1gua<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\\Users\\ashvach\\Documents\\Energy%20Management\\EPA's%20Water%20Management%20Plans%20|%20Greening%20EPA%20|%20US%20EPA\">Estudos que mostram sistemas m\u00faltiplos de gest\u00e3o da \u00e1gua<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/lbc\/basics4-0\/\">Instituto Internacional Living Further P\u00e9tala de \u00e1gua<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00e1gua \u00e9 um dos recursos essenciais de que os jardins bot\u00e2nicos necessitam para sustentar a vida das plantas. Os jardins precisam de irrigar as plantas, mas tamb\u00e9m precisam de o fazer de forma sustent\u00e1vel. A redu\u00e7\u00e3o das \u00e1guas residuais pode melhorar o fluxo das \u00e1guas subterr\u00e2neas, os ecossistemas, ...<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/climatetoolkit.org\/pt\/water-efficiency-a-case-study\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Efici\u00eancia na utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua: Um estudo de caso<\/span> Ler mais \"<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[117,118,119,120,121],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water","tag-phipps-conservatory-and-botanical-gardens","tag-leak-management","tag-water-metering","tag-water-efficiency","tag-project-drawdown"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Water Efficiency: A Case Study - The Climate Toolkit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water Efficiency: A Case Study - The Climate Toolkit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Water is one of the essential resources that botanical gardens need to support plant life. 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