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C. Faé et al.
To face the water stress and shortages that have been occurring over the last
decades, alternatives of management are sought to reduce wasting and to make better
use of alternative sources of water resources for human restricted use.
The concept of rational use for water conservation consists of the association of
management not only with demand but also with the supply of water, so that less
noble uses can be supplied, whenever possible, by water of inferior quality (Oliveira
et al. 2007, with Lemos et al. 2009). The substitution of water sources is shown as the
most plausible alternative to satisfy the less restrictive demands, releasing water of
better quality for nobler uses, such as domestic supply. In 1958, the United Nations
Economic and Social Council established a management policy for areas lacking
water resources, which supports this concept: “Unless there is great availability, no
good quality water should be used for uses that tolerate waters of inferior quality”
(ANA; FIESP; SINDUSCON-SP 2005).
According to Weiner (1987, with Figueiras 2013) the use of rainwater harvesting
systems for human consumption has been used in several parts of the world and
in several continents for thousands of years. These catchment systems were mainly
used in semi-arid regions, where rain season is very short, just covering few months
of the year. Another way to deal with the scarcity of water supply is to drain water
from systems of refrigeration, depending on the quantity of equipment, power and
time of use. The air conditioner is a device that aims to treat the air of an environment,
providing conditions of temperature and humidity ideal for the human being, being
designed to provide thermal comfort to an enclosed environment and to be installed in
windows, walls, houses of machines, among others (Gonçalves 2005; Rigotti 2014).
The air conditioners promote the generation of water resulting from condensation,
which is often lost to the soil or to the sewage. In this way, the use of this water depends
on the efficient collection of each drainage system of the devices that can be directed
to a collection and storage system (Rigotti 2014).
3 Methodology
The Federal Institute of Science and Technology of Espírito Santo—Campus Vitória
(2008) was initially conceived as the School of Apprentice and Craft of the Espírito
Santo, which was created on September 23, 1909—having received in the meantime the names Technical School of Vitória (1942), Federal Technical School of the
Espírito Santo (1965) and Federal Center of Technological Education of the Espírito
Santo (1999). The Institute is located at Avenida Vitória, number 1729, in the Jucutuquara neighborhood, in the center of the island of Vitória (Ifes 2017). Vocational
technological education is of great importance for economic and social development
in Espírito Santo, and for this reason and its excellence in technological education, the
Federal Institute Network across the State is tightly linked with the local production
system and economy.
C. Faé et al.
To face the water stress and shortages that have been occurring over the last
decades, alternatives of management are sought to reduce wasting and to make better
use of alternative sources of water resources for human restricted use.
The concept of rational use for water conservation consists of the association of
management not only with demand but also with the supply of water, so that less
noble uses can be supplied, whenever possible, by water of inferior quality (Oliveira
et al. 2007, with Lemos et al. 2009). The substitution of water sources is shown as the
most plausible alternative to satisfy the less restrictive demands, releasing water of
better quality for nobler uses, such as domestic supply. In 1958, the United Nations
Economic and Social Council established a management policy for areas lacking
water resources, which supports this concept: “Unless there is great availability, no
good quality water should be used for uses that tolerate waters of inferior quality”
(ANA; FIESP; SINDUSCON-SP 2005).
According to Weiner (1987, with Figueiras 2013) the use of rainwater harvesting
systems for human consumption has been used in several parts of the world and
in several continents for thousands of years. These catchment systems were mainly
used in semi-arid regions, where rain season is very short, just covering few months
of the year. Another way to deal with the scarcity of water supply is to drain water
from systems of refrigeration, depending on the quantity of equipment, power and
time of use. The air conditioner is a device that aims to treat the air of an environment,
providing conditions of temperature and humidity ideal for the human being, being
designed to provide thermal comfort to an enclosed environment and to be installed in
windows, walls, houses of machines, among others (Gonçalves 2005; Rigotti 2014).
The air conditioners promote the generation of water resulting from condensation,
which is often lost to the soil or to the sewage. In this way, the use of this water depends
on the efficient collection of each drainage system of the devices that can be directed
to a collection and storage system (Rigotti 2014).
3 Methodology
The Federal Institute of Science and Technology of Espírito Santo—Campus Vitória
(2008) was initially conceived as the School of Apprentice and Craft of the Espírito
Santo, which was created on September 23, 1909—having received in the meantime the names Technical School of Vitória (1942), Federal Technical School of the
Espírito Santo (1965) and Federal Center of Technological Education of the Espírito
Santo (1999). The Institute is located at Avenida Vitória, number 1729, in the Jucutuquara neighborhood, in the center of the island of Vitória (Ifes 2017). Vocational
technological education is of great importance for economic and social development
in Espírito Santo, and for this reason and its excellence in technological education, the
Federal Institute Network across the State is tightly linked with the local production
system and economy.