HEAT ISLANDS AND THERMAL COMFORT IN CDHU RESIDENCES DURING SPRING EPISODES IN MARTINÓPOLIS/SP

Abstract

The Companhia de Desenvolvimento Habitacional de Urbano do Estado São Paulo (CDHU) was one of the main housing policies undertaken by the State Government. In order to eradicate the growing housing deficit throughout the 20th century, the company prioritized the mass construction of houses, often without taking into consideration the local climatic reality, promoting high construction density. The business model realized show up characteristics that favor the emergence of heat islands and compromised thermal comfort for residents, which can lead to precarious living conditions and even health problems. From the theoretical and methodological proposal Urban Climate System (MONTEIRO, 1976), this work searched to investigate the manifestation of heat islands and their relationship to indoor and outdoor thermal comfort in CDHU homes in the city of Martinópolis / SP from the THI index (THOM, 1959). The results obtained indicate that heat islands of strong or very strong magnitude affect the external thermal comfort of the houses, while the internal thermal comfort tends not to present this relation.