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Team Lea<strong>de</strong>r<br />

Dr. Cristina Engel <strong>de</strong> Alvarez<br />

Vice-Team Lea<strong>de</strong>r<br />

Dr. Alexandre <strong>de</strong> Avila Leripio<br />

The issues related to comfort and security for a building in<br />

Antarctica are also, necessarily, related to environmental<br />

factors, due to the specific characteristics of the Antarctic<br />

environment. Thus, over the years, the group of researcher<br />

scientists related to technology and environmental<br />

management have sought to improve specific aspects, at<br />

certain moments having as their objective the efficacy of<br />

systems already adopted by Brazil at their Brazilian Station<br />

– Coman<strong>da</strong>nte Ferraz (from now on EACF, Portuguese<br />

acronym), and at other times opening new frontiers of study<br />

from the previous results obtained.<br />

This year, among the main results obtained, the most<br />

noteworthy was the research in the field of acoustics, now<br />

with a focus on its influence on the psychological behaviour<br />

of the users. The article, “Relationship between noise and<br />

psychological comfort of the users in the Coman<strong>da</strong>nte Ferraz<br />

Antarctic Station” evaluates the question of noise using as<br />

instrument correlated national and international norms, and<br />

furthermore, offers a warning regarding the conditions of<br />

specific exposure to be consi<strong>de</strong>red in different ambiences<br />

such as might be found in a building in Antarctica.<br />

Attention is called to pioneer research un<strong>de</strong>rtaken in this<br />

period, “Analysis of Indoor Al<strong>de</strong>hy<strong>de</strong>s in the Coman<strong>da</strong>nte<br />

Ferraz Antarctic Station”, which studied the quality of indoor<br />

air, with strong emphasis on volatile organic composites,<br />

especially the al<strong>de</strong>hy<strong>de</strong>s, whose presence in the flooring and<br />

the furniture has reinforced the need for monitoring. In the<br />

research it was established that in some locations of EACF,<br />

the concentration of formal<strong>de</strong>hy<strong>de</strong> surpassed the directives<br />

proposed by the WHO – World Health Organization,<br />

making evi<strong>de</strong>nt the necessity for more attention to this<br />

matter.<br />

The article “Results of internal audit in the environmental<br />

management system of Brazilian Antarctic Scientific Station<br />

Coman<strong>da</strong>nte Ferraz” shows the results of the internal audit<br />

un<strong>de</strong>rtaken between December 2011 and January 2012 at<br />

EACF, having as principle references the Madrid Protocol<br />

and the stan<strong>da</strong>rd ISO 14001:2004. It was verified that<br />

EACF has a partial level of conformity of 86.2% in relation<br />

to the requirements of ISO 14001:2004, which serves as<br />

fun<strong>da</strong>mental information in <strong>de</strong>lineating an Environmental<br />

Management Programme.<br />

If on the one hand there is vital concern in reducing the<br />

impacts occasioned by human occupation of Antarctica, on<br />

the other hand, it is necessary to <strong>de</strong>al with strategies that<br />

seek to recover the consoli<strong>da</strong>ted impacts. In this respect,<br />

the article “Bioremediation of the diesel-contaminated soil<br />

of the Brazilian Antarctic Station”, presents an alternative<br />

proposal for the treatment of areas contaminated by oil –<br />

which inclu<strong>de</strong>s the essential <strong>de</strong>epening of the research -,<br />

especially of those related to the leakage of fuel. The partial<br />

results were obtained from the carrying out of a successful<br />

experiment un<strong>de</strong>rtaken ex situ.<br />

Thus, Thematic Area 4, restates it vocation of incentivising<br />

research in the areas of technology and management<br />

consi<strong>de</strong>ring the useful lifecycle of a building, which<br />

extends from planning (prevention); usage and operation<br />

(management) until the final <strong>de</strong>stination, recycling or<br />

removal of the installations (recovery).<br />

Science Highlights - Thematic Area 4 |<br />

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