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This article, based on the theme Dimensions of Sustainability in the Budgets of the cities in Rondônia with the Highest Firjan Index of Municipal Development, aims to analyze the budget execution of the cities in the State of Rondônia, identifying in the budgets the amounts of expenses paid and the total of the relative functions to the dimensions of sustainability. Documentary research related to 2021 on the Finbra website and in the Firjan system was carried out, and, with the collected data, tables were structured for a better visualization of these data. There were high percentage differences in expenses paid among the dimensions and among the cities whose showed average was 54.85% in the social dimension, 7.42% in the economic dimension and 1.88% in the environmental dimension. They also showed cities with high Firjan indexes, classified as unsustainable, such as in the capital Porto Velho and in the city of Vilhena. In the statistical test, there was a correlation only in the environmental dimension with the independent variables and it showed positive and moderate strength. It is concluded that the public administration is important for the reallocation of resources for the sustainable balance between the cities and the studied dimensions, and, for that, it was proposed the readaptation of the model with the insertion of other variables in the social and economic dimension. Based on this intention, the reflection contributed to a more effective analysis of municipal sustainable public policies.

Hospital structures within a historical analysis have always reflected the society where they were inserted, not only in aspects of scientific development with the use of medical knowledge for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, where we can say that it would be the larger objective of this establishment, but Also in issues as debated and studied today, as the availability and use of the territory where they are inserted, thus relating as the value that is given to natural resources, both in the design of spaces as well as in their use and maintenance, attitudes that are linked To a sustainable posture. The objective of this article is to discuss, in a local aspect, the relation of the use of the territory in a microscale vision of the process of growth of an EAS (Health Care Establishment), having as object of study a hospital that was built in the 1950 in a municipality in the metropolitan region of Curitiba that for almost 70 years its growth has not undergone planning, consequently a widespread obsolescence of its built spaces, as well as the availability for its future physical organization. Keywords: Hospital Architecture, Territoriality, Sustainability. XII SIMPÓSIO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA - IX SIMPÓSIO DE INSTRUMENTAÇÃO E IMAGENS MÉDICAS

The Constitutional Financing Fund of the North (FNO), created through the Constitutional Funds, has the objective of promoting the development of the North Region, constituting the main financial instrument of the National Policy for Regional Development (PNDR) for the reduction of regional disparities. With the growth and development of the region, new questions and concerns regarding sustainability in the business environment were generated. In this sense, the Sustainability Tripod and its extension, the Multiple Bottom Line, were proposed in order to analyze the economic, social, environmental, ethical and governance dimensions. In this sense, the present work sought to identify the reality of the dimensions of sustainability in the environment of micro and small companies of the Portal da Amazônia that used the resource of the Constitutional Fund for Financing of the North (FNO) for business development. To capture the data, a field survey was carried out with 111 companies that used FNO resources in the period from 2018 to 2022. After the survey, Excel was used for data processing and subsequent analysis. As a result, in the economic dimension, the ability of micro and small companies to expand their revenues was identified, with the responsibility of expanding the use of facilities and an integrated corporate composition to guarantee the economic life of the entity. In the environmental dimension, business actions involving the issuance of environmental licenses and their practices in the operation of the business were observed, while in the social dimension, the expansion of the supply of job openings and an organization dedicated to serving people could be seen. In the Governance dimension, actions of administrative responsibility, control and good practices by the companies interviewed were observed. Closing the context of the dimensions, ethics guides the business of micro and small companies surveyed. Responsibility with the business, both internally and externally, signals an important emphasis on this dimension. The outputs obtained provided the opportunity for theoretical generalizations regarding the confrontation of the reality described in the dimensions of sustainability in the business environment of micro and small companies of the Amazon portal and the theoretical framework that involves the theme.

This document aims to provide information about the actions planned with the students within the SAL - Environmental Seed project, as well as to support its preparation. SAL - Seed Environment is a pilot project to raise environmental awareness and promote changes in food consumption among the population. These objectives will be achieved by sharing knowledge about the importance of more sustainable production and consumption practices in the school community. Through information, awareness, training and active participation, from the place of production to the place of consumption, the aim is to encourage more informed choices and, consequently, promote changes in consumption habits and more sustainable behaviour.

The building of energy infrastructure has the main objective of promoting economic development based on the production and consumption of goods and services. In Brazil, the main generator of electricity is the Itaipu hydroenergy plant, which is binational and uses the transboundary waters of the Parana River in the boundary between Brazil and Paraguay. In a context of high energy demand, the discourses about transboundary waters are marked by debates on sovereignty and securitization in the face of vulnerability, these discourses focus on relations of tension and conflict over strategic water resources between states. This paper examines the use of transboundary water for energy production in Brazil and the limits of the discourse of regional development among the riparian states in the negotiations on the Itaipu Treaty during the government of former President Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010).

Presentations of the new developments in geothermal energy and the accumulation of thermal energy for climatization in buildings. TEKTÓNICA - International Building and Construction Fair. Lisbon, Portugal.

In the current global pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), environmental governance in Brazil stands out, especially for its inclusion of social participation in decision-making bodies. The National Council for the Environment (CONAMA) plays a central role in this scenario. Given this, this study asks: How did government changes between 2011 and 2023 influence social participation in this entity, and in what ways did its institutional design vary according to the ineptitude of the current governments? The selected time frame encompasses three distinct moments in the council's design. For the analysis, qualitative methods of content analysis were employed, examining official documents, decrees, and academic publications, providing an in-depth view of the changes that occurred. The results initially reveal a period of strength and prominence, followed by a phase of significant reduction in representation, and later, a moment of reformulation and restructuring of the institutional design of this council. These transitions reaffirm the essential balance between government and social stakeholders in achieving environmental governance. The study emphasizes the imperative of maintaining participatory structures to ensure the quality of environmental policies in the country and realignment with the development of environmental policies at the global level.

This research investigated the use of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) process to recover part of the thermal and chemical energy left in the exhaust boiler stream. A theoretical analysis of energy conversion and use was performed based on a small boiler, in which were performed several measurements and analysis of the operation reports, which provided the boundary conditions and relevant information for modelling the processes. The methodology considered the radiation from exhaust gases, thermodynamics balances, and economic engineering calculations for the energy recovery analysis. Financial results indicate that the exhaust gas recirculation process implementation, regarding 20% of EGR ratio, presented 69% and 1.45 years of internal returning rate and payback, respectively. However, the regenerative process presented internal returning rate and payback values of 112% and 0.9 years. Indeed, both process might be applied, in order to increase the efficiency and reduce the emissions. In this way, the implementation of the exhaust gas recirculation process can contribute to the development of more economical practices in the industry, while promoting the reduction of operating costs and improving boiler efficiency.