REFORMS. PERCEPTION. ENVIRONMENT
Thermal comfort and the evaluation of the quality of the internal environment does not depend only of physical parameters. Physiological responses of the human body and perception of the environment are dynamic and integrated with various physical phenomena that interact with space: light, temperature, noise, odor. In a natural way, the human organism tends to find the thermal balance, through heat exchanges. how man is an animal homeothermic, that is, they maintain the body temperature relatively constant, through of physiological, behavioral and metabolic variations, they produce heat (to increase body temperature when the temperature decreases) or lose heat to the 9 half (decreases body temperature in heat stress) (SANTOS, 2008). Thus, thermal comfort can be associated with the level of satisfaction of the user in an environment, as a consequence of the relationship of air temperature, humidity relative, air velocity, radiant temperature, developed activity and clothing used (LAMBERTS et al., 2014), causing a feeling of well-being in the person. At the However, differences in habits, culture and particularities of the population analyzed. Meeting thermal comfort requirements is of extreme importance, especially in Brazil, which is characterized by a climate tropical, with temperatures at high levels in most of the country, in addition to presenting high incidence of solar radiation. In Brazil, the number of people who carry out renovations in their homes, without the guidance from a qualified professional is significant. In 2015, the Board of Architecture and Urbanism (CAU/BR, 2015) with the Datafolha Institute, held a research on the participation of urban planners and/or engineers in constructions and/or renovations in Brazil. The survey data revealed that, among the parcel of the 54% of the Brazilian population who have already built or renovated their homes, 85% the did without using a specialized architectural and/or engineering service, that is, under the practice of self-construction. Considering these arguments, this work aims to evaluate the performance of the current production of HIS in Alagoas, considering how the changes in the built environment, changes in homes after they are occupied, and how this reflects in the thermal quality inside the house and in the thermal perception of the user.