About the Journal

Ambiente Construído is a scientific journal from the National Association of Technology for the Built Environment (Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído - ANTAC), which is a nonprofit and the main Brazilian scientific association on this topic. The central aim is to help develop and disseminate scientific knowledge.

Initially edited as a printed journal, Ambiente Construído is currently available only in electronic form, with free and direct access over the internet and aligned with the Open Science movement.

Original and unpublished scientific articles are accepted for publication.  Articles must be based on research, related to the area of knowledge called Technology for the Built Environment, which covers conceptual design, design, production, operation, maintenance, demolition and recycling or reuse of buildings and their immediate surroundings.

Our editorial policy follows the research communication in the Open Science modus operandi.

Instructions to authors

ISSN 1678-8621

 

Publication frequency

Quarterly: Jan./Mar., Apr./June, Juy/Sept. and Oct./Dec.

 

Sponsors

• ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído
• UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

 

Souces of support

• CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
• CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

 

Digital preservation

Ambiente Construído uses the LOCKSS digital preservation system to guarantee the distribution and preservation of its content. And it is also preserved in the Cariniana Network, in order to preserve its content in the long term.

 

Indexers

Ambiente Construído magazine is indexed in the following locations:

• Portal de Periódicos da CAPES;
• CNEN;
• infoHab (até final de 2012);
• Latindex;
• LapToc/LAARP;
• Portal de Periódicos Científicos UFRGS;
• Sumários.org;
• DOAJ;
• SciELO;
• ARLA;
• RCAAP;
• União Latino-Americana de Tecnologia.