A5031239251- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
- Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
- Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
- Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Lignin and Wood Chemistry
- Injection Molding Process and Properties
- Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis
- Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
- Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
- Material Selection and Properties
- Hibiscus Plant Research Studies
Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
2019-2025
University of Coimbra
2011-2021
Lightweight materials have the potential to reduce vehicle fuel consumption and emissions. This study critically reviews Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies focused on lightweight (Advanced High-Strength Steels (A/HSS), Aluminium (Al), Magnesium (Mg), composites) for automotive chassis body-in-white components, identify with lowest environmental impacts, trends improvement opportunities. Since most impacts are associated use-stage (due fossil consumption), benefits in a cradle-to-grave...
The world population is ageing, in particular the developed world, with a significant increase percentage of people above 60 years old. They represent segment that more vulnerable to adverse environmental conditions. Among them, indoor air quality one most relevant, as elders spend comparatively time indoors than younger generations. Furthermore, recent COVID-19 pandemic contributed immensely raising awareness importance breathing for human health and fact vector airborne infections...
Thermal processes represent a considerable part of the total energy consumption in manufacturing industry, sectors such as steel, aluminium, cement, ceramic and glass, among others. It can even be predominant type some sectors. High thermal are mostly associated to high losses, (commonly denominated waste heat), reinforcing need for heat recovery (WHR) strategies. WHR has therefore been identified relevant solution increase efficiency industrial applications, namely intensive consumers. The...
Industry is accountable for over one quarter of EU final energy consumption and fifth carbon emissions. To meet targets towards neutrality, efforts need to take place in different industrial sectors, especially intensive ones. Methodologies tools aimed support decision both cost emission reduction are key boost the adoption cleaner production practices industry. As an resource sector, ceramic industry needs at identifying implementing solutions lower its environmental impacts while being...
The search for essential oils from aromatic plants has been growing worldwide due to its potential applications in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. This work aims evaluate life cycle's primary energy carbon emissions of oil extraction Rosemary grown Portugal, following LCA methodology. Two different functional units, 1 g extract α-pinene, were selected study. Life cycle inventory data mainly obtained lab scale experiments, comparing three processes, based on...
Given the current need to improve thermal and energy performance of buildings, special attention has been given building envelope materials. Concrete sandwich panels (CSPs) are versatile composite construction elements whose popularity is increasing their properties, e.g., good acoustic insulation, durability, fire resistance. Nevertheless, besides it important evaluate sustainability under development. This work aims assess eco-efficiency six CSPs with distinct insulation materials:...
To improve vehicles environmental performance, different strategies have been explored namely to reduce the use stage energy. In order avoid problem shifting, a life cycle perspective should be used compare alternative solutions. This paper aims existing studies focused on energy (LCE) of analyze impacts and benefits regarding two trending improvement strategies: lightweight materials powertrain selection. A Literature review was performed systematize quantitatively LCE results (e.g....
Given the current EU decarbonization targets, railway transport is a key player to boost mobility toward more sustainable transportation, as it currently cleanest high-volume mode of locomotion available. However, study analyzing life cycle environmental impact existing conventional Portuguese has never been performed. Aiming address this research gap, paper presents an attributional assessment (LCA) quantify impacts infrastructure and rolling stock, using Douro line case study. Through LCA...
This study focuses on the characterization of production process a composite sandwich panel for an aircraft structure. Two curing alternatives were compared, namely hot-press and autoclave. A holistic assessment was conducted applying Total Efficiency Framework, which combines both efficiency environmental performance analyses into single index score to support manufacturing decision. The provides inventory data, collected at laboratory scale regarding materials, energy consumption,...
The building envelope is critical to reducing operational energy in residential buildings. Under moderate climates, as South-Western Europe (Portugal), thermal may be substantially reduced with an adequate selection at the design stage; therefore, it crucial assess trade-offs between and embodied impacts. In this work, environmental influence of construction varying performance were assessed for a European house under two patterns using life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. Five...
Increasing end-of-life material recovery and its application in new products is essential to reduce resource consumption. This paper assesses the cradle-to-gate life cycle energy carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of a road safety barrier product be installed around guardrails' poles. To analyze potential benefit incorporating recycled materials, base case A, produced with conventional virgin synthetic rubber polypropylene (PP), was compared two equivalent alternatives under study: B (using...
The construction industry is responsible for a substantial fraction of materials and energy consumption, waste generation, CO2 other pollutant emissions. Life cycle assessment (LCA) can be used to study compare the environmental impacts buildings under different scenarios. This comparatively assesses impact several design options, envelope solutions operational conditions on life (LC) single-family house in southern Europe (Portugal) taken as case-study. following parameters are evaluated:...