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Events Organized and co-organized by the Center for Industrial Ecology 2019 8 May Seminar: “Living with Plastics” by Roland Clif Organized by: CIE-UC (Fausto Freire, Rita Garcia) Local: Amphitheatre II, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). Admission is free. No registration is needed. [More details] 8 Mar Seminar: “Do bioenergy systems mitigate climate change: insights from Life Cycle Assessment” by Miguel Brandão (KTH, Stockholm) Organized by: CIE-UC Local: CIE Lab (Heat Transfer Laboratory) Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). Admission is free. No registration is needed. [More details] 2018 26 Jun Scientific Meeting on Circular Economy and Waste Management Co-organized by: CIE-UC (Fausto Freire, Joana Bastos, Rita Garcia), FCT NOVA, CEIFAcoop, CM Leiria. Local: Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). [More details] 25 Jun Conferência nacional em economia circular e gestão de resíduos: a experiência do projeto UrbanWINS Co-organized by: CIE-UC (Fausto Freire, Joana Bastos, Rita Garcia), FCT NOVA, CEIFAcoop, CM Leiria. Local: Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). [More details] 2017 19 Dec Lecture & Scientific meeting: “Transport for health and the environment (getting around in a disruptive world)” by Stuart Batterman (University of Michigan, USA) Co-organized by: CIE-UC and EfS-UC Local: Amphitheatre II of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). Registration is required for lunch and scientific meeting. [More details] 20 Sep Opening Lecture EfS 2017/2018: “The Circular Economy and the Built Environment” by Roland Clift (University of Surrey, UK) Co-organized by: CIE-UC (Fausto Freire) and EfS-UC Local: Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). Admission is free. No registration is needed. [More details] 14 Mar Lecture: “Quantitative building and infrastructure sustainability and resilience” by Jeremy Gregory (Materials Systems Laboratory at MIT) Organized by CIE-UC: Fausto Freire Local: Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). Admission is free. No registration is needed. [More details] 10 Mar Seminar: “Economia Circular e Gestão de Resíduos – Uma abordagem inovadora e participativa” Co-organized by: CIE-UC (Fausto Freire, Rita Garcia), Nova University of Lisbon, CEIFAcoop, and the Municipality of Leiria Local: Leiria (Portugal) [More details] 8-10 Feb Thematic Session at the 3^rd Energy for Sustainability International Conference (EfS2017) – Designing Cities & Communities for the Future Life-cycle assessment (LCA) and management (LCM), organized by Fausto Freire, João Malça, Érica Castanheira and Carla Rodrigues Local: Funchal, Madeira Island (Portugal) [More details] 24 Jan Lecture: “Environmental Assessment of Recycling and Beneficial use of Industrial Waste” by Elsa Olivetti (Materials Science and Engineering Department at MIT) Organized by CIE-UC: Fausto Freire Local: Amphitheater II - Mechanical Engineering Department - University of Coimbra (Polo II campus) [More details] 2016 5 Dec Lecture:“A Estratégia Nacional para a Energia, para os Transportes e o seu Quadro Político e Regulamentar no âmbito da União Europeia” by Eng.º Jaime Braga (Portuguese Association of Biofuel Producers, APPB) Organized by CIE-UC: Fausto Freire Local: DEM-UC [More details] 28 Jun Workshop: “Desenvolvimento de Biocombustíveis mais Sustentáveis” Co-organized by: ENMC - Entidade Nacional para o Mercado de Combustíveis, E.P.E. (National Authority for Fuel Market), FCTUC - Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra and CIE-UC Local: FCTUC, Coimbra [Workshop Program] 26 Jan Workshop: “O Impacte Ambiental de Produtos e a Competitividade e Valor das Marcas” Co-organized by: ACIFF - Associação Comercial e Industrial da Figueira da Foz and CIE-UC Local: ACIFF, Figueira da Foz [Workshop Program] 2015 17 Dec Lecture: “Water Footprint: why, for what and how?” by Paula Quinteiro (CESAM, University of Aveiro) Organized by: CIE-UC Local: DEM-UC - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra 6 Nov EfS Open Lecture: “Carbon Footprinting, Concepts, Approaches and Problems” by Prof. Roland Clift (University of Surrey, UK) Organized by: EfS – Energy for Sustainability Initiative of the University of Coimbra and CIE-UC Local: DEM-UC 14-15 May Special Sessions at the EfS 2015 Conference – Sustainable Cities: Designing for People and the Planet Greening the Automobile, organized by João Malça and Rita Garcia Life-cycle Assessment of Bioenergy, organized by Fausto Freire, Érica Castanheira, João Malça Sustainability Assessment of Agro-Industrial Chains, organized by Érica Castanheira, Filipa Figueiredo Local: Department of Mathematics, University of Coimbra 15-16 Mar 2^nd Discussion Forum on Industrial Ecology and Life-Cycle Management Organized by CIE-UC: Fausto Freire (Chair), Carla Caldeira, Carla Rodrigues, Érica Castanheira, Joana Bastos, João Malça, Rita Garcia Local: DEM-UC 2014 6 Nov EfS Open Lecture: “Sustainability of Biofuels in Brazil”, by Suani Coelho (University of São Paulo, Brazil) Co-organized by: EfS and CIE-UC 11 Jul Workshop: “Eco-efficiency in the Portuguese wine and olive oil production sector” Organized by: IPB - Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, CIMO - Mountain Research Center and CIE-UC Local: Anfiteatro do Centro Cultural de Mirandela, Vila Real [Workshop Program] 7-8 Apr 1^st Discussion Forum on Industrial Ecology and Life-Cycle Management Organized by: Fausto Freire (Chair), Luís Dias (Co-chair), Carla Caldeira, Carla Rodrigues, Érica Castanheira, Rita Garcia Local: DEM-UC 2013 11 Sep Short-course: “LCA and micro-economic modeling of agro-energy”, by Stelios Rozakis (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece) Organized by CIE-UC: Fausto Freire and Carla Caldeira Local: DEM-UC [More details] 8-10 Sep Special Sessions at the EfS 2013 Conference – Sustainable Cities: Designing for People and the Planet Biofuels & Bioenergy, organized by Fausto Freire, Carla Caldeira, Érica Castanheira, João Malça (CIE-UC) Life-cycle assessment in the built environment, organized by Fausto Freire, Carla Rodrigues, Joana Bastos, Vanessa Tavares (CIE-UC) Sustainability of Food Systems, organized by Fausto Freire (CIE-UC), Luis Arroja (University of Aveiro) Sustainable Electric Mobility, organized by Luís Dias (INESC-Coimbra), Fausto Freire, Pedro Marques, Rita Garcia (CIE-UC) Local: Department of Mathematics, University of Coimbra 2012 27 Jun Workshop EcoDeep: “Life-cycle inventories: Olive and vegetable oils, wine and horticultural" Organized by: Fausto Freire (CIE- UC), Érica Castanheira (CIE-UC), Filipa Figueiredo (CIE-UC), Manuel Feliciano (IPB), Henrique Trindade (UTAD - University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro) Local: UTAD, Vila Real 2011 5 Dec Lecture: "Life-Cycle Management em empresas Brasileiras: A experiência do Grupo de Prevenção da Poluição da Universidade de São Paulo", by Luiz Kulay (University of São Paulo, Brazil) Organized by: CIE-UC Local: DEM-UC 3 Nov Lecture: “Leveraging uncertainty to realize sustainable engineering systems: Case studies across three industries”, by Randy Kirchain (MSL-MIT) Organized by: CIE-UC Local: DEM-UC 2010 15-17 Apr Special Session at the 25^th Mini EURO Conference "Uncertainty and Robustness in Planning and Decision Making" Confronting Uncertainty in LCA, organized by Fausto Freire (CIE-UC) Local: Department of Mathematics, University of Coimbra