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News Archive 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 CIE-VALORMED project in the news A study shows how to reduce the environmental
impacts of pharmaceutical packaging [+][+][+] Prize awarded by the prestigious IAEE to a CIE-UC researcher Yvonne Vogt Gwerder, MSc candidate at EfS-UC and researcher at CIE-UC, won the 3rd prize
awarded by the prestigious IAEE (International Association for Energy
Economics) during the last edition of the Portuguese Association for Energy
Economics Conference, held in Braga on October 19, 2018. The work is entitled "To what extent do regulatory and market
influence affect smart grid investment in Europe?” and was co-authored with Nuno Figueiredo and Patrícia Pereira da Silva. UrbanWINS Webinar:
“From citizen participation to local action: How cities pilot circular
economy actions to fight urban waste”,12 September 2018, 14h-15h30 Lecture: “SUSTAINABILITY: PUTTING THE PROCESS INTO CONTEXT2, by
Professor Roland Clift, on 21 June, at 14:15, in the Amphitheatre II of the
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra
Sustainability Assessment of Key Electricity Generation Systems in
Portugal", coauthored by Jeremiah Kabayo,
Pedro Marques and Fausto Freire. Chongyang Du, SES
doctoral candidate at the University of Coimbra, under the MIT Portugal
Program, successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Environmental and
social life cycle assessment of sugarcane production in Brazil: comparing
manual and mechanical harvesting” on March 14 2018, at the University of
Coimbra. UrbanWINS Webinar: More
sustainable and circular urban metabolisms with participatory mechanisms, on
Fri, 2 Feb 2018 11:00 - 12:30 CET. Fausto Freire
participated in the Simpósio Luso
Brasileiro de Ecologia
Industrial e Gestão do Ciclo
de Vida, in Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil, in 23-24 January
2018, and presented “The activities of the Center for Industrial Ecology at
the University of Coimbra”. He then attended the SDEWES - 1st Latin American
Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment
Systems, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 28-31 January 2018, where he presented
the paper “Life-Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Key Electricity Generation
Systems in Portugal" (co-authored by Jeremiah Kabayo
and Pedro Marques). Joana Bastos, SES doctoral candidate at the University of Coimbra,
under the MIT Portugal Program, successfully presented her PhD thesis
entitled “Linking the urban form to environmental and health impacts with a
life-cycle approach” on December 20 2017, 10:30 AM, in Sala dos Capelos, UC. Lecture & Scientific meeting: TRANSPORT FOR HEALTH AND THE
ENVIRONMENT (GETTING AROUND IN A DISRUPTIVE WORLD), by Professor Stuart Batterman, December 19 at 11:00 AM, at the Amphitheatre
II of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra. Carlos Ferreira, doctoral candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Coimbra, successfully presented his PhD thesis entitled
“Extended environmental life-cycle assessment of munitions: Addressing
chemical toxicity hazard on human health” on October 2 2017, 14:30, at Sala
dos Capelos, University of Coimbra. Opening Lecture EfS 2017/2018: THE CIRCULAR
ECONOMY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, by Professor Roland Clift, on September
20, at 14h30, at the Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Coimbra.
- Bastos, J., Milando, C., Freire, F., Batterman,
S. (2017) Exploring intra-urban variability of intake fractions for PM2.5: an
application to the life-cycle assessment of road transport in Lisbon,
Portugal. - Caldeira,
C., Olivetti, E., Kirchain, R., Dias, L., Freire,
F. (2017) Optimization of feedstock blends to improve biodiesel cost
effectiveness and manage environmental impacts. George E Davis Medal awarded to Prof. Roland Clift The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
has announced that Professor Roland Clift CBE is the recipient of the 12th
George E Davis Medal, the highest award conferred by the Institution. The
award recognizes his contributions to both theory and practice in engineering
of particle-fluid systems and in engineering for sustainability. The medal
presentation will take place on Thursday 6 July 2017 following the 12th
George E. Davis Lecture entitled “Seeing the Whole Picture: chemical
engineering and the science of sustainability”. The event will be at the
Royal Academy of Engineering in London. Professor Roland Clift has been
several times at the University of Coimbra, as a visiting professor to the EfS Initiative and the Centre for Industrial Ecology. On 11 April, Fausto Freire and Érica Castanheira from CIE
visited "Soja de Portugal", namely the
units of valorization of sub-products from the food industry Helena Monteiro, SES doctoral candidate at University of Coimbra, under
the MIT Portugal Program, successfully presented her PhD thesis entitled
“Comprehensive life cycle assessment of new houses in Portugal: Building
design, envelope, and operational conditions” on 3rd May 2017, 14:30, at Sala
dos Capelos, University of Coimbra. The University of Coimbra participated in the I Agrifood
Innovation Fair (I9AGRI), held at Castelo Branco from
4 to 6 April 2017. CIE was one of the research groups represented. Fausto Freire gave
the lecture “Ecodesign com base na Avaliação (energética e ambiental)
de Ciclo de Vida (ACV): Metodologia e Aplicação a Componentes
Automóveis" in the conference
“A Engenharia ao Serviço da Eficiência Energética” organized
by Ordem dos Engenheiros, on
March 29, at Marinha
Grande. Carla Rodrigues, SES doctoral candidate at University of Coimbra, under
the MIT Portugal Program, successfully presented her PhD thesis entitled
“Life-Cycle Environmental and Cost assessment of Building Retrofits:
Evaluating Conventional and Streamlined Approaches” on 15th March 2017,
14:30, at the University of Coimbra (Sala dos Capelos). Jeremy Gregory, from the Materials Systems Laboratory at MIT, gave a
talk on “Quantitative building and infrastructure sustainability and
resilience”, on 14 March 2017, 2.30 pm at the Auditorium of the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). CIE, Nova University of Lisbon, CEIFAcoop,
and the Municipality of Leiria organizeda
Seminar, under the UrbanWINS European project,
entitled "Circular Economy and Waste Management - UrbanWINS
Project: An innovative and participatory approach", on 10 March 2017,
2-6 pm, in Leiria.
Elsa Olivetti, from the Materials Science and Engineering Department at
MIT, gave a talk on “Environmental Assessment of Recycling and Beneficial use
of Industrial Waste”, 24 January 2017, 2 pm. Local: Amphitheater II -
Mechanical Engineering Department - University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). Carla Caldeira, SES doctoral candidate at
University of Coimbra, under the MIT Portugal Program, successfully present
her PhD thesis entitled “OPTIMIZATION OF FEEDSTOCK BLENDS TO IMPROVE
BIODIESEL COST EFFECTIVENESS AND MANAGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS” on 23rd
January 2017, 14:30, at the University of Coimbra (Sala dos Capelos).
2016
Ronaldo Costa successfully
defended his PhD thesis entitled “Quantificação das
emissões de GEE para veículos de coleta de resíduos domiciliares abastecidos
com GNV e diesel-B5 utilizando ACV”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Carlos Santos (Pontifícia Universidade
Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS) and co-supervised by Prof. Dr.
Marcus Seferin (PUCRS) and
Prof. Dr. Fausto Freire (UC), on November 30, at PUCRS. Ronaldo Costa did part of the PhD Sandwich Internship at CIE-UC from
September 2013 to August 2014. LECTURE: Eng.º Jaime Braga from the Portuguese Association of Biofuel Producers (APPB) will give a talk
on “A Estratégia Nacional para a Energia, para os
Transportes e o seu Quadro Político e Regulamentar no âmbito da União
Europeia”. Local: Auditorium of the Mechanical Engineering
Department - University of Coimbra (Polo II campus) CALL FOR PAPERS: Fausto Freire, João Malça, Érica
Castanheira and Carla Rodrigues are organizing the
Special Session “Life-cycle assessment (LCA) and management (LCM)" in
the scope of the 3rd Energy for Sustainability International Conference
(EfS2017) that will be held in Funchal, Madeira Island (Portugal), on
February 8-10 2017. Fausto Freire was
invited to give a talk on “Perspetiva de Ciclo de Vida” in the 7th Sustainability Talks organized
by Academia VLM and taking place in Aveiro on
October 11. The Webinar
“Resíduos, Dupla Contagem, Fraude e Fiscalização e Biocombustíveis
Avançados”, organized by
ENMC, on 27 September, will have the
participation of Fausto
Freire on the subject “Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida das emissões de GEE
de biodiesel produzido a partir de óleos virgens e usados”. Carla Caldeira presented the following
communication at the SETAC Europe 22nd LCA Case Study Symposium, held on
September 20-22 Montpellier, France: -
Caldeira, C., Quinteiro, P., Castanheira,
E.G., Boulay, A-M., Dias, A.C, Arroja,
L., Freire, F. (2016) “Water footprint profile of virgin and waste cooking
oils: assessing freshwater degradation and comparing the WSI and the AWARE
methods to address scarcity impacts” Fausto Freire was invited to give a plenary lecture on “LCA and
Eco-Design” in the V Congresso Brasileiro
em Gestão do Ciclo de Vida, taking place in Fortaleza, Brazil, on
September 19-22. He also
presented the communication: - Garcia, R., Marques,
P., Freire, F. (2016). Avaliação de ciclo de vida da geração de eletricidade
em Portugal incluindo variabilidade temporal.
The kick-off meeting of the H2020 project UrbanWINS was held at Cremona, Italy, on July 7-8. Fausto Freire participated in the meeting as coordinator
of the University of Coimbra team.
Fausto Freire was invited to be a member of the external advisory
committee of the BioEcon project “New Strategies on
Bio-Economy in Poland”. He participated in the “Bioeconomy
in Agriculture” conference organized in the scope of the project, held in Pulawy (Poland), 21-22 June. Carla Caldeira participated in the Gordon
Research Conference and Seminar on Industrial Ecology, held in June 18 - 19,
at Stowe, United States, and presented the following papers: -
Caldeira, C.,
Olivetti, E., Kirchain, R., Dias, L., Freire, F.
(2016) A Life-cycle Multi-Objective Decision Tool to Incorporate Waste
Cooking Oil in Biodiesel Production. -
Caldeira, C.,
Olivetti, E., Kirchain, R., Dias, L., Freire, F.
(2016) A life-cycle multi-objective model to assess the use of secondary
material in biodiesel production. Fausto Freire
presented the following papers in the ECI - Life Cycle Assessment and Other
Assessment Tools for Waste Management and Resource Optimization Conference,
held in June 5-10, Cetraro (Calabria), Italy: - Ferreira, C., Freire, F., Ribeiro,
J., Clift R. (2016). Valorization of energetic material from ammunition in civil explosives. - Castanheira, É.G., Figueiredo, F.,
Freire, F. (2016). Life-cycle
assessment of olive oil addressing alternative production systems: how to
deal with olive pomace valorization? Érica Castanheira
participated in the ARIMNet2 Young Researchers Seminar (YRS): 29 May - 3 June
2016, Montpellier, France. Rita Garcia and Joana Bastos presented the following papers at CEM
2016, held in 1-2 June, in Porto, Portugal: - Malça J,
Marques P, Serrano L, Castanheira EG, Garcia R, Freire, F (2016). Comparative Well-to-Wheels Assessment of Biodiesel and Fossil Diesel
for Heavy Duty Transport in Latin America. - Garcia, R., Marques, P., Freire, F.
(2016). Temporal variability in the environmental
life-cycle assessment of electricity in Portugal. - Bastos, J.; Marques, P.; Batterman, S.; Freire, F. (2016). Life-cycle assessment of urban transportation modes. Rita Garcia successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Dynamic Fleet-Based
Life-Cycle Assessment: Addressing Environmental Consequences of the
Introduction of Electric Vehicles in Portugal”, supervised by Prof. Fausto Freire, on March 30, at Sala dos Capelos, University of Coimbra. Lecture: “STREAMLINING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT VIA
PROBABILISTIC UNDERSPECIFICATION”, by Dr. Jeremy Gregory (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology), March 30 | 11 AM | Auditorium of the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Polo II Campus, University of Coimbra. Fausto Freire gave
an invited lecture at the
Seminar “Economia Circular: Eliminar o Desperdício;
Criar Novas Oportunidades”, 19 March, Porto de Mós. Érica Geraldes
Castanheira won the 2015 Mário
Quartin Graça Scientific
Award for her PhD thesis “Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Soybean
and Palm Biodiesel Systems: a Life-Cycle Approach”. Researchers from the Center for Industrial Ecology (CIE) at the
University of Coimbra gave a workshop entitled “O Impacte
Ambiental de Produtos e a
Competitividade e Valor das Marcas”,
January 26, 11:00-12:30 in the business incubator of “Associação
Comercial e Industrial da Figueira
da Foz”. Open lecture “WATER FOOTPRINT: WHY, FOR WHAT AND HOW?”, by Dr. Paula Quinteiro (CESAM-UA), December 17 | 9:30 AM| Auditorium
of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEM-UC) Prof. Roland Clift, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Technology,
University of Surrey, UK, visited the University of Coimbra (UC) in November
as invited Professor of the Energy for Sustainability (EfS)
Initiative (http://www.uc.pt/efs). Prof. Clift gave inaugural lecture of the EfS Doctoral and Master programs, entitled “Carbon Footprinting, Concepts, Approaches and Problems”, on
November 6, at the Auditorium of the Mechanical Engineering Department
(DEM-UC) in the Polo II campus, and gave a follow-up talk on November 18.
During his visit, he collaborated on several research projects from the
Center for Industrial Ecology. Diana Rosa, researcher at the Center for Industrial Ecology (CIE) of
the University of Coimbra was awarded with the "Science Technology
Transfer” award during the IN-TECH 2015 conference (International Conference
on Innovative Technologies) held from September 9 to 13 in Dubrovnik,
Croatia, for the presentation of the paper "An ecodesign
tool for automobile plastic components: framework and application",
coauthored by Diana Rosa, Joana Gouveia, João Malça and Fausto Freire (University of Coimbra, Portugal) and Pedro
Silva, Cláudia Esteves
and Gonçalo Tomé (company CIE-Plasfil
- Plásticos da Figueira
SA, Figueira da Foz,
Portugal). This research was part of
a joint research project entitled “EcoDesign and
Impact Labelling” financed by QREN / SI I&DT: Projetos
Individuais (FCOMP–01–0202–FEDER–038485), that
aimed to develop and implement an ecodesign tool (“EcoPlasfil”) for automobile plastic components
manufactured by CIE-Plasfil to reduce the
environmental life-cycle impacts of automobiles. The EcoDesign
tool developed in this project allows the systematic integration of
environmental aspects in the technical and technological development of
products, resulting in competitive advantages for CIE-Plasfil
in an increasingly competitive market. Érica Castanheira, post-doctoral researcher at the
Center for Industrial Ecology of the University of Coimbra, was awarded with
the best presentation award during the VI International Conference on Life
Cycle Assessment in Latin America conference (CILCA 2015), for the
presentation of the paper "Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment of
soybean biodiesel in Portugal: import grain, oil or biodiesel from
Brazil?", coauthored by Erica Castanheira and Fausto Freire (University of Coimbra, Portugal) as well
as Renata Grisoli, Suani
Coelho and Gil Anderi da Silva (University of São
Paulo, Brazil). The 2nd Discussion Forum on Industrial Ecology took place at
the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Coimbra on 5-6
March 2015, with more than 40 participants from six different countries
(Portugal, Brazil, France, Spain, UK, and USA). There were two plenary
sessions by Prof. Roland Clift on “Life cycle sustainability assessment:
extending the scope of LCA” and Prof. Paulo Ferrão
on “Urban Metabolism”, and 20 presentations on topics such as bioenergy,
urban systems, forest and agro-industrial systems, and methodological
advances. The Forum was organized by the Center for
Industrial Ecology at the University of Coimbra. Amir Safaei, SES PhD student at University of
Coimbra, under the MIT Portugal Program, successfully discussed his thesis
entitled “Life-cycle optimization model for distributed generation in
buildings” on November, 10th, at Sala dos Capelos, Universidade de
Coimbra. Invited lecture: “Robust decision making in life-cycle assessment of
vehicles: the need for uncertainty propagation”, by Maarten Messagie, 29 October | 14h | Auditorium of the Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra Carlos Ferreira participated in the NATO AVT-243 Specialists Meeting on
"Next Generation Greener Energetics and their Management“, 16-17
October, Brussels, Belgium. He presented the communication: “Evaluation of
alternatives substances to those banned by REACH supported with Life-Cycle
Assessment”. Researchers from CIE-UC participated in the expert workshop “LCA
Aspects of Electricity Production, Distribution and Charging Infrastructure
for Electric Vehicles”, organized by the IEA HEV Task 19 “LCA of EVs“, 15-16
October, Barcelona. Prof. Fausto Freire presented
the communication: “LCA of electricity generation, distribution and charging
of electric vehicles: Addressing recent changes in the Portuguese electricity
technology portfolio and alternative charging systems”. Rita Garcia presented the communication: Garcia, R., Gregory, J.,
Freire, F. (2014). “Dynamic fleet-based LCA of the
Portuguese light-duty fleet: the introduction of electric vehicles”, in the
LCA XIV Conference, 6-8 October 2014, San Francisco, CA, US. EfS Opening lecture:
“Sustainability of Biofuels in Brazil”, by Prof. Suani
Coelho (Professor of bioenergy in the University of São Paulo, Brazil), September
17, 15:00, auditorium C21 of the Chemical Engineering Department, University
of Coimbra. Prof. Fausto Freire was invited to give the lecture
“Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida: Metodologia e Aplicação em Sistemas Sustentáveis
de Energia” at Seminário APEB - “Gestão Eficiente
da Energia nas Organizações Industriais”, Auditório da Ordem dos Engenheiros,
Lisbon, November 6. Workshop: “Eco-efficiency in the Portuguese wine and olive oil production
sector”, Anfiteatro do Centro Cultural de Mirandela, 9:00 am, July 11. Co-organized by CIE. Rita Garcia visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
USA, from June to end of August 2014, to work with Prof. Jeremy Gregory at
the Materials Systems Laboratory. She developed research on dynamic
fleet-based life-cycle assessment incorporating uncertainty. Prof. Fausto Freire participated in the
Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology 2014 - Transforming the Industrial
Metabolism, June 1-6, Lucca (Barga), Italy. Carla Caldeira was invited by Prof. Stelios Rozakis for a three
months internship at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural
Development of the Agricultural University of Athens (Greece). Carla stayed
at the University of Athens from April to the end of June developing research
on optimization of biodiesel systems. The 4th MIT Portugal Program Conference - New Frontiers for a
Sustainable Prosperity- took place in Coimbra, June 27th, 2014. The PhD
candidates of MIT Portugal Program from CIE present their research there. Érica Geraldes
Castanheira, SES PhD student at University of
Coimbra, under the MIT Portugal Program, successfully discussed her thesis
“Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Soybean and Palm Biodiesel
Systems: A Life-Cycle Approach” on June, 26th at the
University of Coimbra (Sala dos Capelos). Fausto Freire was
invited to give a lecture in the Technical Session: “Life-cycle assessment (LCA): methodology and applications” (Sessão Técnica: Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida
(ACV): Metodologia e Aplicações), on May 14, at Auditório da Sede da
Região Centro da Ordem dos Engenheiros, Coimbra. Fausto Freire gave
the lecture “Biofuels Sustainability: Recent Approaches” included in the LNEG
Cycle of Lectures, on April 28, at Auditorium XXI SOLAR LNEG, Campus Lumiar, Lisbon. Fausto Freire was
invited to be part of Academic Committee of the VI International Conference
on Life Cycle Assessment in Latin-America – CILCA
2015, held in 13-16 July 2015, in Lima, Peru. The 1st Discussion Forum on Industrial Ecology and
Life-Cycle Management, organized by CIE-UC, took place in April 7- 8 2014, at
the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (UC). The
keynote speaker was Prof. Roland Clift, Emeritus Professor, University of
Surrey, UK Érica Castanheira visited
the Brazilian Reference Center on Biomass (CENBIO) at the University
of São Paulo (Brazil) in the scope of the FCT/CAPES Project “Life Cycle Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Bioenergy” and gave a talk
in the Workshop “Recentes pesquisas em Bioenergia e
Biocombustíveis – Brasil – Portugal” (14 March
2014): “Avaliação de ciclo de vida de biodiesel produzido em Portugal a
partir de óleo de palma e soja importados da América Latina”. Fausto Freire was selected as the Portuguese representative of the
Executive Committee of the Ibero American
Life-Cycle network. The VII Encontro Nacional
do Colégio Engenharia Mecânica da Ordem nos Engenheiros was
held in Lisbon in 14-15 March. CIE researchers presented the following communications: - Costa, R., Stein,
B., Santos, C., Seferin, M., Abreu, C., Bastos, M.,
Safaei, M., Marques, P., Freire, F. (2014).
“Avaliação de ciclo de vida de um veículo pesado, para recolha de lixo,
movido a gás natural comprimido: Comparação com veículo Diesel”. - Ferreira C, Rotarium
T, Ribeiro J, Freire F. "Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida de munições de baixo
calibre". - Figueiredo, F., Castanheira, É., Malça, J., Freire, F. “Avaliação de ciclo de vida do
biodiesel de girassol em Portugal: comparação com outras oleaginosas
importadas”. - Garcia, R., Marques, P., Freire, F.
“Avaliação de ciclo de vida da eletricidade em Portugal”. - Marques, P., Garcia, R., Freire, F.
“Avaliação comparativa de ciclo de vida de veículos elétricos e convencionais
incorporando variabilidade”. - Queirós, J., Caldeira, C.,
Castanheira, É., Freire, F. "Biodiesel produzido a partir de Óleos
Alimentares Usados: Variabilidade e incerteza nas emissões de GEE para
diferentes cenários de recolha". Fausto Freire has
been invited to be a member of
the Scientific Committee of the 10ª CNA-XII CNEA, 10ª Conferência Nacional do
Ambiente-XII Congresso Nacional de Engenharia do Ambiente, 6-8 Novembro 2013, Aveiro, Portugal. Additionally, the following papers have been accepted for presentation
in the 10ª CNA-XII CNEA: - Castanheira, É.G., Acevedo, H., Freire F. (2013). “Avaliação da intensidade
de gases com efeito de estufa do ciclo de vida de óleo de palma produzido na
Colômbia”. - Figueiredo, F., Castanheira, É.,
Freire, F. (2013).“ Avaliação de ciclo de vida do
óleo de girassol produzido em Portugal”. - Garcia, R., Marques, P., Freire, F.
(2013).“Emissões de ciclo de vida de gases com
efeito de estufa de um veículo híbrido plug-in: modo elétrico versus modo
convencional”. - Marques, P., Garcia, R., Freire, F.
(2013). "Avaliação comparativa de ciclo de vida de veículos elétricos e
convencionais em Portugal ". - Ferreira, C., Ribeiro, J., Freire,
F. (2013).“ Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida de munições:
Relevância e aplicação a munições de baixo calibre”. The short course on “LCA and micro-economic modeling of agro-energy”,
by Dr. Stelios Rozakis, Agricultural University of
Athens, Greece, took place on the Dep. Mechanical Eng., Univ. of Coimbra, Portugal,
on 11 Sep 2013. A full description of the course, including details of the programme and practicalities, can be
downloaded here. Vlad Coroama was invited to deliver the
presentation “How much energy does it take to send a gigabyte of data?” at
Google’s event “How green is the Internet?”,
Mountain View, CA, USA, June 6th 2013. Érica Castanheira
attended the course “Modelling Indirect Land-Use Changes In Life Cycle
Assessment” in 8-10th May 2013, at the International Life Cycle Academy
(Barcelona, Spain). Fausto Freire has been invited to give the talk “Avaliação
de ciclo de vida de biocombustíveis” at the BIOCOM – Simpósio
Nacional de Biocombustíveis, ULBRA Canoas, Brazil,
24-26 April 2013.During his visit to Brazil, he has also been invited to
visit and give a talk at the Faculty of Engineering (FENG) of the Pontifical
Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil, in the scope of the Post-graduation
Program in Engineering and Technology (PGETEMA) and give the talk “Ferramentas da Ecologia
Industrial Aplicada na Gestão Ambiental de Biocombustíveis: A experiência
da Universidade de Coimbra - Portugal” at Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas (IPH), Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). 3 new papers on international journals with scientific refereeing
resulting from collaborations between CIE and LEDAP-ADAI, ISR-UC, and the University
of S. Paulo - Brazil have recently been accepted for publication: - Ferreira, C., Ribeiro, B., Mendes,
R., Freire, F. (2013). “Life-Cycle
Assessment of ammunition demilitarisation in a
static kiln”. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 2013,
38, 296 – 302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prep.201200088 - Faria, F., Marques, P., Moura, P.,
Freire, F., Delgado, J., Almeida, A. T. (2013). “Impact of the electricity mix and use profile in the life-cycle
assessment of electric vehicles”. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,
24, 271-287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2013.03.063 - Silva, D., Lahr,
F., Garcia, R., Freire, F., Ometto, A. (2013). “Life cycle assessment of medium density particleboard (MDP) produced in
Brazil”. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11367-013-0583-3 Fausto Freire
presented the following posters at CILCA 2013 - V Conferencia
Internacional sobre Análisis de Ciclo de Vida,
24-27 March 2013, Mendonza, Argentina: João Queirós, Carla Caldeira, Érica
Castanheira, Fausto Freire (2013) LCA of biodiesel from waste cooking
oil: alternative collection scenarios; Pedro Marques, Rita Garcia, Fausto
Freire (2013) LCA of electric
cars in Portugal. Fausto Freire has recently been elected Treasurer of the International
Society for Industrial Ecology. Foram atribuídos os prémios do
concurso Logótipo do CIE: 1º prémio (disco externo de 500 Gb):
Bruno Pinto 2º prémio (pendrive
de 4 Gb): Hélder Santos 3º prémio (pendrive
de 4 Gb): Marisa Passos Fausto Freire and
Pedro Marques presented two
invited talks at the Seminário ACV:
Fundamentos e Estudos de Caso, December 14, 2012,
Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro, Associação
Industrial do Distrito de Aveiro: “Key issues, uncertainty and variability in LCA” and “Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment of Electric and
Conventional Passenger Cars for Portugal”. Fausto Freire
presented an invited talk at the Expert-Workshop organized by the International
Energy Agency (IEA) HEV task 19 “Life Cycle Assessment of Electric Vehicles:
"Life Cycle Assessment of Electric Vehicles - From raw material
resources to waste management of vehicles with an electric drivetrain”,
December 7, 2012; Braunschweig,
German. The talk was entitled
"Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment of Electric and Conventional
Passenger Cars for Portugal", co-authored by Pedro Marques and Rita
Garcia. Fausto Freire, coordinator
of CIE, was invited to present the talk “Life Cycle Assessment of
biodiesel: waste cooking oils versus
vegetable oils”, in a workshop organized by the Centro para a Valorização de Resíduos (CVR),
in the scope of the European Biofuels Technology Platform, that will take
place on 31 October, University of Minho, Guimarães,
Portugal. Fausto Freire,
Coordinator of CIE, presented the following invited talk at the IX Congresso da Ordem dos Engenheiros (18-19 October 2012 Lisbon), about a LCA
study conducted for the Portuguese Association of Biofuel Producers (APPB),
with the collaboration of the following companies: Biofuels Prio SA - Martifer Factory Torrejana Biofuels, SA. Biovegetal
- Bio Fuels and Vegetables, SA - Grupo SGC; Sovena Oilseeds Portugal, SA - Grupo
Nutrinveste; Iberol -
Iberian Society of Oilseeds and Biofuels, SA: Castanheira, É. Correia, C. Cardoso,
H. Calçada, M. Reis, M. Carmona, P. Carvalho, R. Freire, F. (2012). “Life Cycle GHG Assessment of soybean biodiesel produced in Portugal”. Congratulations to the CIE researchers that have recently and
successfully defended their MSc Thesis: Ana Mateus - "Life-cycle assessment of
olive oil and wine in Portugal" (October 11, 11 AM) António Coelho -
"Life-cycle assessment of rapeseed biodiesel, with uncertainty analysis”
(October 11, 5 PM) João Queiroz
- “Assessment and certification of the sustainability of biodiesel from soy
or waste cooking oils” (October 12, 6 PM). Érica Castanheira
and Fausto Freire presented the following papers at
the 8th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCAFood
2012), 2-4 October, Saint Malo, France: Castanheira É. and Freire
F. (2012) “System expansion and allocation in the life-cycle GHG assessment
of soybean oil” Figueiredo, F., Castanheira É. and Freire F. (2012) “LCA of sunflower oil
addressing alternative land use change scenarios and practices” The following papers were presented at the 1st
International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainability, September
16-17, 2012. Porto, Portugal: Marques P. and Freire F. (2012) Environmental Life-Cycle
Assessment Of Conventional And
Electric Passenger Cars For Portugal
Safaei A.,, Freire
F. and Henggeler Antunes
C (2012) Economic Implications Of Solar And Cogeneration Technologies For The
Building Sector In Portugal Malça J., Coelho A. and Freire
F. (2012) Environmental
Life-Cycle Assessment Of
Rapeseed-Based Biodiesel:
Alternative Cultivation Systems And Locations Monteiro H., Fernandez J. and Freire F. (2012) Life-Cycle Energy
Analysis And Dynamic Simulation Of A Dwelling Carla Rodrigues presented the paper Rodrigues, C; Luiz, I; Tadeu, SF; Freire, F (2012) “Environmental Assessment of
Alternative Options for the Roof Retrofit of an Historic Building” at the Congresso de Inovação na Construção Sustentável (CINCOS´12), 20-22 Sep, Aveiro,
Portugal. The Managers of the fund "The New Frontiers of Engineering"
awarded with a Honorable Mention in the category "Lecturers of
Engineering Award" (2012 edition) the paper: Batterman, S.; Martins,
A.; Antunes, C.; Freire, F.; Gameiro,
M. (2011). "Development and Application of Competencies for Graduate
Programs in Energy and Sustainability". Journal of Professional Issues
in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 137 (4), pp. 198-207. Fausto Freire is a
member of the Scientific Committee of: III Congresso Brasileiro em Gestão do
Ciclo de Vida de Produtos e Serviços – Novos Desafios para um Planeta
Sustentável, 3-6 Sep 2012, Universidade Estadual de
Maringá, Brazil [+] 1st International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainability
(EES 2012), Sep 26-27, 2012, Porto, Portugal. Fausto Freire,
coordinator of CIE, was interviewed and quoted in the
article in Nature: Guilbert, N (2012)
“Rapeseed biodiesel fails sustainability test: European Commission’s
calculations of greenhouse-gas emissions questioned”. Fausto Freire
presented the paper Garcia R; Freire F (2012)
“Carbon footprint of wood-based panels: different methodologies leading to contradictory
results” at the 1st Indian Life Cycle Assessment and Management Conference,
21-23 August, New Delhi, India. MSc Renata P. S. Grisoli, CENBIO - University of São Paulo, visited the University of Coimbra (Jun-Jul 2012) and gave a talk
entitled “Projeto BIOACV: Comparação da ACV de
biodiesel de soja e gordura animal via rotas metílicas e etílicas –
Discussões metodológicas”, on July
25, 12 AM, in DEM-FCTUC Pólo II. Workshop
of ECODEEP project: “Life-cycle inventories: Olive and vegetable oils, wine
and horticultural" on 27 July 2012 in University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real. Meeting reseachers from ADAI-UC, UTAD, IPB, IPCB, UA and ESAC. Prof. Fausto Freire presented the poster Caldeira,
C.; Gülsen, E.; Olivetti, E.; Castanheira,
É.; Figueiredo, F.; Malça,
J.; Dias, L.; Kirchain, R. ; Freire, F. (2012)
"Capturing Uncertainty in Biofuels for Transportation. Resolving
Environmental Performance and Enabling Improved Use", at the Gordon
Research Conference on Industrial Ecology, June 17-22, Les Diablerets, Switzerland. Prof. Suani Teixeira Coelho, CENBIO - University of São Paulo,
is currently visiting the University of Coimbra and gave a talk about
Bioenergy in Brazil, on June 15, 11 AM, in Auditório
DEM-FCTUC Pólo II. Prof.
Stuart Batterman, University of Michigan, is
currently Fullbright Visiting Professor at the
University of Coimbra and gave a talk entitled “Environmental and Public
Health Impacts of Urban Transportation Infrastructure”. on
June 8, 11 AM, in Auditório DEM-FCTUC Pólo II. Poster
and presentation awards at the 3rd MIT Portugal Conference: The
poster H. Monteiro, F. Freire, J Fernandez (2012) “Extended life cycle
assessment of Low-energy houses in the Mediterranean context” presented at
the 3rd MIT Portugal Conference, Guimarães, May
28-29 2012, was selected as one of the best six
posters. This granted a pitch presentation by Helena Monteiro in the Session
“Focus on Leaders- Students’ Pitch” that was awarded as the 3rd best
presentation (with a FNAC card). Érica Castanheira
visited CENBIO, University of São Paulo, Brazil, in the scope of the BIOACV
Project, in May-June 2012. During her visit, Érica Castanheira participated as a speaker in the 4º. Seminário Bioenergia do CENBIO:
Desafios e Oportunidades
de Negócios. Rita Garcia presented the paper Garcia, R and Freire, F (2012)
“Environmental assessment of wood-based panels: a comparison of
life-cycle-based tools” at the BSA 2012 – Building Sustainability Assessment
Conference, May 23-25, Porto, ranked 2nd among the best papers submitted by
Students and Early Research Students. Conference by Sara González-García on May
22, 11 AM, in Auditório DEM-FCTUC Pólo II, entitled “Application of life cycle assessment
to biofuels production: cases studies”. The following papers were presented at the 2012 IEEE ISSST -
International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, May 16-18,
2012, Boston, Massachussets, USA: Freire, F and Marques, P (2012) "Electric Vehicles in Portugal:
an integrated energy, greenhouse gas and costs life-cycle analysis" Castanheira, É and Freire, F
(2012) "Life-cycle GHG assessment of soybean biodiesel" Safaei, A; Freire, F and Antunes, CH (2012) "Life-cycle cost optimization model
extended with environmental impact assessment for energy management of
service buildings" Gülsen, E; Olivetti, EA; Malça, J; Castanheira, É;
Freire, F and Kirchain, R (2012) “Managing
Uncertainty and Variation in Optimal Multi-feedstock Biodiesel Systems” Fausto Freire was Chairman
of the Transport 2 Session of the 2012 IEEE ISSST. Researchers from
the CIE presented 6 papers in the VI Encontro de
Engenharia Mecânica da Ordem dos Engenheiros, March
1-3, Coimbra. Researchers from the MIT and the University of Coimbra have visited
Biodiesel production facilities in the context of the Biotrans
Project in December 2011. A workshop took also place at DEM on December 14,
2011 Profs. Gil Anderi da Silva and Luiz Kulay
from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, have visited the University of
Coimbra for meetings at the CIE. Prof. Luiz Kulay gave the talk:
"Life-Cycle Management em empresas
Brasileiras: A experiência do Grupo de Prevenção da Poluição da Universidade
de São Paulo" on December
5, at DEM-FCTUC Pólo II. João Malça
has defended his PhD thesis with distinction and honors in Mechanical
Engineering on November 3 2011. The thesis is entitled “Incorporating
uncertainty in the life-cycle modeling of biofuels: energy renewability and
GHG intensity of biodiesel and bioethanol in Europe” and was supervised by
Prof. Fausto Freire. Prof. Randy Kirchain, from
the MIT, has given a talk on “Leveraging uncertainty to realize sustainable
engineering systems: Case studies across three industries”, on November 3rd,
at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC.
Érica Castanheira and
Fausto Freire have been awarded two “Santander Totta” grants to visit CENBIO at the University of São
Paulo, Brazil, in 2011, to work on research concerning the assessment
of biofuel sustainability.
The following paper
and poster have recently been presented at the Workshop “Quantifying and
managing land use effects of bioenergy”, 19-21 September 2011, Campinas,
Brazil: Amir Safaei has recently
presented the paper A. Safaei, F. Freire, and C. H. Antunes
(2011) "A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model to Minimize the Life
Cycle Costs of Meeting Energy Demand in Service Sector Buildings", at
the ICEET 2011 - International Conference on Environmental Engineering and
Technology, July 13-15, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The following papers have recently been presented at
the 2011 IEEE ISSST - International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and
Technology, May 16-18, 2011, Chicago, Illinois, USA: Professor Fausto Freire,
Coordinator of the Center for Industrial Ecology, is given a talk
"Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment of electric and conventional vehicles
in Portugal" at the 43rd LCA Discussion Forum, “Life Cycle Assessment of
Electromobility Answers and Challenges”, April 6
2011, Zürich. BioTrans project team visits Prio Energy facilities New Masters in Environmental Engineering Prof Fausto Freire,
coordinator of the CIE, was invited to participate in the EXPERT WORKSHOP ON
TEMPORARY CARBON STORAGE FOR USE IN LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT & CARBON footprinting, Organized by the European Commission, JRC
for Environment and Sustainability, 10th October in Ispra
(Italy) Érica Geraldes
Castanheira has presented the paper "CO2 and
N2Oemissions from Palm Oil Plantations: Impacts of Land Use and Land use
Change" at the LCA Food 2010 - VII Int. Conference on LCA in the Agri-food sector, 22-24 September, Bari (Italy). Prof Fausto Freire, coordinator of the CIE,
is a MIT visiting scholar during June-July 2010 UKERC Summer School 2010 - Understanding Energy and Pathways to
Low-Carbon Living and Resilient Systems, 20-25 June - University of Warwick "International Sustainable Buildings Symposium”, 26-28 May 2010 - Ankara / TURKEY Students from Environmental and Mechanical
Engineering from University of Aveiro promote the
Conference
"Sustainable Mobility - The Role of Technology" - May 19, 2010 Interview with Érica Castanheira, conducted by the Energy for Sustainability (EfS) initiative, published in the MIT-Portugal website "Confronting Uncertainty in LCA" a
special session at the 25th Mini EURO Conference, Coimbra, April
15-17 2010 New
article by João
Malça and Fausto Freire
published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology: "Uncertainty
Analysis in Biofuel Systems : An Application to the Life Cycle of Rapeseed
Oil" SB10 Portugal - Sustainable Building Affordable to All, 17 a 19 de Março 2010 - Algarve/Portugal Athanasios Balafoutis, a
researcher from the Agricultural University of Athens, will be visiting the
Center for Industrial Ecology from March till August, 2010 Prof. Fausto Freire will give an invited
talk about bioenergy in the Workshop "Solar Energy and Biomass",
University of Minho, February 26, 2010 Two new Research projects (in collaboration with the MIT) awarded for
the Center for Industrial Ecology (CIE) in response to the MIT- Portugal
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