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The CENTRE
FOR INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY (CIE) at the University of Coimbra is a research
group in the multi-disciplinary field of Industrial Ecology. The CIE develops
and applies tools to enhance the sustainability of products and systems
supported by life-cycle thinking. The CIE is actively involved in the Energy
for Sustainability Initiative at the University of Coimbra and is part of
ADAI-LAETA (Associated
Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics). The CIE promotes
scientific research, development and innovation to support industry, public
authorities, organizations, and consumers towards sustainable production and
consumption. The CIE takes a holistic and systematic approach to the analysis
of sustainable systems by exploring trade-offs and synergies between economy,
environment and society. The CIE has assembled a
multidisciplinary team of faculty, researchers,
doctoral/Master’s candidates, and visiting scholars. Research is carried out in collaboration with other Portuguese
institutions and with international partners mainly in Europe, the United
States and Latin America. The CIE team has
experience in both research and technical projects in the field of
Industrial Ecology and provides expertise in: • Life-cycle
management • Life-cycle
sustainability assessment (LCSA) • Environmental
life-cycle assessment (LCA), Social LCA, and Life-Cycle Costing (LCC) • Dynamic
LCA, multi-objective optimization, and other extended life-cycle approaches • Carbon,
water, and environmental footprints • Eco-design • Urban
metabolism • Circular
Economy Our expertise is applied
in the following areas: • Energy | renewables (bio-energy,
bio-fuels, solar, and others), natural gas, electricity • Transportation | sustainable mobility,
vehicle components and systems (electric vehicles, trains, fleet analysis,
batteries), power trains • Buildings and Sustainable Architecture | building
components, pre-fabricated architecture, sustainable construction and
retro-fit, thermal insulation, sustainable urban development • Agri-food and Forestry | fruits, vegetables,
vegetable oils, animal-derived products, sustainable diets, wood-based
materials, land-use change • Waste Management | waste cooking oil, beef
tallow, demilitarization, anaerobic digestion, building waste management • Packaging The CIE provides the
following services: • LCA studies and critical
reviews (ISO 14040/44) • Environmental Product
Declarations (EPDs), including DAPHabitat • Product Carbon Footprint
(PAS 2050, GHG Protocol, ISO 14067) • Assessment of
sustainability criteria for bio-fuels • Sustainability assessment
of buildings • Development of eco-design
tools (improvement of resource and energy efficiency, and waste minimization) • Training and scientific meetings O CENTRO PARA
A ECOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (CIE) na Universidade de Coimbra é um grupo de
investigação na área multidisciplinar da Ecologia Industrial. A investigação
do CIE visa promover a sustentabilidade de produtos e sistemas através do
desenvolvimento e aplicação de abordagens de ciclo de vida. O CIE tem um forte envolvimento na Iniciativa Energia para a Sustentabilidade da
Universidade de Coimbra e faz parte da ADAI-LAETA (Associação para o
Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial – Laboratório Associado em
Energia, Transportes e Aerodinâmica). O CIE reúne uma equipa
multidisciplinar de docentes, investigadores, doutorandos, mestrandos e
investigadores visitantes. A investigação é realizada em colaboração com
outras instituições portuguesas e parceiros internacionais, principalmente na
Europa, Estados Unidos e América Latina. A
equipa do CIE tem experiência em projetos
técnicos e de investigação na área de Ecologia Industrial,
nomeadamente em: • Gestão do
Ciclo de Vida • Avaliação
da Sustentabilidade de Ciclo de Vida • Avaliação
Ambiental de Ciclo de Vida (ACV), Avaliação Social de Ciclo de Vida,
Avaliação Económica de Ciclo de Vida • ACV
dinâmica, otimização multiobjectivo, e outras abordagens de ciclo de vida • Pegada de
carbono, pegada da água e pegada ambiental • Eco-design • Metabolismo
urbano • Economia circular Aplicações: • Energia | renováveis (bioenergia, biocombustíveis, solar e
outras), gás natural, eletricidade • Transportes | mobilidade sustentável, sistemas de veículos e
componentes automóveis (veículos elétricos, transporte ferroviário, análise
de frotas, baterias) • Edifícios e Arquitetura Sustentável |
componentes de edifícios, arquitetura pré-fabricada,
construção e remodelação sustentável, isolamento térmico, desenvolvimento
urbano sustentável • Agro-indústria e Florestas | frutas, vegetais, óleos vegetais, produtos de origem
animal, dietas sustentáveis, produtos de madeira, alteração de uso dos solos • Gestão de Resíduos | óleos alimentares usados, gordura animal,
desmilitarização, digestão anaeróbia, gestão de resíduos de construção e
demolição • Embalagens Serviços: • Estudos
de ACV e revisões críticas (ISO 14040/44) • Elaboração
de Declarações Ambientais de Produto (DAP), incluindo DAPHabitat • Avaliação
da Pegada de Carbono do Produto (PAS 2050, GHG Protocol,
ISO 14067) • Avaliação
de critérios de sustentabilidade de biocombustíveis • Avaliação
da sustentabilidade de edifícios • Desenvolvimento
de ferramentas de eco-design • Formação
e organização de encontros científicos |
NEWS Opening Lecture EfS
2017/2018 THE
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Roland
Clift Emeritus
Professor, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey,
UK Visiting
Professor, Center for Industrial Ecology, University of Coimbra Adjunct
Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of
British Columbia, Canada September
20 | 14h30 Auditorium
of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra ___________________________________________________ Fausto Freire, Carla Caldeira
and Joana Bastos, researchers from CIE-UC. participated in the 2017
Joint Conference ISIE and ISSST - Science in Support of Sustainable and
Resilient Communities, held in June 25 - 29, Chicago, IL, USA. The
following papers were presented: - 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.
___________________________________________________ Webinar July 5, 10h-11h30 (PT)
To
register, send an email to urbanwins@iclei.org
Link
to the webinar: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/447945509
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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. Congratulations! ___________________________________________________
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. ___________________________________________________
#2 UrbanWINS Newsletter is out! Join
the UrbanWINS community! ___________________________________________________ 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).
Congratulations! ___________________________________________________ LECTURE 14
March 2017, 2.30 pm Jeremy Gregory, from the Materials
Systems Laboratory at MIT, will give a talk on “Quantitative building
and infrastructure sustainability and resilience”. Local: Auditorium of the
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (Polo II campus). Admission is free. No registration is needed. ___________________________________________________ SEMINAR Circular
Economy and Waste Management UrbanWINS Project: An innovative and
participatory approach 10 March 2017, 2-6 pm,
Leiria CIE,
Nova University of Lisbon, CEIFAcoop, and the
Municipality of Leiria are organizing, under the UrbanWINS European project, a Seminar entitled "Circular
Economy and Waste Management - UrbanWINS Project:
An innovative and participatory approach". Admission is free, but
registration is required. Please fill in this form and send it to geral[at]ceifacoop.pt
by 9 March. ___________________________________________________ Thematic
Session “Life-cycle assessment (LCA)
and management (LCM)”, organized by Fausto
Freire, João Malça, Érica Castanheira and Carla
Rodrigues, will be held at the 3rd Energy for Sustainability
International Conference (EfS2017).
LECTURE 24
January 2017, 2 pm Elsa Olivetti, from the Materials
Science and Engineering Department at
MIT, will give a talk
on “Environmental
Assessment of Recycling and Beneficial use of Industrial Waste”. 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). Congratulations! Fausto Freire and Pedro
Marques from CIE and PhD visiting student Roberto Sartori
(University of São Paulo, CENBIO - National Biomass Reference Center) visited
Pinewells,
a biomass pellets production plant on 13 January.
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