Nearly Zero Energy Building Refurbishment

Policy instruments: The case of Germany.- Built environment life cycle process and climate change.- Benefits of refurbishment.- Building energy prediction based on occupant behavior.- Uncertainty in refurbishment investment.- Energy performance of buildings: a comparison of standard assessment methods.- Life cycle energy performance evaluation.-Retrofit scenarios to shift nearly net ZEBs towards net ZEB target.- A multiple-case study of passive house retrofits of school buildings in Austria.- State-of-the art on retrofit strategies selection using multi-objective optimization and genetic algorithms.- Multiple criteria analysis of life cycle of energy-efficient built environment.- Toxicity issues: Indoor air quality.- Toxicity issues: Radon.- Ventilation rate: thermal efficiency and health aspects.- Insulation materials made with vegetable fibres.- High performance insulation materials.- Thermal energy storage technologies.- Phase change materials in nearly zero energy building refurbishment.- Nanogel windows.- Switchable glazing technology: Electrochromic fenestration for energy efficient buildings.- Solar photovoltaic/termal tecnologies: Their application in building retrofitting.

Investigator in the C-TAC Research Centre at the University of Minho. Authored 230 publications, 65 referenced on ISI Web of Knowledge, 38 papers published on ISI-A1 journals. First author of 12 papers in ISI-A1 journals with a special mention. Five papers in the Top 25 Hottest articles of Science Direct, five in the Top 5% most cited and two in the Top 10 most cited articles published in the last 5 years between 3356 (Scopus). Has an accumulated impact factor of 87. Citations on ISI Web of Knowledge-295 (h-index=10), citations on Scopus-416 (h-index=11), citations on Scholar Google-863 (h-index=15). Prediction for the year 2020 using Kording´s algorithm and excluding self-citations (SCI-h-index=25). Member of the editorial board of four international journals. Acted as invited reviewer in more than one hundred papers for almost 40 international journals (20 ISI and 8 Scopus). In the last 5 years was invited to review 93 SCI papers (77 ISI and 16 Scopus). Lead Editor of 8 international books with contributors from 37 countries (SCI h-index >10 (59 authors), SCI h-index >15 (41 authors), SCI h-index >20 (14 authors): Toxicity of Building Materials; Eco-efficient Concrete; Handbook of Recycled Concrete; LCA, Eco-labeling and Cases Studies; Nanotechnology for Eco-efficient construction; Eco-efficient Masonry Bricks and Blocks; Handbook of alkali-activated cements, mortars and concretes, Publisher: WoodHead Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, UK. Nearly Zero Energy Building Refurbishment: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Publisher: Springer, London, UK. Has practiced as a professional Civil Engineer during 10 years (1993-2003). Member of the Portuguese Board of Engineers since 1993, granted with the Senior title in 2003.