Projects
Ongoing projects
2020 - 2023
BetterPlastics: Plastics in a Circular Economy
Principal Researcher at UC: Fausto Freire
Project leader: VIZELPAS FLEXIBLE FILMS, S.A.
Partners: VIZELPAS FLEXIBLE FILMS, S.A., DANIPACK – Indústria de Plásticos, S.A., ECOIBERIA – Reciclados Ibéricos, S.A., INTRAPLÁS – Indústria Transformadora de Plásticos, S.A., ISOLAGO – Indústria de Plásticos, S.A., KLC – Indústria de Transformação de Matérias Plásticas, Lda., Logoplaste Innovation Lab, Lda., NEUTROPLAST – Indústria de Embalagens Plásticas, S.A., PLASFIL – Plásticos da Figueira, S.A., PLASMAQ – Máquinas e Equipamentos Indústria Plásticos, Lda., PLASOESTE – Sociedade Transformadora de Plásticos, Lda., REPSOL POLÍMEROS, S.A., SACOS 88 – Sociedade de Plásticos, Lda., S.I.E. – Sociedade Internacional de Embalagens, S.A., SIRPLASTE – Sociedade Industrial de Recuperados de Plásticos, S.A., SONAE MC – Serviços Partilhados, S.A., PIEP - Pólo de Inovação em Engenharia de Polímeros., UM, INL, FCT-UNL, IST, IPLeiria, UA, UC, APIP.
Funding Entity: FEDER, PT2020
2020 - 2023
S4Plast: Sustainable Plastics Advanced Solutions
Principal Researcher at UC: Teresa Vieira (CEMMPRE – DEM)
Project leader: IBER-OLEFF
Partners: IBER-OLEFF, CENTIMFE, UM, IST, IPLeiria, UC, UA, ASSOCIAÇÃO POOL-NET - PORTUGUESE TOOLING & PLASTICS NETWORK, WEADD LDA, EDILÁSIO CARREIRA DA SILVA LDA, ITJ INTERNACIONAL MOLDES LDA, OLI - SISTEMAS SANITÁRIOS, S.A., EROFIO ATLÂNTICO, S.A., CABOPOL - POLYMER COMPOUNDS, S.A., 3DTECH - PRODUÇÃO, OPTIMIZAÇÃO E REENGENHARIA LDA, NEUTROPLAST - INDUSTRIA DE EMBALAGENS PLASTICAS, SA.
Funding Entity: FEDER, PT2020, COMPETE2020, Lisboa2020
Funding: 5 970 332,13€
2018 - 2022
OPTIMA: Optimised Pest Integrated Management to precisely detect and control plant diseases in perennial crops and open-field vegetables
Principal Resaercher at UC: Fausto Freire
Project leader: Agricultural University of Athens (AUA)
Partners: AUA, UPC, ILVO, UNITO, IRSTEA, WR, UC, AO, FEDE, CAFFINI, AGENSO, Terre da Vino, INVENIO, ECPA, CERTH
Funding Entity: European Union – Horizon 2020
Funding: 3 425 662.50€
2021 - 2026
WalNUT: Closing waste water cycles for nutrient recovery
Principal Resaercher at UC: Fausto Freire
Project leader: FUNDACION CARTIF
Partners: CARTIF, APCA, AQUAFIN, CETAQUA, UGent, ICONS, NTUA, SDU, 3R, UCPH, UNITO, VEOLIA, UC, and ITACYL
Funding Entity: European Commission – Horizon 2020
Funding: 5 949 629 €
Funding for UC: 288 855 €
2018 - 2022
SET-LCA: Streamlined Ecodesign Tools based on Life Cycle Assessment incorporating uncertainty
Principal Investigator: Fausto Freire
Co-PI: Carla Rodrigues
Project leader: CIE-ADAI
Projects Partners: INESCC (Portugal), Embrapa Agroindústria (Brasil)
Funding Entity: FEDER/FCT |CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-030570
Funding: 239 705 €
2018 - 2022
T4ENERTEC: Tools for supporting the selection of energy efficient technologies
Principal Investigator (PI): Álvaro Gomes (INESCC)
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: INESCC
Projects Partners: CIE-ADAI
Funding Entity: FEDER/FCT | POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029820
Funding: 221 878 €
Concluded projects
CTB BASICS
2017 - 2020
CTB BASICS: CleanTechBlock – Sustainable Multi-functional Building Block Basics
Coordinator: Srečo D. Škapin (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia)
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Projects Partners: Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), CellMat Technologies S.L. (CMT), ADAI-LAETA
Funding entity: M-ERA.NET/FCT | M-ERA-NET2/0017/2016
Funding: 425 884 €
SABIOS
2016 - 2020
SABIOS: Sustainability assessment of bioenergy systems: a life cycle multi-criteria decision-support approach, including land use change
Coordinator: Luis Arroja (CESAM-UA)
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: CESAM-UA
Projects Partners: UA, CIE- ADAI, INESCC
Funding Entity: FEDER/FCT | PTDC/AAG-MAA/6234/2014 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016765)
Funding: 199 836 €
STREAMLAB
2018 - 2020
STREAMLAB: Streamlined environmental and cost life-cycle assessment of building retrofits: a decision-supporting tool
Coordinator: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: CIE-ADAI
Projects Partners: CEBER_UC, INESCC
Funding Entity: FCT | MIT-EXPL/SUS/0013/2017
Funding: 83 544 €
VALORMED
2018 - 2019
Life Cycle Assessment and eco-design of medicine packaging
Coordinator: Fausto Freire
Funding Entity: VALORMED
SUSTAINFOR
2016 - 2019
SUSTAINFOR: Sustainability assessment of forest sector management strategies in the context of a bioeconomy
Coordinator: Ana Cláudia Dias (CESAM-UA)
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: CESAM-UA
Projects Partners: UA, CIE- ADAI
Funding Entity: FEDER/FCT | PTDC/AGR-FOR/1510/2014 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016764)
Funding: 199 992 €
URBANWINS
2016 - 2019
URBANWINS: Urban metabolism accounts for building waste management innovative networks and strategies
Coordinator at UC: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: Comune di Cremona
Projects Partners: Cremona, Ecosistemi, IUAV, Ecoteca, RoGBC, ECOTIC, CTM, ICLEI EURO, UC, Chalmers, NOVA ID, GLOBAL INOV, Marraiafura, Citta Metropolitana di Roma, CEIFACOOP, Mun, Bucaresti, ENVIRON, CCIAA CREM, SABADELL, ISTAT, Manresa, Município de Leiria, Consorci Bages, SERI, CREE GMBH, Citta di Torino, Linea Gestioni SRL
Funding Entity: European Union – Horizon 2020 | Grant Agreement No. 690047
Funding: 4 966 516.25 €
WASHONE
2016 - 2018
WASHONE: Innovative multifunctional toilet addressing comfort, hygiene and sustainability issues
Coordinator at DEM-UC: António Gameiro
Proponent Institution: Oliveira & Irmão S.A.
Projects Partners: Oliveira & Irmão S.A., Sanindusa S.A., EVOLEO Services Lda., IteCons, ANQIP, DEM-UA, DEM-UC
Funding Entity: FEDER/COMPETE 2020 | Projeto n.º 17461
Funding: 460 802 €
RAPESEED-BASED BIODIESEL
2014 - 2016
Life Cycle Assessment of GHG emissions for rapeseed-based biodiesel in Portugal
Coordinator: Fausto Freire
Project Partners: ADAI-LAETA, APPB, Iberol, Prio, Biovegetal, Sovena and Torrejana
Funding Entity: Portuguese Association of Biofuel Producers (APPB - Associação Portuguesa de Produtores de Biocombustíveis)
BIOENERGY
2013 - 2015
Life Cycle Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Bioenergy
Coordinators: Fausto Freire (ADAI-LAETA), Suani Coelho (USP)
Project Partners: ADAI-LAETA, USP
Funding Entity: Cooperação Transnacional – Convénio FCT/CAPES
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EDIL
2013 - 2015
EDIL: EcoDesign and Impact Labelling
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: CIE PLASFIL
Funding Entity: QREN
EMSURE
2013 - 2015
EMSURE: Energy and Mobility for SUstainable Regions
Coordinator: António Gomes Martins (UC)
Proponent Institution: Energy for Sustainability Initiative, University of Coimbra
Project Partners: ADAI-LAETA/ CES/ CGeo/ CISUC/ CICC/ ITeCons/ CIEC/ CIEPQPF/ GEMF/ CMA-IMAR/ INESCC/ IPCDVS/ ISR
Funding Entity: FEDER (Programa Operacional Regional do Centro 2007-2013) | CENTRO-07-0224-FEDER-002004
Funding: 1.17 M€
http://www.uc.pt/en/efs/research/emsure
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
2013 - 2015
Sustainable mobility: perspectives for the future of biofuel production
Coordinator: Cristina Matos (LNEG)
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: LNEG
Project Partners: LNEG, ADAI-LAETA
Funding Entity: FCT | PTDC/EMS-ENE/1839/2012
Funding: 174 407 €
BIOHEAVY
2012 - 2015
BIOHEAVY: Extended “well-to-wheels” assessment of biodiesel for heavy transport vehicles
Coordinator: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: ADAI-LAETA
Project Partners: ADAI-LAETA, INESCC
Funding Entity: FCT | PTDC/SEN-TRA/117251/2010
Funding: 140 000 €
ECODEEP
2011 - 2014
ECODEEP: Eco-efficiency and Eco-management in Agro-industry
Coordinator: António Dinis Ferreira (IPC)
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: IPC
Project Partners: IPC, IPCB, UA, ADAI-LAETA, UTAD, IPB
Funding Entity: COMPETE (POFC), QREN, FEDER | FCOMP-05-0128-FEDER-018643
Funding: 871 000 €
http://www.inovcluster.com/#ecodeep
ERM
2011 - 2014
ERM: Environmentally Responsible Munitions
Coordinator: José Baranda Ribeiro
Proponent Institution: ADAI-LAETA
Project Partners: ADAI-LAETA, IDD and EDA
Funding Entity: Ministério da Defesa Nacional | Technical Arrangement Nº B0423-GEM2-ERG
Funding: 204 000 €
BIOTRANS
2010 - 2014
BIOTRANS: Capturing Uncertainty in Biofuels for Transportation. Resolving Environmental Performance and Enabling Improved Use
Coordinators: Fausto Freire (ADAI-LAETA), Randolph Kirchain (MSL-MIT)
Proponent Institution: ADAI-LAETA
Project Partners: ADAI-LAETA, INESCC and MSL-MIT
Funding Entity: FCT | MIT/SET/0014/2009
Funding: 197 000 €
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
2010 - 2014
Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Electric Vehicle Systems
Coordinator: Luís Dias (INESCC)
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: INESCC
Project Partners: MSL-MIT, ADAI-LAETA, ISR and INESCC
Funding Entity: FCT | MIT/MCA/0066/2009
Funding: 198 780 €
FULBRIGHT
2011 - 2012
Fulbright Scholar in Engineering and Public Health / Risk, Environmental Impacts, Health Assessment
Coordinator: Fausto Freire (Energy for Sustainability Initiative, University of Coimbra)
Funded Entity: Fulbright Foundation (Fulbright Grant for Portuguese Institutions of Higher Education)
BIOACV
2010 - 2012
BIOACV: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Biodiesel from soybean oil and animal fat with methanol and ethanol
Coordinator: Suani Teixeira Coelho (USP)
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: Cenbio – Universidade de São Paulo
Project Partners: USP, POLICOM/UPE, ADAI-LAETA and Fertibom Industria Lda.
Funding Entity: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) | MCT/CNPq/FNDCT Nº3/2010
SOYBEAN-BASED BIODIESEL
2010 - 2012
Life Cycle Assessment of GHG emissions for soybean-based biodiesel in Portugal
Coordinator: Fausto Freire
Project Partners: ADAI-LAETA, APPB, Iberol, Prio, Biovegetal, Sovena and Torrejana
Funding Entity: Portuguese Association of Biofuel Producers (APPB - Associação Portuguesa de Produtores de Biocombustíveis)
BIOFUEL SYSTEMS FOR TRANSPORTATION
2007 - 2011
Biofuel systems for transportation in Portugal: A "well-to-wheels" integrated multi-objective assessment
Coordinator: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: ADAI-LAETA
Funded Entity: FCT | PTDC/TRA/72996/2006
Funding: 145 000 €
NEW BIOETHERS FROM GLYCEROL
2007 - 2010
New Bioethers from Glycerol
Coordinator: António Portugal (PRODEQ)
Coordinator at ADAI-LAETA: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: PRODEQ - Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Engenharia Química
Project Partners: ADAI-LAETA, Space Ecocombustíveis, Lda. (SPACE)
Funding Entity: FCT | PTDC/EQU-ERQ/72493/2006
Funding: 164 242 €
PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
2007 - 2008
Photovoltaic Systems: from materials extraction to Electricity Production
Coordinator: Fausto Freire
Proponent Institution: University of Coimbra
Project Partners: UC, FCTUC, ADAI-LAETA, INESCC, PRODEQ, Sinergiæ, Lda. and Município de Cantanhede
Funding Entity: ICentro – Programa Regional de Acções Inovadoras da Região Centro de Portugal 2006/2007 | iC-03-01FDR-0055
Funding: 105 000 €