Editorial board member

03/2023 - present: Energy and Buildings, Elsevier. 

Guest Editor

2022: Special Issue in Sustainability: Thermal Behavior and Energy Efficiency of Buildings, Publisher: MDPI.

Research projects 

11/2023 - present

PI of the Project ECLECTIC - Enabling CircuLar Economy aCTIon plans for small and medium-sized Cities. University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Funders: This project has been funded by Formas, FCT, LMT and MUR under the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership, which has been co-funded by the European Union.
Ref. DUT/0009/2022

07/2023 - present

Researcher in the framework of the COST Action CA21103 - Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment (CircularB). Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

01/2021 - present

Researcher in the framework of the project LA/P/0079/2020, LAETA - Laboratório Associado de Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica.
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal
Ref. LA/P/0079/2020 

01/2019 - 12/2019

Researcher in the framework of the project UID/EMS/50022/2019, LAETA - Laboratório Associado de Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica.
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal
Ref. UID/EMS/50022/2019

06/2016 - 09/2019

Postdoctoral researcher in the framework of the project "PCMs4Buildings – Systems with PCM-filled rectangular cavities for the storage of solar thermal energy for buildings". ADAI, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Funders: FEDER funds through COMPETE 2020 – POCI and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal
Ref. POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016750 | PTDC/EMS-ENE/6079/2014

02/2014 - 12/2015

MIT-Kuwait Signature Project "Sustainability of Kuwait's Built Environment" - Task C: Energy. This project was a collaboration between the Kuwait-MIT Centre for Natural Resources and the Environment (CNRE), the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), the MIT Sustainable Design Lab, the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and the Kuwait University. MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. 
Funders: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait; Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment, USA

09/2014 - 09/2015

EMSURE Project "Energy and Mobility for Sustainable Regions". ADAI, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Funders: European Regional Development Fund, Belgium; QREN - Quadro de Referência Estratégica Nacional, Portugal
Ref. CENTRO-07-0224-FEDER-002004

10/2008 - 02/2011

Project "Thermal behaviour of buildings in Portugal using phase change materials". Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. 
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal
Ref. PTDC/ENR/68224/2006

01/2010 - 02/2011

Project "PCM Brick - Development of a prototype of a block/brick", in the context of the Portuguese Government QREN funding program for R&D in small and medium size companies. Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Portugal. 
Funders: QREN - Quadro de Referência Estratégica Nacional, Portugal
Ref. Project No. 6461, R&D Voucher

 

Evaluation committee

2024: Evaluator of research proposals in the framework of the Programme “CO-DEVELOP-GT - Pillar I” of the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) under its RESTART 2016-2020 Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation, Cyprus.  

2024: Evaluator of research proposals in the framework of the Programme “Research in Enterprises” and the Specific Call “ENTERPRISES/ENERGY/1123/0027” of the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) under its RESTART 2016-2020 Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation, Cyprus.  

2024: Evaluator of research proposals in the framework of the first Climate Change and Environment Call (CCEC-01st) of the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) - a division of Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation Council (QRDIC) - in partnership with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Qatar.  

2024: Evaluator of research proposals in the framework of the “Proof of Concept for Technology / Knowhow Applications” Programme of the Research & Innovation Foundation (RIF) Programmes for “Research, Technological Development and Innovation” - “RESTART 2016-2020”, Cyprus.  

2023: Evaluator of research project proposals in the framework of the Second Call - CIVIS3i Alliance Programme for International, Interdisciplinary, Intersectoral Research and Training for Experienced Researchers - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)-H2020-COFUND - Postdoctoral Fellowships Programme / Call 2021, under the coordination of Aix-Marseille University, France.  

2022: Evaluator of research project proposals in the framework of the First Call - CIVIS3i Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)-H2020-COFUND "CIVIS Alliance Programme for International, Interdisciplinary, Intersectoral Research and Training" for Experienced Researchers - Postdoctoral Fellowships Programme / Call 2021, under the coordination of Aix-Marseille University, France.

2018: Evaluator of research proposals submitted to the Science Foundation (ISF) of Israel, on the Individual Research Grants call, Israel.

2017: Evaluator of research proposals in the framework of the Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) Program: Research in Enterprises (RESTART 2016-2020 Programs for Research, Technological Development and Innovation to support the research community of Cyprus), Cyprus.

Conference scientific committee

2024: Member of the Scientific & Technical Committee of the ICEER 2024 – The 11th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research: “Renewable Energy Towards Decarbonization”, Coimbra, Portugal, July 24–26, 2024. ICEER 2024 is a joint organization of the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic of Porto (P.Porto) and the SCIEI.

2023: Member of the Scientific Committee of the ICEER 2023 - The 10th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research “Sustainable Development with Renewable Energy", Madrid, Spain, October 7–9, 2023. The Conference is a joint organization of the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic of Porto (P.Porto) and the SCIEI, with collaboration of the Dipartimento di Ingegneria of the Università degli studi "Roma Tre", CIETI and LEPABE research groups.

2023: Member of the Scientific Committee of the "2nd International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023", Funchal (Madeira Island), Portugal, June 27–30, 2023. The Conference is organized by Itecons (Portugal) in collaboration with CONST-NRC (Canada).

2022: Member of the Scientific Committee of the "9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research - ICEER 2022", Porto, Portugal, September 12–16, 2022. The Conference is a joint organization of the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic of Porto (P.Porto) and the SCIEI, with collaboration of the Dipartimento di Ingegneria of the Università degli studi "Roma Tre", CIETI and LEPABE research groups.

2019 - 2021: Member of the Scientific Committee of the "International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2021", Coimbra, Portugal, October 12–15, 2021. The Conference is organized by ITeCons.

2018 - 2019: Member of the Scientific Committee of the "4^th Energy for Sustainability International Conference - Designing a sustainable future", Turin, Italy, July 24–26, 2019. The Conference was organized by ITeCons, Energy for Sustainability Initiative of the University of Coimbra, Energy Centre - Polytechnic of Turin.

Edited book

Book of extended abstracts and posters. Seminar PCMs4Buildings – PCMs: Thermophysical characterization and buildings' applications. ADAI, Editor; N. Soares, Editorial Coordinator; Coimbra; Portugal; June 2018. ISBN: 978-989-99080-8-6.

Participation as reviewer in international journals

2024 - current    Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Publisher: Elsevier.

2023 - current    Case Studies in Construction Materials, Publisher: Elsevier.

2023 - current    Nature-Based Solutions, Publisher: Elsevier.

2023 - current    Engineering Structures, Publisher: Elsevier.

2023 - current    Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Publisher: Elsevier.

2023 - current    Materials, Publisher: MDPI.

2023 - current    Architecture, Publisher: MDPI.

2023 - current    Sensors, Publisher: MDPI.

2023 - current    Mathematics, Publisher: MDPI.

2023 - current    Molecules, Publisher: MDPI.

2023 - current    Buildings, Publisher: MDPI.

2023 - current    Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online.

2022 - current    Journal of Energy Storage, Publisher: Elsevier.

2022 - current    Construction and Building Materials, Publisher: Elsevier.

2022 - current    Building and Environment, Publisher: Elsevier.

2022 - current    Nanomaterials, Publisher: MDPI.

2022 - current    Energy Policy, Publisher: Elsevier.

2022 - current    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Publisher: Elsevier.

2022 - current    Waves in Random and Complex Media, Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

2022 - current    Minerals, Publisher: MDPI.

2022 - current    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, Publisher: SAGE Publishing.

2022 - current    Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Publisher: Springer.

2022 - current    Energy reports, Publisher: Elsevier.

2021 - current    International Journal of Ambient Energy, Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

2021 - current    Sustainability, Publisher: MDPI.

2020 - current    International Journal of Energy Research, Publisher: Wiley.

2020 - current    Energies, Publisher: MDPI.

2020 - current    Sustainable Cities and Society, Publisher: Elsevier.

2020 - current    Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Publisher: Springer.

2020 - current    International Journal of Green Energy, Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

2020 - current    Automation in Construction, Publisher: Elsevier.

2020 - current    Energy for Sustainable Development, Publisher: Elsevier.

2019 - current    Journal of Building Engineering, Publisher: Elsevier.

2019 - current    Applied Thermal Engineering, Publisher: Elsevier.

2019 - current    Solar Energy, Publisher: Elsevier.

2019 - current    Energy, Publisher: Elsevier.

2018 - current    Advances in Building Energy Research, Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

2018 - current    Building Simulation, Publisher: Springer-Verlag.

2018 - current    Energy Conversion and Management, Publisher: Elsevier.

2018 - current    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Publisher: Elsevier.

2017 - current    Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Publisher: ASME International.

2016 - current    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Publisher: Elsevier.

2016 - current    Progress in Organic Coatings, Publisher: Elsevier.

2016 - current    Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2016 - current    Architectural Science Review, Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

2014 - current    Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Publisher: Elsevier.

2014 - current    Applied Energy, Publisher: Elsevier.

2014 - current    Cement and Concrete Composites, Publisher: Elsevier.

2013 - current    Energy and Buildings, Publisher: Elsevier.

Organization of scientific events / Executive committee member 

Workshop “Dissertação de Mestrado - Por onde começar? / Revisão Bibliométrica e Revisão Sistemática da literatura / Gestão de referências bibliográficas”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, October 18, 2023. The Workshop was organized together with the “Pelouro de Ação Formativa e Interventiva do Núcleo de Estudantes do Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica da Associação Académica de Coimbra (NEEMAC)”.

"Measuring, Simulating and Understanding" presented in the European Researchers' Night SciCli 2021, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, September 24, 2021. This activity was organized by the Initiative Energy for Sustainability (EfS), Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra.

"Game of Energy for Sustainability - NEI 2019" presented in the European Researchers' Night 2019, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, September 27, 2019. This activity was organized by the Sustainable Campus Committee of the Initiative Energy for Sustainability (EfS) of the University of Coimbra.

"Game of Energy EfS" presented in the European Researchers' Night 2018, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, September 28, 2018. This activity was organized in the framework of the Initiative Energy for Sustainability of the University of Coimbra. 

Seminar "PCMs4Buildings – PCMs: Thermophysical characterization and buildings' applications", University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, June 14–15, 2018. The Seminar was organized by the University of Coimbra and ADAI-LAETA, in the framework of the project "PCMs4Buildings".

Workshop "Thermophysical characterization of PCMs: 1. Thermal analysis session; 2. Hot Disk^® session", University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, June 15, 2018. The Workshop was organized by the University of Coimbra and ADAI-LAETA, in the framework of the project "PCMs4Buildings".

Workshop "Sistemas de construção LSF (Lightweight Steel Framing): Apresentação do processo / sistema LSF System B(A)^a", Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, October 4, 2017. The Workshop was organized by the University of Coimbra and ADAI-LAETA, in the framework of the project "PCMs4Buildings.

CYTEF 2016 - VIII Iberian Congress | VI Ibero-American Congress – Refrigeration Sciences and Technologies, Coimbra, Portugal, May 3–6, 2016. The Congress was organized by the Spanish Society of Refrigeration Sciences and Technologies, Spain, and ADAI, Portugal.

Seminar "Phase Change Materials (PCMs) in Sustainable Construction", University of Aveiro, Portugal, February 23, 2011. The Seminar was organized by the University of Aveiro, in the framework of the project "Energy - Thermal behaviour of buildings in Portugal using phase change materials".

Workshop "Certificação Energética de edifícios em Portugal", Vagos, Portugal, November 23, 2007. The Seminar was organized by CERTIFER and ADENE, Vagos, Portugal.

Prototypes and pilot installations 

N. Soares, A.R. Gaspar, J.J. Costa (2018). Pilot installation. Experimental installation to evaluate the performance of photovoltaic systems with movable thermal energy storage units filled with PCMs (PV/PCM prototype), ADAI – Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics, Coimbra, Portugal.

P. Santos, N. Soares, C. Martins, M. Gonçalves, J.J. Costa (2018). Pilot installation. Experimental installation based on the Guarded Hot Box apparatus to evaluate the thermal performance of lightweight steel framed (LSF) walls improved with PCMs (LSF walls/PCM prototype), Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

N. Soares, A.R. Gaspar, J.J. Costa (2013). Pilot installation. Experimental installation to evaluate the heat transfer through 300 × 300 mm samples by imposing different heating and cooling boundary conditions, Mechanical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.