2019: "Best Review Paper 2008-2017" award by the journal Energy and Buildings (Elsevier); article: "Review of passive PCM latent heat thermal energy storage systems towards buildings' energy efficiency". Name of the awarding entity: Elsevier BV, The Netherlands.

2017: "Certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing" award in recognition of the contributions made to the quality of the journal Energy and Buildings (Elsevier). Name of the awarding entity: Elsevier BV, The Netherlands.

2013: Selected for the UKERC International Summer School 2013, University of Warwick. Name of the awarding entity: UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), United Kingdom.

2012: Recognition of the outstanding academic performance as a student of the Master in Energy for Sustainability - 40^th anniversary of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

2012: Honourable Mention with the system: PCM_WindoWall - storage of solar thermal energy for buildings heating - 1^st Edition of the "Ramos Catarino Innovation Award". Name of the awarding entity: Ramos Catarino, S.A., Portugal.

2012: Member of the team "Eco2Green" which was one of the finalists teams of the "Green Campus - Challenge for Energy Efficiency in Higher Education" competition, with the project "Watt, we could save!", IST, Lisbon, Portugal.

2011: 4-years PhD scholarship under the MIT-Portugal program in the field of Sustainable Energy Systems. Name of the awarding entity: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) - ref. SFRH/BD/51640/2011.

2006: Erasmus student exchange programme scholarship. Granting entity: University of Coimbra, Portugal.