concluded research projects (last 15 years):
- BAMB – Buildings As Materials Banks: Integrating Materials passports and Reversible Building Design for Circular Industrial Value Chains
Funding Agency: European Comission – Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises | EASME
Funding programme: Horizon 2020
Coordination institution: IBGE – Brussels Environment
UMINHO coordinator: Luis Bragança
Period: September 2015 – February 2019
Official website: www.bamb2020.eu
- MORE-CONNECT – development and advanced prefabrication of innovative, multifunctional building envelope elements for MOdular REtrofitting and smart CONNECTions
Funding Agency: European Commission – DG Investigação & Inovação
Funding programme: Horizon 2020
Coordination institution: Huygen Installatie Adviseurs, The Netherlands
UMINHO coordinator: Manuela Almeida
Period: December 2014 – November 2018
Official website: http://www.more-connect.eu
- URBENERE – comunidades URBanas ENERgeticamente Eficientes: formação de recursos humanos para a promoção de recursos humanos para a promoção de bairros urbanos energeticamente sustentáveis
Financing Institution(s): CYTED – Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo
Coordination institution: University of Minho
UMINHO coordinator: Luis Bragança
Period: March 2015 – March 2019
Official website: www.civil.uminho.pt/urbenere
- BUILD – Braga Urban Innovation Laboratory Demonstrator
Funding Agency: Ministry of Environment
Funding programme: Environmental Fund
UMINHO coordinator: Manuela Almeida & Sandra Silva
Period: March 2018 – May 2019
- PhD on Innovation Pathways for Thermal Energy Storage (INPATH-TES)
Funding Agency: European Commission
Funding programme: Horizon 2020
Coordination institution: Universidad de Lleida
UMINHO coordinator: Luis Bragança
Period: April 2014 – April 2018
Official website: http://www.inpathtes.eu/
- SouthZEB: nZEB training in the Southern EU countries – Maintaining building traditions
Funding Agency: European Commission
Funding programme: Intelligent Energy Europe
Coordination institution: University of Patras, Research Committee, Greece
UMINHO coordinator: Manuela Almeida
Period: March 2014 – March 2017
- DAPEEWB – Developing and Adapting Professional Programs for Energy Efficiency in the Western Balkans
Funding Agency: European Comission: EACEA – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Operational programme: TEMPUS IV
Coordination institution: POLIS University Research Institute (Albania)
UMINHO coordinator: Manuela Almeida
Period: December 2013 – November 2016
Website: http://co-plan.org/tempus-dapeewb-3/
- SouthZEB – nZEB training in the Southern EU countries – Maintaining building traditions
Financing Institution(s): FP7 Programme
Coordination institution: University of Patras
UMINHO coordinator: Manuela Almeida
Period: January 2014 – December 2016
- reVer: Contributos da arquitectura vernácula portuguesa para a sustentabilidade do ambiente construído
Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Funding programme: Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA-EBC)
Coordinator(s): University of Minho
UMINHO coordinator: Ricardo Mateus
Period: 2014
Official website: http://www.rever.pt/
- Annex 57: Evaluation of embodied energy (eE) and carbon dioxide equivalent emissions (CO2eq) for building construction”
Funding Agency: International Energy Agency
Funding programme: Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA-EBC)
Coordinator(s): Utsunomiya University, Japan
UMINHO coordinator: Manuela Almeida
Period: 2012- 2016
Official website: www.annex57.org/
- IEA ECBCS Annex 56 – Energy and GHG Optimised Building Renovation
Funding Agency: International Energy Agency
Funding programme: Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA-EBC)
Coordinator(s): Manuela Almeida (University of Minho)
Period: May 2011- May 2015
Official website: http://www.iea-annex56.org
- IEA ECBCS Annex 50 – Prefabricated Systems for Low Energy Renovation of Residential Buildings
Financing Institution(s): International Energy Agency
Coordinator(s): Mark Zimmermann
Participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland
Period: 2010-2015
- MBA in Construction – Postgraduate European Common Studies in Construction Project Management
Financing Institution(s): ADI
Coordination institution: Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)
UMINHO coordinator: José Manuel Cardoso Teixeira
Period: November 2013 – October 2015
- Modeling the life-cycle performance of Portuguese vernacular buildings – contributes to the sustainability of buildings
Financing Institution(s): FCT R&D Project
Coordination institution: Minho University
UMINHO coordinator: Ricardo Mateus
Period: March 2014 – March 2015
- Adjustable partition membrane
Financing Institution(s): FTC – Compete
Coordinator(s): Paulo Mendonça (University of Minho)
Researchers and collaborators: Ferrie Hattum, Luis Bragança, Raul Fangueiro, José Luís Ramos, Mário Araújo, Ricardo Mateus, Nuno Miguel Cruz
Period: 2010 – 2013
- CLOEMC – Common Learning Outcomes for European Managers in Construction III
Financing Institution(s): EU – EC
Promoting Institution(s): Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)
UMINHO coordinator: José Manuel Cardoso Teixeira
Period: December 2012 – October 2013 – More details – PDF
- CLOEMC – Common Learning Outcomes for European Managers in Construction II
Financing Institution(s): European Commission – Leonardo da Vinci Programme
Promoting Institution(s): Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)
UMINHO coordinator: José Manuel Cardoso Teixeira
Period: November 2009 – December 2011
- TEP-PPP, Trans European Promotion of Private Public Partnership
Financing Institution(s): European Commission – Leonardo da Vinci Project
Promoting Institution(s): PPP Foundation Centre – PL
Partners Institution(s): Dublin Institute of Technology, Construction Management and Technology Department (DIT) – IE; Universidade do Minho (UMINHO) – PT; ERBIL Project Consulting Engineering Co. Ltd. (ERBIL) – TR; Warsaw University of Technology, Civil Engineering Faculty; Department of Construction Engineering and Management (WUT) – PL; The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) – UK
Period: January 2010 – December 2011
- LEGOUSE – Development of cost competitive prefabricated modular buildings
Financing Institution(s): QREN – Project nº 5387
Promoting Institution(s): MEBEP
Coordinator(s): Joaquim Barros (UM)
Researchers and collaborators: UM: Joaquim Barros; Sena Cruz; Miguel Azenha; Isabel Valente; Salvador Dias; Rui Ferreira; Sandra Silva; Manuela Almeida; Rodrigo Lameiras; Paula Dávila; Loganathan Balamurugan
Partner Institutions: CiviTest, University of Minho, PIEP
Period: September 2009 to August 2013 – More details – PDF
- SB_STEEL – Sustainable Building Project in Steel
Financing Institution(s): EU – FP7
Coordinator(s): Luís Simões da Silva, Helena Gervásio, Paulo Santos
Partner Institutions: VTT, Finland (coordenador); Britt, Romania; Acciona, Spain; FCTUC, Portugal; UM, Portugal, AUTH, Greece, ECCS, Belgium, Mostostal Poland, ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg)
Period: October 2010 – September 2013
- Contribution of Thermal Active Mortars for Building Energy Efficiency
Financing Institution(s): FTC – Compete
Coordinator(s): José Luis Barroso de Aguiar (University of Minho)
Researchers and collaborators: Manuela Almeida, Luis Bragança, Victor Ferreira, Ana Luísa Velosa, Nuno Simões, Julieta António, Fernando Branco, Maria Torres, Rui Miguel Ferreira, Ana Oliveira, Filipe Bandeira, Gina Matias, Maria Simões, Saúl Martins
Partner Institutions: Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Ciências da Construção (ITeCons), SIVAL – Gessos Especiais, LDA (SIVAL), SECIL MARTINGANÇA – Aglomerantes e Novos Materiais para Construção, S.A. (SM)
Period: 2011 – 2013
- Energetic rehabilitation of buildings
Financing Institution(s): FCT, COMPETE, QREN
Promoting Institution(s): University of Minho
Coordinator(s): Manuela Almeida (University of Minho)
Researchers and collaborators: Manuela Almeida, Luís Bragança, Sandra Silva, Ricardo Mateus, Pedro Silva, Elsa Martins, Helena Corvacho, Isabel Abreu, Marisa Quintela
Partner Institutions: FEUP
Period: January 2008 – December 2011- More details – PDF
- SipdECO – Development of innovative solutions for ecoefficient partition walls
Financing Institution(s): SI Innovation and Technological Development, I&DT Projects enterprises in co-promotion (Funding ADI)
Promoting Institution(s): Sofalca – Soc. Central de Produtos de Cortiça, Lda
Coordinator(s): Graça Vasconcelos (University of Minho)
Researchers and collaborators: Graça Vasconcelos; Paulo B. Lourenço; Pedro Medeiros; Aires Camões, Paulo Mendonça, Paulo Carvalho, Said Jalali, Rute Eires, Ricardo Mateus, Manuela Almeida, Luís Bragança, Sandra Cunha, César Cardoso, Elisa Poletti
Partner Institutions: Sofalca – Soc. Central de Produtos de Cortiça, Lda; Biosafe S.A.; Pegop – Energia Eléctrica, S.A.
Period: January 2009 – June 2011- More details – PDF
- COST Action C25 – Sustainability of Constructions: Integrated Approach to Life-time structural Engineering
Financing Institution(s): European Commission – Cost Actions
Coordination institution: University of Minho and VTT Building and Transport
UMINHO coordinator: Luís Bragança
Period: October 2006 – December 2010
- PROCONSTR Improving the Vocational Education in the construction industry sector with the aim of identification and recognition qualifications in European Union Countries
Financing Institution(s): European Commission – Leonardo da Vinci Project
Project coordinator: Polish Association of Construction Industry Employers
Partners Institution(s): PBCP Poland, CREDIJ France; University do MINHO Portugal; Ufficio Scolastico Provinciale di Venezia Italy; Econometrica Ltd Greece; CIOB UK
Period: November 2008 – October 2010
- GESREV – Properties of Gypsum-PCM Based Mortars for Interior Plastering of Construction Systems
Financing Institution(s): ADI – IDEA Project
Partner Institution(s): University of Minho, Sival, Micropolis
Researchers and collaborators: Luís Bragança, José L. Barroso de Aguiar, N. Silva, I. Cardoso – More details – PDF
- Study of functional mortars for a sustainable construction
Principal Contractor: University of Aveiro (UA)
Participating Institutions: University of Minho, Politecnic Institute of Viana do Castelo
Researchers and collaborators: Victor Ferreira, Ana Timmons, Tito Trindade, Luis Bragança, José Luis Barroso de Aguiar, João Batista, Manuel Joaquim Peixoto Marques Ribeiro, João Abrantes, J. Rocha Gomes, Ana Velosa, Sandra Lucas
Period: 2008 – 2010
- Preventing Accidents in Construction – Health and Safety Multimedia Animated Learning
Financing Institution(s): EU-EC
Coordination institution: Anadolu University (Turkey)
UMINHO coordinator: José Manuel Cardoso Teixeira
Period: November 2011 – October 2013
- Low Energy/High Comfort Building Renewal
Financing Institution(s): COMPETE program
Coordination institution: Minho University
UMINHO coordinator: Manuela Almeida
Period: January 2008 – December 2010
- H-OPUS – Housing Praxis for Urban Sustainability
Financing Institution(s): European Commission
Partner Institution(s): CITERA – “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy (Lead partner); OTB – Technical University Delft, The Netherlands; Gdansk University of Technology, Poland; University of Minho, Portugal; University of Reggio Calabria, Italy; City of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Period: April 2008 – April 2010
Hopus Fact Sheet – PDF
Housing for Europe. Strategies for Quality in Urban Space, Excellence in Design, Performance in Building – PDF
- JEE – Eco-Eficient Window
Financing Institution(s): ADI- IDEA Project
Promoting Institution(s): Armadilha Solar, TECMINHO, University of Minho
Coordinator(s): Manuela Almeida (University of Minho)
Researchers and collaborators: Manuela Almeida, Luís Bragança, Miguel Veríssimo, César Cardoso
Period: 2005 – 2008