Ana Raquel Gonçalves Soares (5E10-F4A3-6215)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Raquel Gonçalves Soares

Ana Soares is Assistant Professor at University of Coimbra (teaching Intelligent Energy Management in Buildings, Electrical Energy Management and Electronics I), member of the board of Directors and researcher at Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers at Coimbra (INESC Coimbra), Portugal, and was a member of the Coordination Committee of the Scientific Council of INESC Coimbra until December 2024. Between June 2016 and December 2020 she worked at EnergyVille, VITO, Belgium, where she was mainly involved in H2020 projects aiming at finding optimized solutions for maximizing energy flexibility. She also contributed to project proposals writing and preliminary studies for the European Commission. Ana Soares holds a PhD degree in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Coimbra - MIT Portugal Program, a MSc degree in Electrical Engineering and Computers (Energy) and a MSc degree in Energy for Sustainability (Energy Systems and Policy). During 2021/2022 Ana Soares has been co-supervising master students in Electrical and Computers Engineering. During 2022/2023 1 MSc thesis was concluded under her co-supervision and during 2021/2022, 3 MSc thesis were concluded under her co-supervision. The main topics are optimization in energy communities, activation of energy flexibility and management of energy resources, namely electric vehicles and BIPV. Her research interests include end-use loads modeling, with a focus on modeling of stratified water storage tanks, energy efficiency promotion, demand response, flexibility, optimization and smart grids. She also has experience in optimizing energy flexibility in real contexts in international context while working at VITO, Belgium. Ana Soares was also a Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP), IPMVP (ID 3550), Association of Energy Engineers e Efficiency Valuation Organization until end of 2024.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Raquel Gonçalves Soares
Date of birth: 1984/01/09
Gender: Female

Citation names

Soares, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 5E10-F4A3-6215
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5431-7041
Google Scholar ID: KAc8NrEAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id: ABA-5441-2021
Scopus Author Id: 57226205383

Email addresses

ana.soares@inescc.pt (Professional)
ana.soares@uc.pt (Professional)
argsoares@inescc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

INESC Coimbra, Edifício DEEC, Rua Sílvio Lima, Pólo II, 3030-290, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/arsoares/ (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
German	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
French	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)
Dutch	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2010 - 2016 Concluded	Sistemas Sustentáveis de Energia (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Integrated Management of Residential Energy Resources: Models, Algorithms and Application " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved with praise and distinction
2009 - 2011 Concluded	Energia para a Sustentabilidade (Mestrado) Major in Energy Systems and Policy Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Gestão Integrada de Recursos Energéticos: Contextualização e Análise" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2002 - 2009 Concluded	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Análise Comparativa Sectorial e análise de medidas de eficiência energética - uma abordagem usando Data Envelopment Analysis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/02/01 - 2023/11/21	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal

2016/06/15 - 2020/12/31	Researcher (Research)	VITO NV, Belgium

2013/01 - 2016/05	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal

2011/01 - 2012/12	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal
2010/03 - 2010/12	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/11/22 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2023/11/21	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/01/29 - Current	Member of the board of Directors	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/03/17 - 2020/07/16	Half-time due to covid and day cares closed - baby at home	VITO NV, Belgium

2019/11/02 - 2020/02	Maternity leave	VITO NV, Belgium

2013/01 - 2016/05	Bolseiro de doutoramento SFRH/BD/88127/2012	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2013/01/01 - 2016/05/31	Integrated Management of Residential Energy Resources: Models, Algorithms and Application SFRH/BD/88127/2012 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/11 - Current	PRR Aliança para a Transição Energética - WP4, WP8 e WP15 02/C05-i01.02/2022.PC644914747-00000023 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Ongoing
2023/06 - Current	AgriFlex - Produção e consumo de energia: fomentar a eficiência energética e instalação de unidades de produção para o autoconsumo, individual, coletivo ou em contexto de comunidades de energia renovável PRR-C05-i03-I-000214 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2024/10/31	4FlexMarkets - Optimization Framework for Flexibility Markets UI0308/4FlexMarkets-1/2023 Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra Concluded
2019/01/09 - 2020/12/31	EXCESS 870157 Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science Ongoing
2020/10 - 2020/12	Interconnect - Interoperable solutions connecting smart homes, buildings and grids 857237 Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Euratom Ongoing
2016/06/15 - 2020/10/31	Story 646426 Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science Concluded
2020/03 - 2020/09	SMART2B SUBMITTED and WON (Consortium partner - proposal writing - but I changed jobs after the approval of the project) Consortium partner - proposal writing VITO NV, Belgium	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science Ongoing
2019/06/01 - 2020/06	Geosmart 818576 Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science Ongoing
2018 - 2020	Preparatory study for solar photovoltaic modules, inverters and systems with Joint Research Centre (European Commission) * Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	European Commission Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES DE COIMBRA - INESC COIMBRA UID/Multi/00308/2019 UIDB/00308/2020 10.54499/UIDB/00308/2020 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019 - 2019	Magnitude 774309 Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science
2019 - 2019	TEMPO 768936 Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science
2017 - 2019	Ecodesign Preparatory Study for Lifts for the European Commission, Directorate-General for Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW). 617/PP/GR(MMA/17/1131/9709 Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	European Commission Concluded
2016/06/15 - 2018/08/31	Rennovates 680603 Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Excellent Science
2016/06/15 - 2016/12/31	Callia - Open Inter-DSO electricity markets for RES integration 77616 Researcher VITO NV, Belgium	ERA-Net Smart Energy Systems Concluded
2015 - 2016/05/31	SUSCITY - Urban data driven models for creative and resourceful urban transitions MITP-TB/CS/0026/2013 Researcher Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2010 - 2016	Design of energy efficiency measures to apply to the 'Consumption Efficiency Promotion Plan' to EDP (PPEC 2011-2012, 2013-2014 and 2017-2018) PPEC 2011-2012, 2013-2014 and 2017-2018 Researcher Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal	EDP Concluded
2013 - 2015	EMSURE CENTRO-07-0224-FEDER-002004 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Mais Centro Concluded
2010/10 - 2012/12/31	Energy Box - development and implementation of a demand-responsive energy management system MIT/SET/0018/2009 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Soares, A.; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler. "The role of aggregators in energy transition". In Research Handbook on Energy Management. Elgar Handbooks in Energy, the Environment and Climate Change, 2025. In press Soares, Ana; Gomes, Alvaro; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos. "An Evolutionary Algorithm for the Optimization of Residential Energy Resources". In Advances in Energy System Optimization, 3-16. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-51795-7_1 Soares, Ana; Gomes, Alvaro; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler. "Integrated Management of Energy Resources in the Residential Sector Using Evolutionary Computation:". In Soft Computing Applications for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, 320-347. n.a.: IGI Global, 2015. Published • 10.4018/978-1-4666-6631-3.ch013
Conference abstract	Soares, A.. Corresponding author: Soares, A.. "How to bring intelligence to legacy equipment at our places and actively manage it?". Paper presented in eceee 2024 Summer Study on Sustainable, Safe & Secure through Demand Reduction, 2024. Published Lopes, Marta; Soares, A.; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Miranda, Raquel; Pena, João. Corresponding author: Lopes, Marta. "Demand flexibility potential in agriculture". Paper presented in eceee 2024 Summer Study on Sustainable, Safe & Secure through Demand Reduction, 2024. Published Lopes, M. A. R.; Miranda, R.; Soares, A.; Antunes, C.H.. "Unlocking the flexibility potential in agriculture: An exploratory study of organisational and behavioural drivers and barriers". Paper presented in BEHAVE 2023 - 7th European Conference on Behaviour Change for Energy Efficiency, Maastricht, 2023. Published Soares, A.; Gomes, Álvaro; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos. "Integrated management of residential energy resources (Energy Box)". Paper presented in 5th MIT Portugal Conference: Light: Transforming with Science, Designing by Nature, Lisbon, 2015. Published Soares, A.; Gomes, Álvaro; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos. "Integrated management of residential energy resources (Energy Box)". Paper presented in 4th MIT Portugal Conference: New Frontiers for a Sustainable Prosperity, Coimbra, 2014. Published Soares, Ana; Gomes, Alvaro; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler. "Assessing the Potential for Domestic Demand Response". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE ISSST - International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, Boston, 2012. Published Lopes, M.; Antunes, C. H.; Soares, A. R.; Carreiro, A.; Rodrigues, F.; Livengood, D.; Neves, L.; et al. "An automated energy management system in a smart grid context". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), Boston, MA, USA, 2012. Published • 10.1109/ISSST.2012.6227983 Soares, Ana; Gomes, Alvaro; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler. "Integrated Energy Management Algorithms with Responsive Demand and local generation/storage". Paper presented in 3rd MIT Portugal Conference: Excellence in Engineering for Innovation in Global Markets, Guimarães, 2012. Published
Conference paper	Zabihi, Alireza; Trovão, João Pedro F.; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Soares, Ana. "Static Modeling and Synchronization of Diesel Generators for Shore Power Integration in Bulk Carriers". 2025. 10.1109/gpecom65896.2025.11062017 Almeida, Luiz; Soares, Ana; Moura, Pedro. "Optimised Energy Management for Vehicle-to-Building Integration in Public Buildings". 2025. 10.1109/gpecom65896.2025.11061979 João Esteves; Álvaro Filipe Peixoto Cardoso de Oliveira Gomes; Soares, A.. "On the Modelling of Hydroelectric Generation in Adequacy Studies". Paper presented in IEEE PowerTech 2025, 2025. Soares, Ana; Goncalves, Goncalo; Moura, Pedro. "Management of Energy Storage in Transactive Energy Communities". 2022. Published • 10.1109/sest53650.2022.9898494 von Tullenburg, Ferdinand; Panholzer, Georg; Du, Jia Lei; Soares, Ana; Spiessens, Fred; Geysen, Davy; Ectors, Dominic. "An agent-based flexibility trading architecture with scalable and robust messaging". 2017. 10.1109/smartgridcomm.2017.8340698 De Somer, Oscar; Soares, Ana; Vanthournout, Koen; Spiessens, Fred; Kuijpers, Tristan; Vossen, Koen. "Using reinforcement learning for demand response of domestic hot water buffers: A real-life demonstration". 2017. 10.1109/isgteurope.2017.8260152 Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Soares, Ana; Gomes, Álvaro. "An Integrated Building Energy Management System". 2017. 10.1007/978-3-319-30746-6_13 Lopes, M.; Soares, A.; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Gomes, Alvaro. "From energy behaviours to energy resources optimisation in smart(er) grids: development of an energy management system". Paper presented in Proceedings of the International Conference “Smart Energy Regions.”, Cardiff, Wales, 2016. Published Soares, A.; Oliveira, Carlos; Gomes, Álvaro; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos. "Integrated optimization of energy resources in a residential setting - development of an energy management system". Paper presented in eceee 2015 Summer Study on energy efficiency, Belambra Presqu’île de Giens, 2015. Published Soares, A.; Oliveira, Carlos; Gomes, Álvaro; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos. "Analysis of solutions provided by a residential energy management system". Paper presented in Energy for Sustainability 2015 - Sustainable cities: Designing for People and the Planet, Coimbra, 2015. Published Soares, A.; Hugo Melo; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos; Oliveira, Carlos; Gomes, Álvaro; J. P. Trovão; P. Pereirinha; Victor Santos. "A proposal of an energy management system for demand response in a residential setting". Paper presented in Energy for Sustainability 2015 - Sustainable cities: Designing for People and the Planet, Coimbra, 2015. Published Soares, A.; Hugo Melo; Gomes, Álvaro; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos; Oliveira, Carlos; J. P. Trovão; P. Pereirinha; Victor Santos. "A Residential Energy Management System". Paper presented in IT4Energy 2015, Lisbon, 2015. Published Soares, Ana; Melo, Hugo; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Trovao, Joao P.; Gomes, Alvaro; Jorge, Humberto. "Integration of the Electric Vehicle as a Manageable Load in a Residential Energy Management System". Paper presented in 2015 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2015. Published • 10.1109/VPPC.2015.7352969 Soares, Ana; Gomes, Álvaro; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos; Cardoso, Hugo. "Domestic Load Scheduling Using Genetic Algorithms". 2013. Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-37192-9_15 Soares, A.. "An agent-based modelling approach for domestic load simulation". Paper presented in eceee 2013 Summer Study: Rethink, renew, restart, Belambra Presqu’île de Giens,, 2013. Published Soares, A.; Gomes, Álvaro; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos; Gonçalo Nunes. "An evolutionary strategy for managing domestic loads". Paper presented in Energy for Sustainability 2013 - Sustainable Cities: Designing for People and the Planet, Coimbra, 2013. Published Henggeler Antunes, Carlos; Soares, A.; Gomes, Álvaro. "An evolutionary algorithm approach to an integrated energy management system". Paper presented in 6th Int. Conf. on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection - SEEP 2013, Maribor, 2013. Published Soares, Ana; Gomes, Álvaro; Carlos Henggeler Antunes; Soares, A.; Gomes, A.; Antunes, C. H.. "Integrated Management of Residential Energy Resources". Paper presented in 2nd European Energy Conference, Maastricht, 2012. Published • 10.1051/epjconf/20123305005 Soares, A.; Gomes, A.; Antunes, C. H.. "Domestic load characterization for demand-responsive energy management systems". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), Boston, MA, USA, 2012. 10.1109/issst.2012.6227976 Soares, A.; Lopes, M.; Gomes, A.; Antunes, C. H.; Martins, N.. "Smart(er) Energy Management Systems in Smart(er) Grids". Paper presented in International Workshop on Energy Efficiency for a More Sustainable World, Ponta Delgada, 2012. Published Vergara, C. R.; Soares, A.; Gomes, A.; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Lopes, J. P.. "In-House Energy Consumption and Storage Optimization". Paper presented in International Workshop on Energy Efficiency for a More Sustainable World, Ponta Delgada, 2012. Published Gomes, Alvaro; Soares, Ana; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler. "Impacts of demand side management and micro-generation units on low voltage distribution radial networks". Paper presented in 2011 11th International Conference on Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation - (EPQU), Lisbon, Portugal, 2011. 10.1109/epqu.2011.6128887 Ana Soares; Carlos Henggeler Antunes; Gomes, Álvaro. "Assessing energy efficiency issues using Data Envelopment Analysis". Paper presented in 11th IAEE European Conference - Energy Economy, Policies and Supply Security: Surviving the Global Economic Crisis, Vilnius, 2010. Published
Conference poster	Ana Soares; Marta Lopes; Carlos Henggeler Antunes. "The Role of Aggregators in Energy Communities". Paper presented in eceee 2022 Summer Study on energy efficiency. Panel 5. Towards sustainable and resilient communities, 2022.
Journal article	Omid Pedram; Ana Soares; Pedro Moura. "A Review of Methodologies for Photovoltaic Energy Generation Forecasting in the Building Sector". Energies (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/en18185007. 10.3390/en18185007 Luiz Almeida; Ana Soares; Pedro Moura. "A Systematic Review of Optimization Approaches for the Integration of Electric Vehicles in Public Buildings". Energies (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/en16135030. 10.3390/en16135030 José Eduardo Tafula; Constantino Dário Justo; Pedro Moura; Jérôme Mendes; Ana Soares. "Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach for Optimum Site Selection for Off-Grid Solar Photovoltaic Microgrids in Mozambique". Energies (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062894. 10.3390/en16062894 Ana Soares; Juliano Camargo; Jad Al-Koussa; Jan Diriken; Johan Van Bael; Jesus Lago. Corresponding author: Ana Soares. "Efficient temperature estimation for thermally stratified storage tanks with buoyancy and mixing effects". Journal of Energy Storage 50 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.104488. Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.104488 Soares, Ana; Geysen, Davy; Spiessens, Fred; Ectors, Dominic; De Somer, Oscar; Vanthournout, Koen. Corresponding author: Soares, Ana. "Using reinforcement learning for maximizing residential self-consumption – Results from a field test". Energy and Buildings 207 (2019): 109608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109608. Published • 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109608 Soares, Ana; De Somer, Oscar; Ectors, Dominic; Aben, Filip; Goyvaerts, Jan; Broekmans, Milo; Spiessens, Fred; van Goch, Dennis; Vanthournout, Koen. "Distributed Optimization Algorithm for Residential Flexibility Activation - Results From a Field Test". IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 34 5 (2019): 4119-4127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tpwrs.2018.2809440. Published • 10.1109/tpwrs.2018.2809440 Soares, N.; Bastos, J.; Pereira, L. Dias; Soares, A.; Amaral, A.R.; Asadi, E.; Rodrigues, E.; et al. "A review on current advances in the energy and environmental performance of buildings towards a more sustainable built environment". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 77 (2017): 845-860. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.04.027. Published • 10.1016/j.rser.2017.04.027 Soares, Ana; Gomes, Alvaro; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Oliveira, Carlos. "A Customized Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiobjective Management of Residential Energy Resources". IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 13 2 (2016): 492-501. Published • 10.1109/TII.2016.2628961 Soares, Ana; Gomes, Álvaro; Henggeler Antunes, Carlos. "Categorization of residential electricity consumption as a basis for the assessment of the impacts of demand response actions". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 30 0 (2014): 490-503. Published • 10.1016/j.rser.2013.10.019 Soares, Ana; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Oliveira, Carlos; Gomes, Alvaro. "A multi-objective genetic approach to domestic load scheduling in an energy management system". Energy n.a. (2014): na-na. Published • 10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.101
Magazine article	Miranda, Raquel; Lopes, Marta; Martins, Carmo; Guilherme, Rosa; Soares, A.. Corresponding author: Miranda, Raquel. "Desbloquear a flexibilidade: O papel da agricultura na transição energética", Agrotec 50, 2024, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B0fyTGbjlhapvx0f3IOjhdbrkCCMnqXg/view.
Newsletter article	Soares, A.. "STORY highlight Nr.2 State of charge determination for thermal energy storage", 2019, http://horizon2020-story.eu/wp-content/uploads/Highlight-2.pdf.
Report	Soares, A.. 2020. STORY Demonstration booklet Insights from six storage demos in industrial and residential settings. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.12463.15527. 10.13140/RG.2.2.12463.15527 Soares, A.. 2020. Magnitude - D5.2 Tools for optimized market allocation of flexibilities. https://www.magnitude-project.eu/results-and-publications/main-results-including-public-deliverables/. Soares, A.; Dodd, N.; Espinosa Martinez, M. D. L. N.; Van Tichelen, Paul; Peeters, K.. 2020. Preparatory study for solar photovoltaic modules, inverters and systems. https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/preparatory-study-solar-photovoltaic-modules-inverters-and-systems. 10.2760/852637 Soares, A.; Clemens Rohde; Antoine Durand; Simon Hirzel; Paul Van Tichelen; Karolien Peeters; João Fong. 2019. Ecodesign preparatory study for lifts implementing the Ecodesign Working Plan 2016-2019 - 617/PP/GR(MMA/17/1131. https://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/isi/dokumente/cce/2021/Eco-design_Preparatory_Study_Final_Report_20191031.pdf.

Artistic / Performance

Program / Show

Soares, A.. 2015. Por falar em Sustentabilidade. RUC.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/02/27	Integrating Photovoltaics: A Key Driver of the Energy Transition	Invited Seminar within the course of Renewable Energy Systems - Energy for Sustainaibility Initiative Energy for Sustainability Initiative (Portugal)
2024/04/10	Illuminating the Future: The Role of PV Generation in the Energy Transition	Invited Seminar within the course of Renewable Energy Systems - Energy for Sustainaibility Initiative Energy for Sustainability Initiative (Portugal)
2023/03/03	Photovoltaic generation: principles & characteristics. The importance of maximizing self-consumption	Invited Seminar within the course of Renewable Energy Systems Energy for Sustainability Initiative (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/05/19	Smart Readiness Indicator	V Encontro Nacional de Sistemas de Automatização e Controlo de Edifícios - Digitalização e Descarbonização - Roteiro para 2025 APIRAC - Associação Portuguesa das Empresas dos Sectores Térmico, Energético, Electrónico e Ambiente (Batalha, Portugal)
2022/04/01	Photovoltaic generation: principles & characteristics. What about the mismatch between production and consumption?	Invited Seminar within the course of Renewable Energy Systems - Energy for Sustainaibility Initiative (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/10/02	Demand response in the residential sector. Results from field tests.	High level Conference: Innovation challenges in Smart Buildings Tr@nsener (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	Gestão do Carregamento de Veículos Elétricos em Comunidades de Energia Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current	Integração de Armazenamento de Energia e Demand Response em Comunidades Residenciais de Energia Renovável Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current	Reservas Estratégicas de Energia Elétrica em Portugal - Estimativa considerando a Incerteza e a Gestão da Procura Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current	Disseminação de Renováveis Variáveis e da Eletrificação numa Rede de Distribuição - Análise simulada de impactos e o Papel da Demand Response Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current	Cidades Inteligentes, Sustentáveis e Resilientes: Papel das CER - Proposta de uma Taxonomia Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current	Shore power deployment strategies for bulk terminals: Multicriteria analysis for Port of Aveiro Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current	Energy Management Strategy for Bulk Carriers Shore Power Connection Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - Current	Energy Integration Strategies for Electric Vehicles in Public Buildings Co-supervisor	Sistemas Sustentáveis de Energia (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - Current	Coordinated Management of Distributed Energy Resources for Renewable Energy Communities Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - 2025/02/27	Aggregators as system services provider Co-supervisor	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2021 - 2025/02/25	O Smart Readiness Indicator como estímulo ao aumento da flexibilidade energética nos edifícios – aplicação ao Departamento de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - 2024/09	Mecanismos de Tarifas para Gestão de comunidades de Energia Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2023 - 2024/07/24	Gestão da procura em contexto agrícola Co-supervisor	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2023 - 2024/07/23	Gestão de Recursos de Flexibilidade em Comunidades de Energia Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2023 - 2024/05/31	Autossuficiência energética e gestão da procura numa instituição de ensino superior Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - 2024/05/28	Gestão de recursos em regime de autoconsumo no setor residencial Co-supervisor	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2023 - 2024/02/27	Impactos e Barreiras para a Implementação de Comunidades de Energia Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2023 - 2023/09/29	Análise comparativa de produção de energia em edifícios com recurso a BAPV e BIPV Co-supervisor	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2021 - 2022	V2B and B2V Systems Management in Large Buildings Co-supervisor	Electrical and Computers Engineering (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2021 - 2021	Electric Vehicles as Flexibility Solutions in Renewable Energy Communities Co-supervisor	Electrical and Computers Engineering (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2021 - 2021	Energy Storage in Renewable Energy Communities Co-supervisor	Electrical and computers engineering (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2025/05/08 - 2025/05/09	1st Iberian Conference on Multi-Criteria Decision Making/Analysis (IMCDM/MCDA 2025) (2025/05/08 - 2025/05/09) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2023/05/08 - 2023/05/11	27th International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modelling - ONDM 2023 (2023/05/08 - 2023/05/11) Conference (Other)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/04/11 - 2022/04/12	Spring Workshop 2022 - EURO Working Group on Behavioural O.R. (2022/04/11 - 2022/04/12) (2022/04/11 - 2022/04/12) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/02/02 - 2022/02/02	Workshop on Energy System Flexibility (2022/02/02 - 2022/02/02) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/12/15 - 2021/12/16	NESC Hub Winter Meeting 2021 (2021/12/15 - 2021/12/16) Meeting (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 - 2020	23rd European Conference on the Aplications of Evolutionary and bio-inspired Computation (2020/04/15 - 2020/04/17) Conference (Other)
2017 - 2017	EvoEnergy2017: Evolutionary Algorithms in Energy Applications (2017/04/19 - 2017/04/21) Conference (Other)
2016 - 2016	Behave 2016 - 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, 8 - 9 September 2016, University of Coimbra, Portugal. (2016/09/08 - 2016/09/09) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal
2015 - 2015	International Seminar - Challenges of Regulation of the Electricity Sector (2015/02/12 - 2015/02/13) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal
2013 - 2013	Workshop- The Role of Behaviors in the Rational Use of Energy (2013/11/19) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal
2012 - 2012	International Workshop on Energy Efficiency for a More Sustainable World (2012/09/14 - 2012/09/16) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal
2012 - 2012	International Workshop on Energy Efficiency for a More Sustainable World (2012/09/14 - 2012/09/16) Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2011 - 2011	Seminário Internacional Portugal-Brasil “Políticas e Experiências em Eficiência Energética (2011/09/08 - 2011/09/09) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/10 - 2020/04	DS0720EN: Data Science and Machine Learning Capstone Project Python Data Science ML0101EN: Machine Learning with Python: A Practical Introduction DV0101EN: Visualizing Data with Python DA0101EN: Analyzing Data with Python PY0101EN: Python Basics for Data Science Certificates in https://www.linkedin.com/in/arsoares/ Other	IBM Canada Ltd, Canada
2019 - 2019	Academic Writing (16h) - Samantha Brunt Workshop
2018 - 2018	Mini-course on optimal control with CasADi (3 days) - Joris Gillis Workshop
2018 - 2018	How to write a competitive proposal for Horizon 2020 (4h30) - Sean Mc Carthy Workshop
2017 - 2017	Python (2 days) - Vito / UHasselt Workshop
2015 - 2016	Advanced SPSS (24h) Final classification: 17/20 valores. APEU – Associação para a Extensão Universitária, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal SPSS (48h) Final classification: 17/20 valores. APEU – Associação para a Extensão Universitária, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra Workshop

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2025/02/20	Adaptive Energy Management Strategies for Electric Bus Fleets - A hybrid approach with artificial intelligence and optimization methods (Thesis) Arguer	Jônatas Manzolli (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2025/02/07	Energy consumption in the Portuguese water sector. Benchmarking, barriers, and driving forces to energy efficiency (Thesis) Arguer	Bruno Cardoso (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024	Algoritmos de gestão de uma microrrede resiliente	Ana Reis (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024	Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Patterns President of the jury	António Antunes (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024	Desenvolvimento de ferramentas de análise e diagnóstico para um sistema de monitorização de consumos Thesis Member	Diogo Gerardo (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024	Smart sockets for demand response in a resilient microgrid Thesis Member	Miguel Rodrigues (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024	High-Performance Design for A Dual-motor Dual-source Off-road AWD Electric Vehicle (Thesis) Arguer	Phuong Chi (PhD) Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
2024	Enhancing Data Availability in Distribution Networks through Synthetic Historical Data Reconstruction (Thesis) Arguer	Rui Brito (Master) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024	Second-level wind energy forecasting (Thesis) Arguer	Sérgio Alves (Master) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2023	Assessment of barriers to the energy transition Thesis Member	Marco Domingues (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/28	Collective self-consumption applied to a university campus (Thesis) Arguer	André Filipe Gomes Soares (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/09/01	Assessing the Colombian Energy Transition Plan and the energy efficiency potential to decarbonize the economy (Thesis) Arguer	Heidi Escobar Agudelo (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/07/27	Previsão de Consumos Energéticos em Edifícios não Residenciais com Recurso a Métodos de Machine Learning (Thesis) Main arguer	Francisco Rafael Ladeira Fernandes (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2022/01/13	Optimal Management of Community Demand Response (Thesis) Main arguer	Ahmed Abdelrahim Mohamed Talha (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021/12/21	Energy efficiency measures and integration of renewables for self-consumption in a public building (Thesis) Arguer	Paulo Miguel Coelho Alves (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2014 - 2024/12/31	Association of Energy Engineers & Efficiency Valuation Organization	Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP) IPMVP (ID 3550)
2023 - 2023	APDIO - Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional	Sócio

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2021/02/01 - Current	Member of the Scientific Council of INESC Coimbra Member	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11 - 2024/12	Member of the Coordination Committee of the Scientific Council of INESC Coimbra Member	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2022/09/05 - 2022/09/07	2022 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST)	Eindhoven, NL
2015 - 2015	Energy For Sustainability 2015 - Sustainable Cities: Designing For People And The Planet
2012 - 2012	International Workshop on Energy Efficiency for a More Sustainable World

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2016/01/01 - 2016/05/31	Research project between ENEVA / UFRJ / GESEL concerning the regulation about thermal power plants and dispatch.	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal
2010 - 2016	Design of energy efficiency measures to apply to the 'Consumption Efficiency Promotion Plan' to EDP (2011-2012, 2013-2014 and 2017-2018)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal
2014 - 2015	Education and awareness campaign on energy efficiency for elderly and disabled people (PPEC- IBD-17)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/02 - Current	Electronics I	Engenharia eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2024 - Current	Energy Management in Buildings	Sistemas Sustentáveis de Energia (Doutoramento)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - Current	Energy Management in Buildings	Energia para a Sustentabilidade (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - Current	Energy Management in Industry	Sistemas Sustentáveis de Energia (Doutoramento)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - Current	Energy Management in Industry	Energia para a Sustentabilidade (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - Current	Eficiência Energética e Conforto em Edifícios	Gestão de Cidades Sustentáveis e Inteligentes (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 - Current	Intelligent Energy Management in Buildings	Electrical and Computers Engineering (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2021 - Current	Electrical Energy Management	Electrical and Computers Engineering (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Portugal
2025/04/22 - 2025/07/31	Introduction to Energy Systems	Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021/09 - Current	Energy Strategy Reviews (2211-4688)	Amsterdam Elsevier
2015 - Current	Energy Policy	Elsevier
2015 - Current	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	Elsevier
2015 - Current	Energies	MDPI
2015 - Current	Operations Research and Decisions	Wroclaw University of Technology

Distinctions

Award

2015	Best Poster in 5th MIT Portugal Conference: Light: Transforming with Science, Designing by Nature (PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems)

Other distinction

2012	Diploma de mérito - reconhecimento dos melhores alunos de vários cursos (sessão comemorativa dos 40 anos da FEUC) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal