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CIE researcher since 2011 and a PhD student in Sustainable Energy Systems at University of Coimbra (framed under the MIT-Portugal Program) since 2016. She has been working on the Life-cycle assessment of buildings focusing on the Prefabrication. The Ph.D. thesis theme is “Comprehensive Life-cycle assessment of prefabricated houses”. From June to September 2018, she was a vising student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Materials Systems Laboratory (MSL-MIT) and during that period has developed a combined model to predict the economic and environmental impacts of the use of prefabrication in comparison with standards construction in the construction sector (foccusing on end-of-life waste treatment strategies, regional variability and data uncertainty). Vanessa has a degree in architecture in Faculty of Architecture of University of Porto (2006) and a master degree in Energy for Sustainability in Faculty of Science and Technology of University of Coimbra (2015) . She has worked as an architect in a architecture, engeneering and design entreprise (from 2005 to 2015), being there responsible for CNLL’s R&D department and for the implementation of management systems of Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) certification scheme, NP 4457: 2007 (2011). She was a guest lecturer in Construction II course (2010/2011) and Trainer of Project BIM course (2013/2014) in the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vanessa Tavares

Citation names

  • Tavares, Vanessa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6312-0344-968E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8111-6990

Email addresses

  • vanessa.tavares@dem.uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016 - 2020/10
Ongoing
 Sustainable Energy Systems (MIT Portugal program) (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"INTEGRATED LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF PREFABRICATED SOLUTIONS IN CONSTRUCTION, Models and criteria for a sustainable decision on offsite/site construction." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014 - 2015
Concluded
 Energy for Sustainability (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Life-Cycle Energy and Greenhouse Gas Assessment of a modular PREFAB HOUSE" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16.2
1999 - 2006
Concluded
 Architecture (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
"O espaço da criança" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/04/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) BUILT CoLAB, Portugal
2009/09/30 - Current Researcher (Research) Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial Laboratório de Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
2011/09/01 - 2018/09/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/02/01 - 2013/07/31 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2011/07/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/11/02 - 2015/10/15 Architect CNLL Lda. arq. Carlos Nuno Lacerda Lda | Architecture | Design | Engineering, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/03/08 - 2023/03/08 BetterPlastics
POCI-01- 0247-FEDER-046091)
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/04/01 - 2023/01/31 Plano de Ação para a Circularidade na Construção – PACCO
Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 190-A/2019, de 23 de novembro de 2017
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
BUILT CoLAB, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2018/12/01 - 2022/11/30 SET-LCA
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-030570
Researcher
2018/09/01 - 2020/02/29 Streamlab
MIT-EXPL/SUS/0013/2017
Researcher
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Vanessa Tavares; Marco Frazão Pedroso. "Barriers and Opportunities in the Transition to a Circular Construction Sector in Portugal". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-45980-1_17
  2. Marco Frazão Pedroso; Vanessa Tavares. "Circular Economy Supporting Policies and Regulations: The Portuguese Case". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-45980-1_23
Conference abstract
  1. Tavares, Vanessa. "Life-cycle energy and greenhouse gas analysis of a modular house". Paper presented in EfS 2017: 3rd Energy for Sustainability International Conference, Funchal, Madeira, 2017.
    Published
  2. Tavares, Vanessa; Fausto Freire; Nuno Lacerda. "Energy and carbon assessment of construction materials for a modular prefab house". Paper presented in EfS 2013 Sustainable cities: designing for people and the planet, Coimbra, 2013.
    Published
  3. Tavares, Vanessa; Fausto Freire; Nuno Lacerda. "Life-Cycle Energy and Carbon Assessment of a Prefabricated House". Paper presented in Sustentabilidade na Reabilitação Urbana: o novo paradigma do mercado da construção., Lisboa, 2011.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Tavares, Vanessa; Fausto Freire; Nuno Lacerda. "Energy and greenhouse gas assessment of a prefabricated modular house: "Moby"". Paper presented in CINCOS'16 Congresso de Inovação na Construção Sustantável, Lisboa, 2016.
    Published
  2. Tavares, Vanessa; Nuno Lacerda. "BIM implementation and cost-benefit analyses: a company case study". Paper presented in 1st BIM International Conference, Porto, 2013.
    Published
Journal article
  1. V. Tavares; F. Freire. "Life cycle assessment of a prefabricated house for seven locations in different climates". Journal of Building Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104504.
    10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104504
  2. V. Tavares; J. Gregory; R. Kirchain; F. Freire. "What is the potential for prefabricated buildings to decrease costs and contribute to meeting EU environmental targets?". Building and Environment 206 (2021): 108382-108382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108382.
    10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108382
  3. Tavares, V.; Soares, N.; Raposo, N.; Marques, P.; Freire, F.. "Prefabricated versus conventional construction: Comparing life-cycle impacts of alternative structural materials". Journal of Building Engineering 41 (2021): 102705. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102705.
    10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102705
  4. Tavares, V.; Lacerda, N.; Freire, F.. "Embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions analysis of a prefabricated modular house: The “Moby” case study". Journal of Cleaner Production 212 (2019): 1044-1053. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059338047&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.028
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/01/26 - Current Sessão de apresentação do "Plano de Ação para a Circularidade em Portugal (PACCO)" (2023/01/26 - 2023/01/26)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 BUILT CoLAB, Portugal
2013 - 2013 1st BIM International Conference
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Software and Building Companies, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
Current Ordem dos Arquitectos

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2014 - 2014 Curso BIM Especialização (Curso médio) Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2010/10 - 2011/06 Construção 2 (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2015 Melhor estudante do curso de Mestrado em Energia para a Sustentabilidade
Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal