Carla Rodrigues (7810-CF1E-EECE)

Curriculum Vitae

Carla Rodrigues

Carla Rodrigues holds a PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems (MIT-Portugal Program, University of Coimbra, 2016), a Master's in Energy for Sustainability with a focus on Energy in Buildings and Urban Environment (University of Coimbra, 2013), and a first degree in Architecture from the University of Coimbra (2008). She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, and a senior research associate working on several R&D projects at the Center for Industrial Ecology (within ADAI-LAETA), focusing on extended life-cycle assessment approaches for several products and systems. I was awarded a doctoral scholarship from the MPP, granted to the eight best students enrolled each year in the program. During my PhD, I was a visiting researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for one year, developing a streamlined model for life-cycle assessment to reduce the effort and time required for a full LCA while maintaining the robustness and accuracy of the results. This work was part of a research project at the Materials Systems Laboratory (MSL) and the Concrete Sustainability Hub, where they developed the Building-Attribute-to-Impact Algorithm (BAIA) to streamline LCA of buildings. She has been involved in several national and international projects (including as PI and Co-PI). Her management activities include support in the academic management of postgraduate courses. She is a member of the Academic and Pedagogical Affairs Committee at the Energy for Sustainability Initiative (research and advanced training programs at the University of Coimbra, including the Energy for Sustainability Master Program and the Sustainable Energy Systems Doctoral Program). Her research activities also include project management (including writing research proposals for national and international calls), peer-review for international journals and writing scientific articles. I am also an associate editor of an international peer-reviewed journal, Cleaner Environmental Systems from Elsevier (IF: 4.9). I supervised 2 concluded PhD theses and 2 master theses. She is currently co-supervising three PhD students in Sustainable Energy Systems and two master students in Environmental Engineering (expected to finish this year). She has also served as an evaluator on several PhD and MSc thesis committees and funding agencies.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Carla Rodrigues

Citation names

Rodrigues, Carla

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7810-CF1E-EECE
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7320-1845
Scopus Author Id: 56278656000

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology
Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Architecture Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/03/15 Concluded	PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Life-Cycle Environmental and Cost Assessment of Building Retrofits: Evaluating Conventional and Streamlined Approaches" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved with praise and distinction
2012 - 2013 Concluded	English for Academic Purposes (Curso médio) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 Concluded	Master in Energy for Sustainabilty - Energy in Buildings and Urban Environment (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Environmental assessment of building retrofit – alternative scenarios for the roof retrofit of a single-family house" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17/20
2010 - 2010 Concluded	Energy Performance of Residential Buildings Regulation - Technical Course (Curso médio) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2008 Concluded	Architecture (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Arquitectura, Portugal "(in)Sustentabilidades Urbanas. Sustentabilidade, território & cidade." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16/20
2005/08 - 2006/07 Concluded	Erasmus exchange program (Outros) NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/09 - Current	Principal Investigator (Research)	Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

2019/05/01 - 2025/12	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

2017/03/17 - 2019/04/30	Postdoc (Research)	Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

2012/02/01 - 2017/03/16	Research Assistant (Research)	Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

2014/09/01 - 2015/08/31	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2026/01 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2021/09 - 2025/12	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

2015/09 - 2020/02	Tutor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2010/04/01 - 2011/08/31	Project Architect	Atelier Afonso Carvalho - Sustainable Architecture and Energy Efficiency, Portugal

2009/01/01 - 2010/03/31	Intern Architect	Atelier Afonso Carvalho - Sustainable Architecture and Energy Efficiency, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2012/11/01 - 2016/10/30	Doctoral Program in Sustainable Energy Systems - MIT Portugal Program info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/PD/PD2%FBD2%F523052%F2013/PT PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/09 - Current	CircSys - Designing Sustainable Circular Systems for Plastics COMPETE2030-FEDER-00874700 Principal investigator Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2024/01 - Current	ESCIB: Developing Environmental Sustainability & Circularity Assessment Methodologies for Industrial Biobased Systems 101135071 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2018/07 - Current	T4ENERTEC - Tools for supporting the selection of energy efficient technologies POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029820 Researcher Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia European Regional Development Fund Ongoing
2025 - 2029	Associated Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aerospace UID/50022/2025 Researcher Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Laboratório Associado em Energia, Transportes e Aeroespacial LA/P/0079/2020 10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020 10.54499/UIDP/50022/2020 Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31	Laboratório Associado de Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica UID/50022/2025 10.54499/UID/50022/2025 10.54499/UID/50022/2025 Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30	BetterPlastics - Plastics in a Circular Economy 46091 Supervisor	ANI - Agência Nacional de Inovação, SA Concluded
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30	S4Plast - Sustainable Plastics Advanced Solutions 46089 Supervisor	ANI - Agência Nacional de Inovação, SA Concluded
2018/12/01 - 2022/11/30	SET-LCA - Streamlined Ecodesign Tools based on Life Cycle Assessment incorporating uncertainty CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-030570 Principal investigator Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial Laboratório de Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia European Regional Development Fund Ongoing
2017/09 - 2020/08	CTB BASICS - CleanTechBlock - Sustainable Multi-functional Building Block Basics M-ERA-NET2/0017/2016 Researcher Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	Concluded
2018/09 - 2020/02/29	STREAMLAB - Streamlined environmental and cost life-cycle assessment of building retrofits: a decision-supporting tool MIT-EXPL/SUS/0013/2017 Researcher Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics UID/EMS/50022/2019 Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/01 - 2018/12	Life-cycle assessment and eco-design of pharmaceutical packaging 0 Post-doc Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal	Valormed Concluded
2017/03 - 2017/08	WashOne - Desenvolvimento de um sistema inovador sanitário interativo com alta performance de conforto, recuperação de resíduos e poupança de água POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017461 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Concluded
2013 - 2015	EMSURE - Energy and Mobility for Sustainable Regions CENTRO-07- 0224-FEDER-002004 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Freire, Fausto; Dias, Luis C.; Caldeira, Carla; Rodrigues, Carla; Castanheira, Érica; Garcia, Rita. Book of abstracts of the Discussion Forum on Industrial Ecology and Life-Cycle Management. Coimbra, Portugal: UC. 2014. Published
Book chapter	Müller-Carneiro, J.; Rodrigues, Carla; Figueirêdo, Maria Cléa Brito de; Freire, Fausto. "Ex-Ante Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging and Novel Technologies". In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier, 2024. 10.1016/b978-0-323-90386-8.00092-9 Hernandez, Carlos; Rodrigues, Carla; Penha, Beatriz; Simões, Tânia; Redol, João; Freire, Fausto. "Carbon Footprint and Energy Assessment of Plastic Products Produced at Neutroplast". In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2023), 525-531. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. 10.1007/978-3-031-48532-9_48
Conference abstract	Müller-Carneiro, J.; Rodrigues, Carla; Figueirêdo, M.C.B.; Freire, Fausto. "Life cycle assessment of nanocellulose production from food waste". Paper presented in Young Biomass Researchers conference, World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED 2023), Wels, 2023. Müller-Carneiro, J.; Figueirêdo, Maria Cléa Brito de; Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "A multicriteria ecodesign approach to support the development of biopolymer films (Uma abordagem multicritério de ecodesign para apoiar o desenvolvimento de filmes biopoliméricos)". Paper presented in XIX Undergraduate meeting and VIII Postgraduate meeting, Fortaleza, 2023. Published Müller-Carneiro, J.; Rodrigues, Carla; Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo; Freire, Fausto. "Ex-ante life cycle assessment of cellulose nanocrystals production from waste biomass: implications of applying different upscaling approaches". Paper presented in 3rd Life cycle innovation conference (LCIC 2022). Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation, Berlin, 2022. Published Rodrigues, Carla; Kirchain, Randolph; Freire, Fausto; Gregory, Jeremy. "Environmental and cost life-cycle assessment of building retrofits: a streamlined approach". Paper presented in Energy for Sustainability 2017 – Designing Cities & Communities for the Future, Funchal, 2018. Gregory, Jeremy; Miller, Travis R.; Hester, Josh; Rodrigues, Carla; Kirchain, Randolph. "Streamlining residential building LCA via probabilistic under-specification". Paper presented in LCA XV Conference, Vancouver, 2015. Rodrigues, Carla; Hester, Josh; Miller, Travis R.; Tecchio, Paolo; Gregory, Jeremy; Kirchain, Randolph. "Streamlined LCA of Residential Buildings using Probabilistic Under-specification". Paper presented in International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2015. Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Environmental Impact Trade-offs in Building Envelope Retrofit Strategies". Paper presented in CILCA 2015, Lima, 2015. Hester, Josh; Rodrigues, Carla; Miller, Travis R.; Tecchio, Paolo; Gregory, Jeremy; Kirchain, Randolph. "Streamlined Energy Model for Residential Construction". Paper presented in International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2015. Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Integrated LCA and thermal dynamic simulation of building envelope retrofit". Paper presented in 1st Discussion Forum on Industrial Ecology and Life-Cycle Management., Coimbra, 2014.
Conference paper	Hernandez, Carlos; Manzolli, Jônatas Augusto; Simões, Tânia R.; Redol, João; Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "The Influence of a Rooftop Photovoltaic System on the Electricity Consumption of a Plastic Moulding Plant: A Carbon Footprint Assessment". 2024. Bassani, Fabiana; Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Ecodesign baseado em Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida para embalagens de medicamentos". Paper presented in GCV 2022/2023 – VIII Congresso Brasileiro sobre Gestão do Ciclo de Vida, São Paulo, 2023. Submitted Hernandez, Carlos; Rodrigues, Carla; Penha, Beatriz; Simões, Tânia; Redol, João; Freire, Fausto. "Carbon footprint and energy assessment of plastic products produced at Neutroplast". Paper presented in The International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2023), Leiria, 2023. Submitted Müller-Carneiro, J.; Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo; Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Comparative early-stage life cycle assessment of two starch films based on food crop and agri-food waste sources". Paper presented in 13th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food (LCA Foods 2022), Lima, 2022. Published Rodrigues, Carla. "Ecodesign de embalagens: revisão de literatura e ferramentas. Limitações e oportunidades". Paper presented in GCV 2018 – VI Congresso Brasileiro sobre Gestão do Ciclo de Vida, Brasília, 2018. Tadeu, Sérgio F.; Rodrigues, Carla; Tadeu, António; Freire, Fausto; Simões, Nuno. "Energy retrofit of a historic building in a UNESCO world heritage site: an integrated cost optimality and environmental assessment". Paper presented in International Conference in Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings, Madrid, 2014. Published Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Cost and greenhouse gas life-cycle analysis of building envelope retrofit". Paper presented in 40th IAHS Conference, Sustainable Housing Construction, Funchal, 2014. Published Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Does type of use and occupancy influence the performance of building retrofit strategies?". Paper presented in 40th IAHS Conference, Sustainable Housing Construction, Funchal, 2014. Published Tadeu, Sérgio F.; Rodrigues, Carla; Tadeu, António; Simões, Nuno; Gonçalves, Márcio. "Multicriteria Analysis of Occupants’ Perceptions of the benefits of Energy Retrofitting of Buildings". Paper presented in 40th IAHS Conference, Sustainable Housing Construction, Funchal, 2014. Published Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Life-cycle assessment of roof retrofit scenarios for a single-family house". Paper presented in CISBAT 2013, 2013. Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Life-cycle assessment of retrofit scenarios for a single-family house". Paper presented in CISBAT 2013, Clean Technology for Smart Cities and Buildings, Lausanne, 2013. Published Rodrigues, Carla. "Addressing occupancy in the energy and greenhouse gas assessment of building retrofit". Paper presented in Energy for Sustainability 2013, Sustainable Cities: Designing for People and the Planet, Coimbra, 2013. Published Rodrigues, Carla; Luiz, Inês; Tadeu, Sérgio F.; Freire, Fausto. "Environmental Assessment of Alternative Options for the Roof Retrofit of an Historic Building". Paper presented in CINCOS’12 - Congress of Innovation on Sustainable Construction, Aveiro, 2012. Published
Conference poster	Müller-Carneiro, J.; Dias, Luis C.; Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. Corresponding author: Müller-Carneiro, J.. "Assessing nutrient security and replacement potential of novel technologies for wastewater nutrient recovery". Paper presented in European Sustainable Phosphorous Conference (ESPC5), 2024. Belucio, Matheus; Rodrigues, Carla; Tavares, Vanessa; Dias, Luis C.; Carlos Henggeler Antunes; Freire, Fausto. "Streamlined environmental and cost life-cycle assessment of building retrofits: a decision-support tool". Paper presented in 2019 MIT Portugal Annual Conference – The Atlantic as a platform for science and technological impact, 2019. Rodrigues, Carla; König, Jakob; Freire, Fausto. "Comparative environmental assessment of improved foam glass material using alternative waste glass streams (CRT and flat glass)". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting – One Environment. One Health. Sustainable Societies, 2019. Rodrigues, Carla. "Streamlined environmental and cost life-cycle assessment of building retrofits: a decision-supporting tool". Paper presented in MIT Portugal Program Conference 2018, 2018. Rodrigues, Carla. "WashOne - Innovative toilet integrating multiple functions of comfort, hygiene and sustaintability - an environmental life-cycle assessment (PT:Sanita inovadora integrando múltiplas funções de conforto, higiene e sustentabilidade - Avaliação Ambiental de Ciclo de Vida)". Paper presented in EfS Students & Companies Meeting 2018, 2018. Rodrigues, Carla. "Life-Cycle Environmental and Cost Assessment of Building Retrofits Evaluating conventional and streamlined approaches". Paper presented in EfS Students & Companies Meeting 2017, 2017. Rodrigues, Carla. "Sustainability Assessment of Buildings Retrofit: an Integrated Life-Cycle Approach (PhD thesis)". Paper presented in EfS Students & Companies Meeting 2015, 2015. Rodrigues, Carla. "Sustainability Assessment of Building Retrofit: an Integrated Life-Cycle Approach (PhD thesis)". Paper presented in 4th MIT Portugal Program Conference, 2014.
Journal article	Hernandez, Carlos; Rodrigues, Carla; Magalhães, António; Ferreira, Jorge; Freire, Fausto. "How do ecoinvent system models, recycled materials, and powertrain influence the ecodesign of an automotive component?". Sustainable Materials and Technologies 47 (2026): e01784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01784. Open access • 10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01784 Hernandez, Carlos; Rodrigues, Carla; Silva, Pedro; Tomé, Gonçalo; Gonçalves, Clara; Freire, Fausto. "How does the energy transition reshape ecodesign of automotive components in battery electric vehicles? retrospective vs. prospective life cycle assessment". The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 31 1-3 (2026): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-026-02580-w. Open access • Published • 10.1007/s11367-026-02580-w Barrak, Erika; Freire, Fausto; Rodrigues, Carla. "Evaluating the end-of-life modelling for circular economy strategies in the life cycle assessment of building materials". The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 31 1-3 (2026): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-026-02598-0. Open access • Published • 10.1007/s11367-026-02598-0 Hernandez, Carlos; Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Life cycle assessment of nutraceutical bottles: comparison of high-density polyethylene vs. hemp fiber composite, recycled, or fossil polymer". The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-025-02552-6. 10.1007/s11367-025-02552-6 Jade Müller-Carneiro; Morsyleide de Freitas Rosa; Carla Rodrigues; Fausto Freire; Bernhard Steubing; Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo. "Scenario-based life cycle assessment of cellulose nanocrystals production from agro-industrial by-products in 2040". Journal of Cleaner Production (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146238. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146238 Carla Rodrigues; Fausto Freire. "Probabilistic life cycle approach for novel systems addressing user-behavior uncertainty: application to toilets". Cleaner Environmental Systems (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2025.100320. 10.1016/j.cesys.2025.100320 Barros, Murillo Vetroni; Barrak, Érika; Gouveia, João Paulo Martins; Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto; Piekarski, Cassiano Moro. "Circularity Assessment of a Sustainable Modular Building Block and Contribution To SDGs". Circular Economy and Sustainability 5 8 (2025): 7221-7240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-025-00666-5. Published • 10.1007/s43615-025-00666-5 Ferrández, Daniel; Zaragoza-Benzal, Alicia; Barrak, Erika; Santos, Paulo; Rodrigues, Carla. "Upcycling expanded polyethylene waste for novel composite materials: Physico-mechanical, hygrothermal and life cycle assessment". Results in Engineering 24 (2024): 103535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2024.103535. 10.1016/j.rineng.2024.103535 Rodrigues, Carla; Rodrigues, Eugénio; S. Fernandes, Marco; Tadeu, Sérgio. "Prospective life cycle approach to buildings' adaptation for future climate and decarbonization scenarios". Applied Energy 372 (2024): 123867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123867. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123867 Erika Barrak; Carla Rodrigues; Carlos Henggeler Antunes; Fausto Freire; Luis C. Dias. "Applying multi-criteria decision analysis to combine life cycle assessment with circularity indicators". Journal of Cleaner Production (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141872. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141872 Fabiana Bassani; Carla Rodrigues; Fausto Freire. "Life cycle assessment of pharmaceutical packaging addressing end-of-life alternatives". Waste Management (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.12.022. 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.12.022 Carlos Hernandez; Carla Rodrigues; Pedro Marques; Fausto Freire. "Life cycle assessment of a large volume parenteral for hospital use". Resources, Conservation and Recycling (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107120. 10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107120 Jade Müller-Carneiro; Carla Rodrigues; Luís C. Dias; Carlos Henggeler Antunes; Adriano L.A. Mattos; Fausto Freire. "A multi-criteria framework for the ecodesign of bio-based materials at early development stages". Journal of Cleaner Production (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139268. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139268 Jade Müller-Carneiro; Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo; Carla Rodrigues; Henriette Monteiro Cordeiro de Azeredo; Fausto Freire. "Ex-ante life cycle assessment framework and application to a nano-reinforced biopolymer film based on mango kernel". Resources, Conservation and Recycling (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106637. 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106637 Sérgio Tadeu; Carla Rodrigues; Pedro Marques; Fausto Freire. "Eco-efficiency to support selection of energy conservation measures for buildings: A life-cycle approach". Journal of Building Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105142. 10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105142 Shiva Saadatian; Carla Rodrigues; Fausto Freire; Nuno Simões. "Environmental and cost life-cycle approach to support selection of windows in early stages of building design". Journal of Cleaner Production (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132624. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132624 Shiva Saadatian; Carla Rodrigues; Fausto Freire; Nuno Simões. "Key drivers of life-cycle environmental and cost assessment of windows for different European climate zones". Journal of Building Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104206. 10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104206 Bassani, Fabiana; Rodrigues, Carla; Marques, Pedro; Freire, Fausto. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, Carla. "Ecodesign approach for pharmaceutical packaging based on Life Cycle Assessment". Science of The Total Environment 816 (2022): 151565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151565. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151565 Bassani, Fabiana; Rodrigues, Carla; Marques, Pedro ; Freire, Fausto. "Life cycle assessment of pharmaceutical packaging". The International Journal Life Cycle Assessment 27 7 (2022): 978-992. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-022-02062-9. Published Rodrigues, Carla; Almeida, João; Santos, Maria Inês; Costa, Andreia; Além, Sandra; Rufo, Emanuel; Tadeu, António; Freire, Fausto. "Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment of an Innovative Multifunctional Toilet". Energies 14 8 (2021): 2307. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14082307. 10.3390/en14082307 Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Environmental impacts and costs of residential building retrofits - What matters?". Sustainable Cities and Society 67 (2021): 102733. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102733. 10.1016/j.scs.2021.102733 Belucio, Matheus; Rodrigues, Carla; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Freire, Fausto; Dias, Luís C.. "Eco-efficiency in early design decisions: A multimethodology approach". Journal of Cleaner Production 283 (2021): 124630. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124630. Published • 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124630 Göswein, Verena; Rodrigues, Carla; Silvestre, José D.; Freire, Fausto; Habert, Guillaume; König, Jakob. "Using anticipatory life cycle assessment to enable future sustainable construction". Journal of Industrial Ecology 24 1 (2020): 178-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12916. 10.1111/jiec.12916 Rodrigues, Carla; Kirchain, Randolph; Freire, Fausto; Gregory, Jeremy. "Streamlined environmental and cost life-cycle approach for building thermal retrofits: A case of residential buildings in South European climates". Journal of Cleaner Production 172C (2018): 2625-2635. Published • 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.148 Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Environmental impact trade-offs in building envelope retrofit strategies". The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 22 4 (2017): 557-570. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11367-016-1064-2. 10.1007/s11367-016-1064-2 Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Building retrofit addressing occupancy: An integrated cost and environmental life-cycle analysis". Energy and Buildings 140 (2017): 388-398. Published • 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.01.084 Rodrigues, Carla; Freire, Fausto. "Adaptive reuse of buildings: Eco-efficiency assessment of retrofit strategies for alternative uses of an historic building". Journal of Cleaner Production 157 (2017): 94-105. Published • 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.104 Tadeu, S.; Rodrigues, C.; Tadeu, A.; Simões, N.; Gonçalves, M.. "Multi-criteria analysis of occupants' perceptions on the benefits of energy retrofitting of buildings". International Journal for Housing Science and Its Applications 40 1 (2016): 49-59. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84975460949&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Tadeu, S.; Rodrigues, C.; Tadeu, A.; Freire, F.; Simões, N.. "Energy retrofit of historic buildings: Environmental assessment of cost-optimal solutions". Journal of Building Engineering 4 0 (2015): 167-176. Published • 10.1016/j.jobe.2015.09.009 Rodrigues, C.; Freire, F.. "Integrated life-cycle assessment and thermal dynamic simulation of alternative scenarios for the roof retrofit of a house". Building and Environment 81 (2014): 204-215. 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.07.001 Rodrigues, Carla; Luiz, Inês; Tadeu, Sérgio F.; Freire, Fausto. "Roof retrofit of an historical building: an environmental assessment (PT: Reabilitação da cobertura de um edifício histórico: uma avaliação ambiental)". Internacional Magazine Construlink 10 31 (2012): 5-15. Published
Magazine article	Cruz, Pedro; Costa, Andreia; Costa, Victor; Pereira, Marcelo; Rodrigues, Luis; Pimentel-Rodrigues, Carla; Lopes, António; et al. "Innovative toilet integrating water and flush system, eletronic bidet and urine separation systems (PT:Sanita inovadora integrando sistemas de armazenamento e descarga de água, bidé eletrónico e separação de urinas)", Indústria e Ambiente (Industry and Environment), 2018, http://www.industriaeambiente.pt/. Cruz, Pedro; Costa, Andreia; Costa, Vítor; Pereira, Marcelo; Rodrigues, Luís; Rodrigues, Carla; Lopes, António; et al. "Sanita inovadora integrando sistemas de armazenamento e descarga de água, bidé eletrónico e separação de urinas.", Indústria e Ambiente, 2018, https://www.industriaeambiente.pt/noticias/revista-m108-janeiro-fevereiro-2018/.
Thesis / Dissertation	Rodrigues, Carla Abreu. "Environmental assessment of building retrofit - alternative scenarios for the roof retrofit of a single-family house". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/38925. Rodrigues, Carla Abreu. "Insustentabilidades urbanas : sustentabilidade território e cidade.". Degree, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/7404.

Other

Other output

Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida e Ecodesign de Embalagens de Medicamentos (Technical Report). Final report of the R&D project developed for Valormed - Sociedade Gestora de Resíduos de Embalagens e Medicamentos, S.A. (Management of pharmaceutical packaging and medicines in Portugal). 2019. Bassani, Fabiana; Rodrigues, Carla; Marques, Pedro ; Freire, Fausto.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/03/31	Circular Economy and Circular Business Models	Seminar Class of Master in Management Polytechnic of Leiria (Leiria, Portugal)
2022/11/22	Prospective LCA of a novel building system incorporating waste glass – a circular economy perspective	Final workshop of the SET-LCA project Embrapa Tropical Agroindustry (Fortaleza, Brazil)
2022/10/25	Environmental and cost life-cycle assessment of building retrofits	Seminar Class of Master in Sustainable Cities and Communities University de Coimbra, Departament of Mechanical Engineering
2022/04/04	Introduction to Circular Economy. Seminar Class of Master in Management	Seminar Class of Master in Management Polytechnic of Leiria
2021/07/06	Sustainable Multi-functional Building Block Basics - Life-cycle Assessment and Circular Economy	2nd Inter-regional Workshop "Circlocal" CIM - Região de Coimbra (Online, Portugal)
2019/12/11	Life-cycle assessment and ecodesign of pharmaceutical packaging	Packaging regulations in pharmaceutical products Valormed (Portuguese company that manage pharmaceutical waste (medicine and packaging)) and the Portuguese Environment Agency (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/12	Life-cycle assessment and ecodesign of pharmaceutical packaging	Lecture on the Environmental Management course Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/02	Cities as Sustainable Systems	MPP symposium - MIT and Portugal in the challenges for the Planet and Society - round table discussion MIT Portugal Program (Guimarães, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2026/02 - Current	Environmental and Circularity Assessment of a Bio-Based Product in Early Development Stages (low TRL) Supervisor	MSc in Environmental Engineering (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2026/02 - Current	Carbon Footprint Assessment of a Circular Economy Company Co-supervisor	MSc in Environmental Engineering (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2025/09 - Current	Valorization of Cassava Peels into Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) Using a Consortium of Microorganisms Co-supervisor	Sustainable Energy Systems (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2023/09 - Current	Framework for Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of novel products and technologies at low Technology Readiness Levels Co-supervisor	Sustainable Energy Systems (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2021/09 - Current	Eco-design of plastic products: a novel framework and applications Co-supervisor	PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2019/09 - Current	Life-cycle assessment of waste-based products in a circular economy perspective Co-supervisor	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2020/09 - 2025/10	Ecodesign based on Prospective Life Cycle Assessment for Novel Technologies in the Circular Bioeconomy Co-supervisor of Jade Carneiro	Sustainable Energy Systems (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/07	Life cycle assessment of a PVC (polyvinyl chloride) shoe sole Supervisor	Energy for Sustainability (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2016/09 - 2023/03/24	Ecodesign based on Life-cycle Assessment for pharmaceutical packaging Co-supervisor of Fabiana Bassani	PhD in Environmental Engineering (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/09	Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of rice husk panels Supervisor	Master Thesis (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/04/26 - Current	Circular Economy in companies and scientific research 2023 (2023/04/26) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Center for Industrial Ecology at Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Coimbra), Portugal
2022/04/20 - 2022/04/27	Circular Economy in companies and scientific research (2022/04/20 - 2022/04/27) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Center for Industrial Ecology at Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Coimbra), Portugal
2015 - 2015	2nd Discussion Forum on Industrial Ecology and Life-Cycle Management Workshop (Other)
2014 - 2014	1st Discussion Forum on Industrial Ecology and Life-Cycle Management Workshop (Other)

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2025/12	Thermal Envelope Recommendations for Climate-Resilient Residential Buildings: A Case Study Under Present and Future Scenarios in Iran (Thesis) Arguer	Nazanin Azimi Fereidani (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2025/06	Environmental assessment and selection of indicators for urban and industrial wastewater treatment within a circular economy framework Thesis Member	Sofía Estevez Rivadulla (PhD) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Departamento de Enxeñaría Química, Spain
2024/12	Eco-Design of Clinker and Cement (Thesis) Main arguer	Francisco Capucha (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/10	Scaling up Industrial Symbiosis: A top-down approach for sectoral implementation (Thesis) Main arguer	Juan Henriques (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09	Level(s) framework for residential buildings assessment in Portugal: Use stage energy performance and life cycle global warming potential (Thesis) Main arguer	Bárbara Lopes (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2022/09	Life cycle assessment of a chassi dashboard (Thesis) Main arguer	Rui Sá (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2022/09	Economic and ecoefficiency analysis of a lightweight concrete construction component (Thesis) Main arguer	Tiago Silva (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2022/07/26	Eco-design of packaging (Thesis) Main arguer	Catarina Dias (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022/03	Integrated cost and environmental life-cycle analysis of windows (Thesis) Arguer	Seyedeh Shiva Saadatian (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/02	Life cycle assessment of prefabricated buildings towards a building stock approach Thesis Member	Vanessa Tavares (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2021/10	Circular Business Models: Development of a Circularity Assessment Tool for Companies (Thesis) Main arguer	Diogo Nunes (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2021/07	Material Flow Analysis integrated with Life Cycle Assessment to support a Circular Economy of plastics in Portugal Thesis Member	Mariana Marques Gonçalves (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2021/03	Life cycle assessment of a new packaging for large volume parenterals (Thesis) Main arguer	Carlos Junior Arias Hernandez (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/10 - Current	Sustainable Production and Consumption	Elsevier
2022/06 - Current	The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	Springer
2021 - Current	Cleaner Environmental Systems	Elsevier
2021 - Current	Energy Policy	Elsevier
2021 - Current	Buildings & Cities
2019 - Current	Building and Environment	Elsevier
2019 - Current	Sustainable Cities and Society	Elsevier
2019 - Current	Applied Sciences	MDPI
2017 - Current	Energy and Buildings	Elsevier
2016 - Current	Journal of Cleaner Production	Elsevier

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2014/05 - Current	International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE)
2013/08 - Current	Portuguese Association of Scientific Research Fellows - Associação de Bolseiros de Investigação Científica (ABIC)
2009/09 - 2013/09	Ordem dos Arquitectos

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2012/09 - Current	Academic and Pedagogical Affairs Committee (CAPA) - Responsible for managing the educational programs managed by the Initiative, from initial application to the defense of theses or dissertations, covering the aspects of academic management and pedagogical issues, including quality assessment. Member	Energy for Sustainability Initiative at University of Coimbra, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2023/09/28 - 2023/09/30	5th Energy for Sustainability International Conference - Towards a sustainable and resilient future
2018/09 - 2018/09	4th Energy for Sustainability International Conference - Designing a sustainable future
2016/01 - 2017/02	3rd Energy for Sustainability International Conference - Designing Cities & Communities

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/09 - Current	Circular Economy	Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2015/10 - Current	Industrial Ecology - co-supervision of LCA case-studies assignments	(Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/01 - Current	Sustainability - Guest Editor of Special Issue	MDPI
2022 - Current	Sustainability - Special Issue Guest Editor	MDPI

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2019/09 - 2020/02	Life cycle assessment of a biobased film produced from mango kernel	Jade Carneiro
2019/02 - 2019/07	Life-cycle assessment of medium density fibreboards using secondary raw materials (coconut fiber and rice husk)	Ana Caroline Bastos
2018/09 - 2019/02	LCA analysis of alternative types of bricks	Patricia Bianchi and Eduardo Vale
2018/09 - 2019/02	LCA analysis of coconut-based MDF and MDF UF production: a comparison with traditional wood-based fibreboard	Marianna Gallegati, Michela Nannini and Nicolò Liva
2017/09 - 2018/10	Comparative life-cycle assessment of two construction systems	André Dias and Andreia Cortês
2017/09 - 2018/02	A comparative life cycle assessment of hand drying systems in Portugal: Paper Towel vs Electric Systems	Ana Claudia, André Pires and Margarida Almeida
2017/09 - 2018/02	Life-cycle assessment - Comparison between waste-based insulation panels with stone wool	Beatriz Bandarra, Brandon Luz and Magda Almeida
2016/09 - 2017/02	Life-cycle assessment comparison of ordinary concrete blocks and recycled plastic blocks as construction materials in social housing	Shu Xian Toh, Eduardo N. Pacheco and Jeremiah M. Kabayo
2015/09 - 2016/02	Life-cycle approach of alternative scenarios for the windows retrofit of a house	Christian C. Prieto, Simona Sgrò and P.L. Ravi Teja

Distinctions

Award

2013	Best student award (Master in Energy for Sustainability) Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012	MIT Portugal Program PhD Grant Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Portugal Program, Portugal