Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@conference {2979, title = {Procura de energia e pol{\'\i}ticas p{\'u}blicas para uma utiliza{\c c}{\~a}o respons{\'a}vel}, journal = {Congresso Internacional SUSTENTABILIDADE URBANA - 14{\textordfeminine} Jornada URBENERE e 2{\textordfeminine} Jornada CIRES}, volume = {II}, year = {2018}, month = {2018-12-05 00:00:00}, pages = {1779-1788}, address = {Universidade Vila Velha-ES, Brasil}, abstract = {Energy is now intrinsically linked to technological and social development, powering all systems. The use
}, keywords = {Demand Response, Demand Side Management, Nearly zero energy buildings, Policies, Sustainability.}, isbn = {978-989-20-8422-0}, url = {https://www.ciresurbenere.com/}, author = {Machado, B. and Castro, M. F. and Bragan{\c c}a, L.} }
of fossil fuels to supply the required energy is causing global environmental and health issues and is impacting on all life forms on the planet. Given the increasing energy use, anthropogenic greenhouse gas
emissions are consequentially increasing. A critical and evolutionary way of thinking about the energy and resources demand management and supply is necessary because there is a great concern about the irreversible impacts to the world and the scarcity of the resources as well. At the same time, all the energy
and resource use processes should be optimized to maximize the benefits, reduce the costs and promote
stakeholders network, toward a circular economy. This could be the way to supply the demand without increasing the scarcity of the resources and to simultaneously achieve environmental benefits. Furthermore, creating an educational grid is essential to change the established paradigms, to promote critical thinking on the wasted resources and thinking holistically about overall consumption. This paradigm shift is changing the market, making it more competitive and reducing inefficiency by promoting the efficient use of resources. The legislation and the public policies that consider sustainability approaches are constantly improving, trying to fix the pathways to avoid climate changes and achieve energy efficiency, but at the same time, the energy and resources demand are still increasing in a no sustainable way, which makes very much urgent the rapid implementation of measures.
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 24 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt