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Papers in International Journals (3)

Frischknecht R., Birgisdottir H., Chae C. - U., Lützkendorf T., Passer A., Alsema E., Balouktsi M., Berg B., Dowdell D., García Martínez A., Habert G., Hollberg A., König H., Lasvaux S., Llatas C., Nygaard Rasmussen F., Peuportier B., Ramseier L., Röck M., Soust Verdaguer B.,, "Comparison of the environmental assessment of an identical office building with national methods", IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 323, vol. 323, issue 2019, pp. 1-11, doi:10.1088/1755-1315/323/1/012037, 2019.

Mateus, R., Silva S. M., and Almeida, Manuela G., "Environmental and cost life cycle analysis of the impact of using solar systems in energy renovation of Southern European single-family buildings", Renewable Energy, 2018, pp. 1-11, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.04.036, 2018.

Year: 2017 | JCR: Q1 | SJR: Q1

Almeida, Manuela G., Mateus, R., Ferreira M., and Rodrigues A., "Life-cycle costs and life-cycle impacts on energy-related building renovation assessment", International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development, 2017.

Year: 2017 | SJR: Q3

Chapters/ Papers in International Books (1)

Pacheco-Torgal, F., "Introduction to the environmental impact of construction and building materials", Eco-efficient construction and building materials, 1, vol. 1, pp. 1-10, 2013.

Communications in International Conferences (12)

Almeida, Manuela G., Mateus, R., Ferreira M., and Rodrigues A., "Relevance of embodied energy on building retrofit assessment", SBE16 Brazil & Portugal - Sustainable Urban Communities towards a Nearly Zero Impact Built Environment, vol. 3, pp. 1819 - 1828, doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.17816.80645, 2016.

Fernandes V., Mateus, R., Bragança, L., Silva S. M., and Almeida, Manuela G., "Life cycle assessment of solar thermal systems", IAHS 2014 - Sustainable Housing Construction, pp. 1-10, 2014.

Bragança, L., and Mateus, R., "Análise do ciclo de vida de construções metálicas", I Congresso Luso-Aficano de Construção Metálica Sustentável, pp. 1–10, 2012.

Mota L., Mateus, R., and Bragança, L., "The contribution of the maintenance phase for the environmental life-cycle impacts of a residential building", BSA 2012 - 1st International Conference on Building Sustainability Assessment, pp. 603–612, 2012.

Neiva S. D. O., Mateus, R., and Bragança, L., "Environmental LCA database for conventional portuguese building technologies", BSA 2012 - 1st International Conference on Building Sustainability Assessment, pp. 613–620, 2012.

Mateus, R., and Bragança, L., "LCA database of steel building technologies", I Congresso Luso-Aficano de Construção Metálica Sustentável, pp. 1–10, 2012.

Neiva S. D. O., Mateus, R., Macieira M., Mendonça P., and Bragança, L., "Life-cycle assessment of lightweight textile membrane partition walls", TRS 2012 – The 41th Textile Research Symposium, pp. 1–4, 2012.

Mota L., and Mateus, R., "Contributo da fase de manutenção para os impactes de ciclo de vida de edifícios de habitação", iiSBE Portugal 2011 - Sustentabilidade na Reabilitação Urbana: o novo paradigma do mercado da construção, pp. 109–120, 2011.

Mateus, R., and Bragança, L., "Is it possible to integrate accurate environmental assessment methods in building sustainability rating systems?", CESB10 - Central Europe Towards Sustainable Building, pp. 1–11, 2010.

Bragança, L., and Mateus, R., "LCA database for portuguese building technologies", Portugal SB10 - Sustainable Building affordable to all: Low cost sustainable solutions (Proceedings of the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment), pp. 489–496, 2010.

Bragança, L., and Mateus, R., "New approach to life-cycle analysis in building sustainability rating systems", CINCOS’08 - Inovação na construção sustentável: Actas do Congresso de Inovação na Construção Sustentável, pp. 331–345, 2008.

Koukkari H., Bragança, L., and Mateus, R., "Sustainable design principles in construction sector", International Conference Sustainable Construction: Action for Sustainability in the Mediterranean, 2005.

Communications in National Conferences (1)

Araújo J. P., Palha C., Silva H. M. R. D., Oliveira J. R. M., and Costa L. M. B., "Desenvolvimento de equipamento para avaliação do consumo e da desagregação devido à resistência ao rolamento de pavimentos rodoviários", 1º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil, 2016.

Books (3)

Pacheco-Torgal, F., "Handbook of advances in Alkali-activated Concrete", Design, Rheology, curing, properties, durability and LCA, 1, vol. 1, pp. 576, 2021.

Lasvaux S., Favre D., Perriset B., Mahroua S., and Citherlet S., "Life Cycle Assessment for Cost-Effective Energy and Carbon Emissions Optimization in Building Renovation", Annex 56, pp. 110, 2017.

Pacheco-Torgal, F., "Eco-efficient Masonry Bricks and Blocks", Design, Properties and Durability, 1, vol. 1, pp. 1-548, doi:https://www.elsevier.com/books/eco-efficient-masonry-bricks-and-blocks/pacheco-torgal/978-1-78242-305-8, 2014.

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