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A framework to analyze the dynamics of the socioeconomic metabolism of countries: A Portuguese case study

Sónia Cunha, Paulo Ferrão

Journal of Industrial Ecology > 25 > 6 > 1398 - 1411

Socioeconomic metabolism dynamics are relevant to identify (un)sustainable development pathways in different economies, particularly if the evolution of resource productivity of critical economic sectors can be quantified. This paper offers a four‐step methodological framework to quantify these dynamics for an economy in a way that can be replicated for a series of years and countries. This methodological...

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Commercial farming within the urban built environment – Taking stock of an evolving field in northern countries

Khadija Benis, Paulo Ferrão

Global Food Security > 2018 > 17 > C > 30-37

Urban horticulture has historically contributed to the supply of fresh produce to urban dwellers and has been gaining popularity over the last years in the Global North, with growing awareness of environmental and health concerns. Over the past few years, commercial farms have been emerging in major northern cities, promoting a trend of environmentally friendly food, grown in highly efficient installations...

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An urban building database (UBD) supporting a smart city information system

Claudia Sousa Monteiro, Carlos Costa, André Pina, Maribel Y. Santos, more

Energy and Buildings > 2018 > 158 > C > 244-260

Urban energy modelling requires a large amount of detailed data to perform systematic dynamic simulations of a large number of buildings, where the adoption of energy efficiency strategies is an important concern for sustainable urban planning.National statistical datasets collect important aggregated data regarding building construction, energy consumption and occupants, and cities are making a significant...

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Assessing the costs of municipal solid waste treatment technologies in developing Asian countries

João Aleluia, Paulo Ferrão

Waste Management > 2017 > 69 > C > 592-608

The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of the main costs incurred by local authorities in developing countries. According to some estimates, these costs can account for up to 50% of city government budgets. It is therefore of importance that policymakers, urban planners and practitioners have an adequate understanding of what these costs consist of, from collection to final waste disposal...

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The impact of renovation measures on building environmental performance: An emergy approach

Ivan Andrić, André Pina, Paulo Ferrão, Bruno Lacarrière, more

Journal of Cleaner Production > 2017 > 162 > C > 776-790

Approximately 30–40% of the total natural resources that are used in industrialized countries are exploited by the building sector, and almost 40% of the world’s consumption of materials converts into the built environment. Thus, improving the environmental performance of building sector could be crucial for reaching the sustainability of urban environment.The main scope of this paper is to highlight...

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The impact of climate change on building heat demand in different climate types

I. Andrić, André Pina, Paulo Ferrão, Jérémy Fournier, more

Energy and Buildings > 2017 > 149 > C > 225-234

Heat demand may decrease in the future due to changing weather conditions and building renovation policies, possibly impacting the efficiency and profitability of renewable heat production and distribution systems which are commonly proposed in the literature as an adequate measure for building sector emissions mitigation. In this work, the potential evolution of building heat demand in characteristic...

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Development of a simulation-based decision support workflow for the implementation of Building-Integrated Agriculture (BIA) in urban contexts

Khadija Benis, Christoph Reinhart, Paulo Ferrão

Journal of Cleaner Production > 2017 > 147 > C > 589-602

Providing healthy food for the world’s growing urban population is a recognized global challenge and it is likely that current modes of conventional, large-scale farming will over time be increasingly complemented by local, urban farming practices. Apart from its acknowledged social benefits, urban farming is also widely viewed as a more resource-efficient alternative to conventional remote farming...

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The Use of Multi-detail Building Archetypes in Urban Energy Modelling

Claudia Sousa Monteiro, André Pina, Carlos Cerezo, Christoph Reinhart, more

Energy Procedia > 2017 > 111 > C > 817-825

The necessary simplification of building stock models to perform energy studies in cities can impact their accuracy. This paper assesses the impact of considering different levels of detail in the characterization of the building stock, by varying the number of archetypes considered, using a neighborhood in Lisbon as case-study.Each archetype represents a share of buildings and is defined by the most...

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Potential mitigation of the environmental impacts of food systems through urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) – a life cycle assessment approach

Khadija Benis, Paulo Ferrão

Journal of Cleaner Production > 2017 > 140 > P2 > 784-795

Global food systems are as vital for human survival as they constitute a major threat to the environment, being key drivers of climate change, water use, toxic emissions and habitat change. In a business as usual scenario, these impacts will most likely increase, driven by population and economic growth, which will lead to a higher demand for food, and probably for the most environmentally intensive...

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An Input‐Output Model of Extended Producer Responsibility

João F. D. Rodrigues, António Lorena, Inês Costa, Paulo Ribeiro, more

Journal of Industrial Ecology > 20 > 6 > 1273 - 1283

Under an extended producer responsibility (EPR) system, when a producer delivers a product to the market it must also pay a takeback fee, which is used to cover the costs of end‐of‐life disposal. EPR systems are currently used in Europe and beyond to manage a variety of products, including packaging and used tires. In this article we develop an input‐output (IO) model that is able to assess the impacts...

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The physical structure of urban economies — Comparative assessment

André Pina, Paulo Ferrão, Daniela Ferreira, Luís Santos, more

Technological Forecasting and Social Change > 2016 > 113 > PB > 220-229

Urban metabolism provides a characterization of anthropogenic material flows in urban systems and should contribute to identify the economic activities that were involved on their supply and transformation. Typically, its quantification requires data that is not easily available in different geographies. This paper makes use of a methodology based on monetary input–output tables and international...

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Characterization of urban waste management practices in developing Asian countries: A new analytical framework based on waste characteristics and urban dimension

João Aleluia, Paulo Ferrão

Waste Management > 2016 > 58 > C > 415-429

This paper characterizes municipal solid waste (MSW) management practices in developing Asia, with a focus on low and middle-income countries. The analysis that is conducted supports a proposed framework that maps out the trends observed in the region in relation to two parameters, waste compositions and urban dimension, which was prepared based on a set of national and urban case studies. The management...

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Guesstimation of posterior malleolar fractures on lateral plain radiographs

Ezequiel Palmanovich, Maayke van Sterkenburg, Andreas Engvall, Ernesto Arroyo, more

Injury > 2015 > 46 > 10 > 2024-2029

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Market power analysis in the Iberian electricity market using a conjectural variations model

João Lagarto, Jorge A.M. Sousa, Álvaro Martins, Paulo Ferrão

Energy > 2014 > 76 > C > 292-305

In the last years the electricity industry has faced a restructuring process. Among the aims of this process was the increase in competition, especially in the generation activity where firms would have an incentive to become more efficient. However, the competitive behavior of generating firms might jeopardize the expected benefits of the electricity industry liberalization. The present paper proposes...

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Potential of CO2 (carbon dioxide) taxes as a policy measure towards low-carbon Portuguese electricity sector by 2050

Hana Gerbelová, Filipa Amorim, André Pina, Mário Melo, more

Energy > 2014 > 69 > Complete > 113-119

The European Union proposed the introduction of taxes on emitted CO ₂ as an effective policy measure for the reduction of CO ₂ emissions in its electricity sector. Applying the TIMES (The Integrated MARKAL-EFOM System) modeling tool, this paper examines the cost effectiveness of different evolutions of CO ₂ taxes under the Emissions Trading System in Europe by 2050 in order...

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Environmental, economic and social costs and benefits of a packaging waste management system: A Portuguese case study

Paulo Ferrão, Paulo Ribeiro, João Rodrigues, Alexandra Marques, more

Resources, Conservation & Recycling > 2014 > 85 > Complete > 67-78

The impact of the management of packaging waste on the environment, economic growth and job creation is analyzed in this paper. This integrated assessment intends to cover a gap in the literature for this type of studies, using the specific case study of the Portuguese packaging waste management system (SIGRE).The net environmental benefits associated with the management of packaging waste, are calculated...

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Energy reduction potential from the shift to electric vehicles: The Flores island case study

André Pina, Patrícia Baptista, Carlos Silva, Paulo Ferrão

Energy Policy > 2014 > 67 > Complete > 37-47

The increase of fossil fuel demand raises concerns on availability of resources for future energy demand and on potential environmental impacts. Electric vehicles (EVs) appear as one alternative to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy resources. This research work analyzes the benefits of the introduction of EVs in a small energy system, the Flores island, Azores, in terms of primary energy...

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A Material Flow Accounting Case Study of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area using the Urban Metabolism Analyst Model

Leonardo Rosado, Samuel Niza, Paulo Ferrão

Journal of Industrial Ecology > 18 > 1 > 84 - 101

This article describes a new methodological framework to account for urban material flows and stocks, using material flow accounting (MFA) as the underlying method. The proposed model, urban metabolism analyst (UMAn), bridges seven major gaps in previous urban metabolism studies: lack of a unified methodology; lack of material flows data at the urban level; limited categorizations of material types;...

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Extended producer responsibility policy in Portugal: a strategy towards improving waste management performance

Samuel Niza, Eduardo Santos, Inês Costa, Paulo Ribeiro, more

Journal of Cleaner Production > 2014 > 64 > Complete > 277-287

This article provides an assessment of waste management evolution in Portugal, with a particular emphasis on the performance brought by the adoption of several EPR schemes, namely the ones developed for packaging (general, medicine and plant protection products), used tires, used mineral oils, end-of-life vehicles (ELV), waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), portable batteries and car...

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High-resolution modeling framework for planning electricity systems with high penetration of renewables

André Pina, Carlos A. Silva, Paulo Ferrão

Applied Energy > 2013 > 112 > Complete > 215-223

The design of transition pathways for sustainable electricity systems with high penetrations of renewable energy sources requires the use of energy modeling tools that are able to account for two key aspects: the evolution of fossil fuels and technology prices, and the natural dynamics of renewable resources. However, the modeling methodologies most currently used focus on only one of these two aspects,...

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Search results for: Paulo Ferrão

A framework to analyze the dynamics of the socioeconomic metabolism of countries: A Portuguese case study

Commercial farming within the urban built environment – Taking stock of an evolving field in northern countries

An urban building database (UBD) supporting a smart city information system

Assessing the costs of municipal solid waste treatment technologies in developing Asian countries

The impact of renovation measures on building environmental performance: An emergy approach

The impact of climate change on building heat demand in different climate types

Development of a simulation-based decision support workflow for the implementation of Building-Integrated Agriculture (BIA) in urban contexts

The Use of Multi-detail Building Archetypes in Urban Energy Modelling

Potential mitigation of the environmental impacts of food systems through urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) – a life cycle assessment approach

An Input‐Output Model of Extended Producer Responsibility

The physical structure of urban economies — Comparative assessment

Characterization of urban waste management practices in developing Asian countries: A new analytical framework based on waste characteristics and urban dimension

Guesstimation of posterior malleolar fractures on lateral plain radiographs

Market power analysis in the Iberian electricity market using a conjectural variations model

Potential of CO2 (carbon dioxide) taxes as a policy measure towards low-carbon Portuguese electricity sector by 2050

Environmental, economic and social costs and benefits of a packaging waste management system: A Portuguese case study

Energy reduction potential from the shift to electric vehicles: The Flores island case study

A Material Flow Accounting Case Study of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area using the Urban Metabolism Analyst Model

Extended producer responsibility policy in Portugal: a strategy towards improving waste management performance

High-resolution modeling framework for planning electricity systems with high penetration of renewables

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