Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism

CEAU

Center for Studies
in Architecture and Urbanism

Vanessa Maria Martins Tavares

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.

Identification

Degree
Master
Category
Collaborator
Join Year
2012
Citation Names
Tavares, Vanessa
Ciência ID
6312-0344-968E
Ciência Vitae ID
6312-0344-968E
Orcid ID
0000-0002-8111-6990
Email
vanessa.tavares@dem.uc.pt
Activity Domains
Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies
Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
Research Groups
Architecture and Modes of Inhabiting (100%)
Dedication (Research)
30%

Education

Ongoing

Sustainable Energy Systems (MIT Portugal program)

Doutoramento

"INTEGRATED LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF PREFABRICATED SOLUTIONS IN CONSTRUCTION, Models and criteria for a sustainable decision on offsite/site construction."

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Concluded

Energy for Sustainability

Mestrado

"Life-Cycle Energy and Greenhouse Gas Assessment of a modular PREFAB HOUSE"

16.2

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Concluded

Architecture

Licenciatura

"O espaço da criança"

15

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Professional Career

Science

Principal Investigator

BUILT CoLAB

Researcher

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial Laboratório de Aerodinâmica Industrial

Researcher

Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo

Teaching in Higher Education

Tutor

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura

Invited Assistant

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura

Others

Architect

CNLL Lda. arq. Carlos Nuno Lacerda Lda | Architecture | Design | Engineering

Projects

Grant

Concluded

Plano de Ação para a Circularidade na Construção – PACCO

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

BUILT CoLAB, Portugal

Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 190-A/2019, de 23 de novembro de 2017

BetterPlastics

Master Student Fellow

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

POCI-01- 0247-FEDER-046091)

Other

SET-LCA

Researcher

CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-030570

Concluded

Streamlab

Researcher

MIT-EXPL/SUS/0013/2017

Outputs

Book chapter

Barriers and Opportunities in the Transition to a Circular Construction Sector in Portugal

Vanessa Tavares; Marco Frazão Pedroso

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45980-1_17

doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45980-1_17

Circular Economy Supporting Policies and Regulations: The Portuguese Case

Marco Frazão Pedroso; Vanessa Tavares

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45980-1_23

doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45980-1_23

Conference abstract

Published

Life-cycle energy and greenhouse gas analysis of a modular house
EfS 2017: 3rd Energy for Sustainability International Conference

Funchal, Madeira , Portugal

Tavares, Vanessa

Published

Energy and carbon assessment of construction materials for a modular prefab house
EfS 2013 Sustainable cities: designing for people and the planet

Coimbra , Portugal

Tavares, Vanessa; Fausto Freire; Nuno Lacerda

Published

Life-Cycle Energy and Carbon Assessment of a Prefabricated House
Sustentabilidade na Reabilitação Urbana: o novo paradigma do mercado da construção.

Lisboa , Portugal

Tavares, Vanessa; Fausto Freire; Nuno Lacerda

Conference paper

Published

Energy and greenhouse gas assessment of a prefabricated modular house: "Moby"
CINCOS'16 Congresso de Inovação na Construção Sustantável

Lisboa , Portugal

Tavares, Vanessa; Fausto Freire; Nuno Lacerda

isbn: 978-989-95978-4-6

Published

BIM implementation and cost-benefit analyses: a company case study
1st BIM International Conference

Porto , Portugal

Tavares, Vanessa; Nuno Lacerda

Journal article

Life cycle assessment of a prefabricated house for seven locations in different climates

Journal of Building Engineering

V. Tavares; F. Freire

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104504

doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104504

What is the potential for prefabricated buildings to decrease costs and contribute to meeting EU environmental targets?

Building and Environment, 206: 108382-108382

V. Tavares; J. Gregory; R. Kirchain; F. Freire

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108382

doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108382

Prefabricated versus conventional construction: Comparing life-cycle impacts of alternative structural materials

Journal of Building Engineering, 41: 102705

Tavares, V.; Soares, N.; Raposo, N.; Marques, P.; Freire, F.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102705

issn: 2352-7102
doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102705

Embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions analysis of a prefabricated modular house: The “Moby” case study

Journal of Cleaner Production, 212: 1044-1053

Tavares, V.; Lacerda, N.; Freire, F.

http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059338047&partnerID=MN8TOARS

isbn: 09596526
doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.028

Activities

Association member

Ordem dos Arquitectos

Course / Discipline taught

Curso BIM

Especialização

Curso médio

Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal

Construção 2

Outros

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Event organisation

Sessão de apresentação do "Plano de Ação para a Circularidade em Portugal (PACCO)"

Co-organisor, Conference

BUILT CoLAB, Portugal

1st BIM International Conference

Co-organisor, Conference

Software and Building Companies, Portugal

Distinctions

Other distinction

Melhor estudante do curso de Mestrado em Energia para a Sustentabilidade

Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal