PROJECTS

ENQUADRAMENTO

No âmbito da Missão Interface e por proposta da Agência Nacional de Inovação, o Itecons foi reconhecido como CTI — Centro de Tecnologia e Inovação (conforme Despacho n.º 9799-A/2022, de 08/08/2022), tendo-lhe sido atribuído um financiamento Plurianual de Base no valor de 2.090.305,13 euros, a executar entre 1 de abril de 2022 e 31 de março de 2025.

OBJETIVOS TECNOLÓGICOS E DE INOVAÇÃO

Através do financiamento Plurianual de Base da Missão Interface, o Itecons pretende reforçar transversalmente os seus meios, as suas competências e a sua visibilidade em áreas de intervenção estratégicas relacionadas, nomeadamente com:

• a Construção sustentável
• a Eficiência produtiva
• a Prevenção, a avaliação e a mitigação de riscos
• a Digitalização da economia

PLANO DE AÇÃO ESTRATÉGICO

O Plano de Ação Estratégico (PAE) do Itecons prevê diversas atividades, entre as quais se destacam:

• o reforço do seu quadro técnico-científico
  
• a capacitação de infraestruturas técnicas
  
• a operacionalização de novos espaços laboratoriais;
  
• o upgrade de equipamentos;
  
• o acolhimento de investigadores e alunos;
  
• a participação em iniciativas de rede.
  
• A dinamização de novas vertentes de investigação
  
• a disponibilização de novos meios de ensaio e assistência técnica
  
• a difusão de conhecimento novo

PRINCIPAIS INDICADORES DE RESULTADOS

Prevê-se que o impacto das atividades desenvolvidas no âmbito do Plano de Ação Estratégico do Itecons se materialize em novos meios e novas competências a disponibilizar ao tecido empresarial, nomeadamente em matéria de:
 

• descarbonização
  
• eficiência energética e hídrica
  
• adaptação às alterações climáticas
  
• digitalização de processos
  

Apresentam-se, de seguida, alguns indicadores de resultados das atividades desenvolvidas pelo Itecons.
 

Publicações em revistas internacionais indexadas

- Santos, R.; Flores-Colen, I.; Simões, N.; Silvestre, J. 2023 "Auto-responsive technologies on opaque facades: Worldwide climatic suitability under current and future weather conditions". Journal of Building Engineering, 63, Part A.
- Amorim, M.; Peixoto de Freitas, V.; Torres, I. 2023 "Influence of Moisture on the Energy Performance of Retrofitted Walls – Experimental assessment and validation of an hygrothermal model". International Journal of Architectural Heritage.
- António, J.; Tadeu, A.; Carrilho, J. 2023 "New Trends in Acoustic Testing in Buildings. In: Chastre, C., Neves, J., Ribeiro, D., Neves, M.G., Faria, P. (eds) ". Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering. Springer, Cham, 333–350.
- Barrelas, J.; Silva, A.; De Brito, J.; Tadeu, A. 2023 "Effects of Climate Change on Rendered Façades: Expected Degradation in a Progressively Warmer and Drier Climate—A Review Based on the Literature". Buildings, 13, pp. 352.
- Bellei, P.; Torres, I.; Solstad, R.; Flores-Colen, I. 2023 "Potential use of oyster shell waste in the composition of construction composites: A review". Buildings, 13, pp. 1546.
- Chordà-Monsonís, J.; Moliner, E.; Galvín, P.; Martínez-Rodrigo, M.D.; Zacchei, E.; Tadeu, A.; Ferraz, I.; Romero, A. 2023 "Dynamic load allowance of long-span modular steel bridges". Engineering Structures, 282, pp. 1-17.
- Dias, S.; Tadeu, A.; Almeida, J.; de Brito, J. 2023 "Steel-concrete bond behaviour of concrete mixes with wood waste: pull-out and bending tests of full-scale beams and columns". Construction and Building Materials, 383, pp. 131343.
- Galuppi, L.; Zacchei, E. 2023 "Analytical solutions for plates connected by edge beams, under various loading conditions: An application for insulating glass units". Thin-Walled Structures, 188, pp. 1-16.
- Gerardo, R.; P. de Lima, I. 2023 "Comparing the Capability of Sentinel-2 and Landsat 9 Imagery for Mapping Water and Sandbars in the River Bed of the Lower Tagus River (Portugal)". Remote Sensing, 15, pp. 1927.
- Kikuchi, R.; Ferreia, C.; Gerardo, R. 2023 "Climatic Factors Affecting Water Quality under Natural Conditions: A Field Survey of a Local Reservoir". Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 13.
- Moghaddam, S.; Simões, N.; Gameiro da Silva, M. 2023 "Review of the experimental methods for evaluation of windows’ solar heat gain coefficient: From standardized tests to new possibilities". Building and Environment, 242, pp. 110527.
- Nogueira, C.G.; Yoshio, L.; Zacchei, E. 2023 "Deterministic and probabilistic approaches for corrosion in RC structures: A direct proposed model to total service life predictions". Case Studies in Construction Materials, 18, pp. 1-20.
- Nyembwe, J. P.; Ogundiran, J.; Chenari; B.; Simões, N.; Silva, M. 2023 "The Indoor Climate in Hospitals in Tropical Countries: A Systematic Review ". Energies, 16, pp. 3513.
- Nyembwe, J. P.; Ogundiran, J.; Silva, M.; Simões, N. 2023 "Evaluation of Noise Level in Intensive Care Units of Hospitals and Noise Mitigation Strategies. Case Study:Democratic Republic of Congo". Buildings, 13, pp. 278.
- Travincas, R.; Pereira, Manuel F.C.; Torres, I.; Maurício, A.; Silveira, D.; Flores-Colen, I. 2023 "X-ray microtomography applied to mortars: Review of microstructural visualization and parameterization". Micron, 164, pp. 103375.
- Travincas, R.; Torres, I.; Flores-Colen, I.; Francisco, M.; Bellei, P. 2023 "The influence of the substrate type on the performance of an industrial cement mortar for general use". Journal of Building Engineering , 73, pp. 106784.
- Zacchei, E.; Brasil, R. 2023 "Semi-active tuned mass dampers under combined variable actions of friction forces and external disturbances". Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 16, pp. 1-18.
- Zacchei, E.; Lyra, P.H.C.; Lage, G.E.; Antonine, E.; Soares Jr., A.B.; Caruso, N.C.; De Assis, C.S. 2023 "Structural health monitoring and mathematical modelling of a site-specific concrete bridge under moving two-axle vehicles". International Journal of Civil Engineering, 21, pp. 427-443.
- Zacchei, E.; Nogueira, C.G. 2023 "Numerical solutions for the treatment brine by diffusive and migration flux using new brine-clay-seawater system". Journal of Environmental Management, 338, pp. 1-12.
- Zacchei, E.; Simões, N., Vieira, A., Esteves, M., Silva, H. 2023 "Modelling of layers interactions on the structural behaviour of insulating glasses. Vertical deflection analyses". Case Studies in Construction Materials, 18, pp. 1-17.
- Cortês, A.; Almeida, J.; Tadeu, A.; Ramezani, B.; Fino, M. R.; de Brito, J.; Silva, C. M. 2022 "The effect of cork-based living walls on the energy performance of buildings and local microclimate". Building and Environment, 216, pp. 109048.
- Dias, S.; Tadeu, A.; Almeida, J.; Humbert, P.; António, J.; de Brito, J.; Pinhão, P. 2022 "Physical, Mechanical, and Durability Properties of Concrete Containing Wood Chips and Sawdust: An Experimental Approach". Buildings, 12(8), pp. 1277.
- Jacinto, C., C.; Tadeu, A.; Lacerda, L., A. 2022 "A new approach for solving heat conduction under zero and non-zero initial conditions". Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 144, pp. 185-198.
- Saadatian, S.; Rodrigues, C.; Freire, F.; Simões, N. 2022 "Key drivers of life-cycle environmental and cost assessment of windows for different European climate zones". Journal of Building Engineering, 50, pp. 104206.
- Saadatian, S.; Rodrigues, C.; Freire, F.; Simões, N. 2022 "Environmental and cost life-cycle approach to support selection of windows in early stages of building design". Journal of Cleaner Production, 363, pp. 132624.
- Santos, L. F.; Cardoso, M. A.; Galvão, A. F. 2022 "Framework for performance assessment of storm water systems". Urban Water Journal.
- Tadeu, A.; Romero, A.; Dias, S.; Pedro, F.; Brett, M.; Serra, M.; Galvín, P.; Bandeira, F. 2022 "Vibration serviceability assessment of the world’s longest suspended footbridge in 2020". Structures, 44, pp. 457–475.
- Travincas, R.; Bellei, P.; Torres, I.; Flores-Colen, I.; Matias, G.; Silveira, D. 2022 "The Use of Fibreglass Mesh in the Experimental Characterisation of Applied Coating Mortars". Coatings, 12, pp. 1091.
- Velázquez-Mata, R.; Romero, A.; Domínguez, J.; Tadeu, A.; Galvín, P. 2022 "A novel high-performance quadrature rule for BEM formulations". Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 140, pp. 607-617.
- Zacchei, E.; Lyra, P.H.C. 2022 "Recalibration of low seismic excitations in Brazil through probabilistic and deterministic analyses: Application for shear buildings structures". Structural Concrete, 2022, pp. 1-19.
- Zacchei, E.; Lyra, P.H.C.; Lage, G.E.; Antonine, E.; Soares Jr., A.B.; Caruso, N.C.; de Assis, C.S. 2022 "Structural Health Monitoring of a Brazilian Concrete Bridge for Estimating Specific Dynamic Responses". Buildings, 12, pp. 785.
- Zacchei, E.; Molina, J.L. 2022 "Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Andalusian dams in Southern Spain using new seismogenic zones". ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 8, pp. 1-13.
- Zacchei, E.; Nogueira, G.C. 2022 "Numerical solutions for chloride diffusion fluctuation in RC elements from corrosion probability assessments". Buildings, 12, pp. 1211.

Publicações em atas de congressos internacionais

- António, J.; Dias, S.; Marques, B.; Tadeu, A.; Almeida, J. 2023 "Valorisation of natural waste materials as resilient layers for impact sound insulation enhancement". International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal.
- Dias, S.; Tadeu, A.; Almeida, J.; de Brito J. 2023 "Pre-stress columns of concrete mixes with wood-waste". International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal.
- Gonçalves, M.; Simões, N.; Serra, C.; Resalati, S.; Sprengard, C. 2023 "Life cycle analysis of vacuum insulation panel walls in office buildings". International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal.
- Ribeiro, J.; Serra, M.; Dias, S.; Tadeu, A.; Baptista, M.; Leal, R.; Matos, S.; Lemos, V. 2023 "Design of a steel-timber composite system for large span floor application under high temperatures". International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal.
- Simões, I.; Simões, N.; Gil, A.; Coelho, C.; Silva, L.; Ferreira, P.; Sequeira, P.; Midão, M.; Rodrigues, J.; Ventura, S.; Afonso, A.; Silva, A.; Rodrigues, F.; Morgado, J.; Costa, L. 2023 "The CE marking of innovative construction products: liquid applied roof waterproofing kits". International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal.
- Tadeu, A.; Dias, S.; Pedro, F.; Brett, M. 2023 "Use of GNSS antennas to record big span footbridge’s displacements". International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal.
- Bellei, P.; Veloso, J.; Flores-Colen, I.; Mendes, M.; Pacheco, J.; Torres, I.; Solstad, R. 2022 "The use of industrial waste in coating mortars". ICCE2022 – 2nd International Conference in Construction Engineering, Damascus-Syria.
- Gonçalves, M.; Simões, N.; Serra, C.; Flores-Colen, I. 2022 "Experimental testing of the hygrothermal performance of ETICS with vacuum insulation panels". 15th International Vacuum Insulation Symposium, London, UK.
- Ranna, G.; Torres, I.; Silva, J. 2022 "The contribution of deconstruction to the preservation of Portuguese old buildings". REHABEND - Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management, Granada, Spain.
- Resalati, S.; Okoroafor, T.; Henshall, P.; Simões, N.; Gonçalves, M.; Alam, M. 2022 "Life Cycle Assessment of Vacuum Insulation Panels: Which Core Material Offers the Lowest Environmental Impact". 15th International Vacuum Insulation Symposium, London, UK.
- Simões, N.; Gonçalves, M.; Serra, C.; Flores-Colen, I. 2022 "Overview of the performance of external vacuum insulation composite system". 9th International Conference on Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature, Online.
- Torres, I.; Flores-Colen, I. 2022 "The importance of the “in situ” behaviour of mortars in the rehabilitation of buildings". REHABEND - Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management, Granada, Spain.
- Torres, I.; Matias, G.; Pinho, N. 2022 "Characterization of old mortars for the formulation of replacement mortars". 6th Historic Mortars Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Eventos técnicos e científicos organizados/co-organizados

- CEES 2023 - International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Funchal, 27-30 de junho de 2023
- ESTRATÉGIAS PARA A TRANSFORMAÇÃO DIGITAL DE PMES DO SETOR DA CONSTRUÇÃO, Coimbra, 3 de novembro de 2022
- DIA ABERTO | TECH@WEEK - START ENGINES FOR INNOVATIVE MATERIALS AND ENERGY, 19 de setembro de 2022
- SESSÃO ENCERRAMENTO PROJETO NEWGENSHELL, 5 de julho de 2022
- SESSÃO TÉCNICA DE DEMONSTRAÇÃO DE SISTEMA DE BOMBAGEM, Coimbra, 11-13 de maio de 2022
- 1º FÓRUM SABIA QUE… HÁ DESAFIOS EMERGENTES NO SETOR DA CONSTRUÇÃO?, Coimbra, 27 de Março de 2023
- EXPOSIÇÃO | MATERIAIS INOVADORES SUSTENTÁVEIS, Coimbra, 27 de março de 2022 a 2 de abril de 2023

Novas plataformas colaborativas lançadas

- GREENFUTURE - COBERTURAS E FACHADAS VERDES (https://greenfuture.itecons.pt).