Climate Action

Climate action for buildings and infrastructure

The Journey

Expertise

• Impact of climate change in structural health monitoring of bridges
• Bridge adaptation strategies
• Physics-based modeling for climate change scenarios
• Integrating modeling (hydrological, reservoir, and hydraulic models) to analyze impacts on downstream infrastructures, to create scenarios, and to study infrastructure vulnerability
• Hydrological and hydraulic modeling of risk areas for different scenarios (e.g., flood risk areas)
• Analysis of the water regime under different scenarios in hydraulic infrastructure
• Analysis of indoor comfort conditions and health in new and existing buildings
• Green solutions for buildings in urban areas
• Assessment of nature-based solutions for urban climate adaptation
• Eco-design of road pavement solutions to contribute to the decarbonization of the sector
• Bio-based solutions for road infrastructure

Research Projects

• be-READY Project
• BuildingAdapt Project
• CAT Reshape Cities
• ClimaBridge Project

Special Issues

SPECIAL ISSUE on the “Water Sustainability: River Basin Management, Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring – Second Edition”. Guest Editor: Carina Almeida (Lusófona University). For this Special Issue, studies on the latest knowledge in the field of sustainable water management will be especially welcome, with the aim of covering different methodologies in order to test different scenarios. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes contributions such as original research articles, technical articles, or reviews, which may be related to water management in urban areas, agriculture, industry, water-use efficiency, etc. The deadline for submitting manuscripts is 17 January 2025. For more information

SPECIAL ISSUE on the “Climate Change Impacts on Bridges, Roads, and Buildings”. Guest Editors: Quoc Bao Pham (University of Silesia), Eloi Figueiredo (Lusófona University), Tu Dam Ngoc Le (Mientrung University of Civil Engineering). The primary goals of this collection are: understanding vulnerability and exploring adaptation strategies. The deadline for submitting manuscripts is 30th April 2024. For more information

SPECIAL ISSUE on the “Impact of climate change on the structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure”. Guest Editors: Eloi Figueiredo (Lusófona University), Ionut Moldovan (Lusófona University), and Luís Oliveira Santos (National Laboratory for Civil Engineering). For more information: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/shm.

Webinars

Spotlight

Have a look at ASCE’s support to the Sustainable Development Goals, in which our “Roadmap for an Integrated Assessment Approach to the Adaptation of Concrete Bridges to Climate Change” has been selected to inspire action – The video.

ASCE’s Special Collection for UN SDG Goal 13: Climate Action

Relevant Publications

• Figueiredo, E., Peres, N., Moldovan, I., Nasr, A. (2024). Impact of climate change on long-term damage detection for structural health monitoring of bridges. Structural Health Monitoring. https://doi.org/10.1177/14759217231224254
• Antunes, V., Dongmo-Engeland, B., Freire, A. C., & Neves, J. (2023, Maio 11). be-READY Workshop – REsilient roAD pavements for sustainabilitY (be-READY), Oslo, Norway. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10041913
• Figueiredo, E., Peres, N., Moldovan, I., Nasr, A. (2023). Does Climate Change Impact Long-Term Damage Detection in Bridges?. In: Limongelli, M.P., Giordano, P.F., Quqa, S., Gentile, C., Cigada, A. (eds) Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures. EVACES 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 433. Springer, Cham.
• Figueiredo, E.; Santos, L. O.; Moldovan, I.; Kraniotis, D.; Melo, J.; Dias, L.; Coelho, G. (2023). A roadmap for an integrated assessment approach for climate change adaptation of concrete bridges. Journal of Bridge Engineering, 28(6). DOI 10.1061/JBENF2/BEENG-5735.
• Figueiredo, E.; Moldovan, I.; Santos, L.O.; Erduran, E.; Kraniotis, D.; Rebelo, H.; Antunes, V.; Rocha, C. (2022). A Road for Adaptation of Bridges to Climate Change: Conclusions. Seminar, ClimaBridge Project, September 27, 2022, Lusófona University, Lisbon. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23011.63523.
• Vandewalle, D.; Antunes, V.; Neves, J.; Freire, A.C. Assessment of Eco-Friendly Pavement Construction and Maintenance Using Multi-Recycled RAP Mixtures. Recycling 2020, 5, 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling5030017.
• Almeida C.; Ramos T.; Sobrinho J.; Neves R.; Proença de Oliveira R. (2019). An Integrated Modelling Approach to Study Future Water Demand Vulnerability in the Montargil Reservoir Basin, Portugal. Sustainability. 11. 206. 10.3390/su11010206.