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Turning waste cooking oils into biofuels - valorization technologies: a review
Nascimento, Lucas; Ribeiro, André; Ferreira, Ana; Valério, Nádia; Pinheiro, Vânia; Araújo, Jorge; Vilarinho, Cândida; Carvalho, JoanaIn search of a more sustainable society, humanity has been looking to reduce the environmental impacts caused by its various activities. The energy sector corresponds to one of the most impactful activities since most energies produced come from fossil fuels, such as oil and coal, which are finite resources. Moreover, their inherent processes to convert energy into electricity emit various pollutants, which are...
Application of industrial wastes in substrates for ecological green roofs
Pinheiro, Vânia; Ribeiro, André; Palha, Paulo; Almeida, João; Teixeira, Tiago; Ribeiro, João; Lima, Ivo; Abreu, Miguel Augusto FreitasGreen roofs are systems that can help to solve some urban environmental problems. A multi-layer green roof has five layers: from waterproof membrane till substrate and vegetation. Substrate is arguably the most important component of green roofs but there is still much to optimize and exploit. Also, world needs to avoid uncontrolled dispersal of waste. This new approach can be applied to substrates production. ...
EcoGreenRoof – EGR: Eco-materials Development for Green Roofs
Pinheiro, Vânia; Lima, Ivo; Ribeiro, André; Teixeira, Tiago; Ribeiro, João; Abreu, Miguel Augusto Freitas; Almeida, João; Palha, PauloThe project EcoGreenRoofs - EGR aims to develop ecological substrates for application in green roofs, which include in their formulation industrial waste of organic and inorganic base. The substrates are tentatively produced exclusively from industrial waste and / or materials derived from waste treated, and tested at a facility to be studied, developed and built on pilot scale. The substrates produced will be ...