Evandro Ferreira
PhD Candidate at NOVA University of Lisbon
Evandro is an energy engineer who graduated from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB - Brazil) with a focus on photovoltaic system projects, electrical projects, and substation projects.
At the moment, he is a researcher at CENSE FCT-NOVA as a PhD candidate in Environment and Sustainability, acting on energy efficiency, energy poverty mitigation, renewable energy generation, and energy building performance.
Evandro is also an active volunteer for the local partnership of Telheiras - a local community-led network to promote a renewable energy community in this region of Lisbon, which was the study case of his MSc. dissertation regarding the reduction of energy poverty and enhancement of energy citizenship through these energy actions.
Sharing Is Caring: Exploring Distributed Solar Photovoltaics and Local Electricity Consumption through a Renewable Energy Community [2024]
Promoting local electricity generation and sharing: A detailed analysis of the experience of the Telheiras Renewable Energy Community in Portugal [2024]
Renewable Energy Communities: Concepts, Approaches and the Case Study of Telheiras Neighborhood in Lisbon [2023]
Comunidade de Energia Renovável de Telheiras: uma iniciativa colaborativa de cidadãos, associações e governo local [2023]
Telheiras Renewable Energy Community [2021-2025]
A community-led renewable energy generation and sharing project with the participation of local households, businesses, associations, and authorities, promoting energy poverty mitigation and energy democratization.Edificios Mais Sustentáveis 2023_Energy Effiencuy Funding Scheme [2024-2025]
The Support Program for More Sustainable Buildings 2023 aims to finance measures that promote rehabilitation, decarbonization, energy efficiency, water efficiency and the circular economy, contributing to improving the energy and environmental performance of buildings and to the said goals. Specifically, it is intended that the measures to be supported can lead, on average, to at least a 30% reduction in primary energy consumption in the intervened buildings."Energy Efficiency in Central Government Buildings" Funding Program [2022-2024]
The "Eficiência Energética em Edifícios da Administração Pública Central" program aims to reduce energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and save money by implementing energy-efficient measures in Portuguese public buildings.Support for the "Renovation and Increased Energy Performance of Service Buildings" Funding Scheme [2022-2024]
The "Apoio à Renovação e Aumento do Desempenho Energético dos Edifícios de Serviços" program is a Portuguese government initiative aimed at promoting energy efficiency in buildings used for services, such as offices, schools, and hospitals.Fundos Verdes Cascais_Muniicpal Energy Efficiency Funding Scheme [2023-2024]
Support the development of an energy efficiency support scheme for families and local companies2nd Phase of the "Edifícios + Sustentáveis" (More Sustainable Buildings) Support Program [2021-2023]
The 2nd Phase of the "Edifícios + Sustentáveis" (More Sustainable Buildings) Support Program is a government initiative in Portugal that aims to promote sustainable building practices and energy efficiency in buildings.Jun
202408
Evandro Ferreira in the talk "Cities contributing for energy self-sufficiency" at Regador Festival
May
202404
Conversation Territory in Transition (TeT) - Renewable Energy Communities
Apr
202422
Multiple Fireflylab team members participating on the Empowered Futures PhD School event in Lisbon
Mar
202405
Masterclass of the #SomosEnergia project on "how to start an energy community?" with Miguel Macias Sequeira and Evandro Ferreira
Jan
202424
João Pedro Gouveia, Miguel Macias Sequeira and Evandro Ferreira in the POWERCOOP seminar by the University of Coimbra
Nov
202318
First general assembly of the Telheiras Renewable Energy Community
Article in Edifícios e Energia magazine "Local solutions are essential to solve Europe's energy problem"
