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INCREaSE 2023

Proceedings of the 3rd INternational CongRess on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI CEntury

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Editors:
  1. Jorge Filipe Leal Costa Semião

    1. Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

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  2. Nelson Manuel Santos Sousa

    1. Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

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  3. Rui Mariano Sousa da Cruz

    1. Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

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  4. Gonçalo Nuno Delgado Prates

    1. Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

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  • Contains only High quality and unpublished contributions selected by the conference committee
  • Examines sustainability in a number of areas and industries from construction to food processing and beyond
  • Brings together valuable and novel scientific contributions to the sustainable development in a multidisciplinary way

Part of the book series: Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology (ASST)

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Special Session on Water Management Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Rainwater Harvesting in University Buildings. Feasibility Analyses in Mediterranean Climate

      • Armando Silva-Afonso, Carla Pimentel-Rodrigues
      Pages 3-12

    3. Stormwater Attenuation and Enhanced Infiltration System to Mitigate Flood and Drought Conditions

      • Stephen D. Thomas, George R. French, Joseph A. O’Meara, Matthew P. Dale
      Pages 13-24

    4. Microplastics in Portuguese Effluents: Extraction and Characterization

      • Solange Magalhães, Luís Alves, Anabela Romano, Maria da Graça Rasteiro, Bruno Medronho
      Pages 25-36

    5. Sorraia’s Valley Restoration Project – Strategies, Problems and Experiences

      • Carla Rolo Antunes, Miguel Azevedo Coutinho
      Pages 37-48

    6. Water Use Efficiency in School Environment - The School as a Living Lab for Sustainability

      • Anabela Cordeiro, Nadir Almeida, Manuela Moreira da Silva
      Pages 49-62

    7. Engaging Community on Water Circularity in Culatra Island, Algarve – Portugal

      • M. A. Torres, M. Moreira da Silva, C. Sequeira, A. Pacheco
      Pages 63-78

  3. Climate Change, Circular Economy, and Risk Mitigation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. ERA5-Land Reanalysis Temperature Data Addressing Heatwaves in Portugal

      • Luis Angel Espinosa, Maria Manuela Portela, José Pedro Matos
      Pages 81-94

    3. Climate Change Impact on a Green Building

      • Laura Almeida, Keivan Bamdad, Mohammad Reza Razavi
      Pages 95-108

    4. A Generic Operational Tool for Early Warning Oil Spills – Application to Cartagena Bay and the Algarve Coast

      • Diogo Moreira, João Janeiro, Marko Tosic, Flávio Martins
      Pages 109-120

    5. Manufacture of an Acoustic Absorption Veil by Using Recycled Materials of Agro-industrial Sector

      • José Antonio López-Marín, Daniel Espinosa-Corbellini, Miguel Suffo
      Pages 121-137

  4. Sustainable Energy Generation and Management. Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Applied to Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. The Influence of the Fan-Controlled Chimney Draft on the Pollutants Emission to the Environment

      • Krzysztof Drozdzol, Robert Junga, Damian Beben, Thor Kielland, Pawel Jarzynski
      Pages 141-156

    3. Analytical and Numerical Simulation of a Commercial Thermoelectric Module

      • André van der Kellen, Pedro J. Coelho
      Pages 157-172

    4. Implementation Process of a Local Energy Community in Portugal – The Case of Culatra Island

      • Jóni Santos, André Pacheco, Jânio Monteiro
      Pages 173-191

    5. Comparing Noise Vessel Azimuth Tracking with a Planar Hydrophone Array and a Single Vector Sensor

      • Cristiano Soares, Friedrich Zabel, Paulo Santos, António Silva
      Pages 192-203

    6. Development of Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Production of Biopolymers with a Focus on Sustainability

      • Audelis de Oliveira Marcelo Júnior, Arthur Brito Gomes, Eder Paulus Moraes Guerra, Enio pontes de Deus
      Pages 204-218

  5. Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Cities. Special Session on Technological Advances in Construction Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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About this book

This book includes the proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI CEntury, INCREaSE 2023. INCREaSE is a congress with the aim to bring together valuable and novel scientific contributions that address the critical issues of renewable energy, sustainable building, sustainable manufacturing, sustainable food production and other sustainability science and engineering topics that have an impact in this diverse and fast-changing research area, both in academia and industry.

 

This 3rd edition of INCREaSE was held during July 5-7, 2023, in Faro, Portugal, organized by the Institute of Engineering and hosted by University of Algarve.

 

The areas to be covered were:

• Big data and data analytics applied to sustainability;

• Climate change and mitigation, carbon reduction;

• Combined heat and power and district heating systems;

• Control and optimization of renewable energy systems;

• Energy and environmental assessment in buildings and cities;

• Food loss and food waste solutions;

• Food safety and quality engineering;

• Information technology and artificial intelligence applied to sustainability;

• Nanoelectronic, nanomachining, and new nanomaterials;

• Smart buildings, smart cities, smart districts, smart countryside;

• Sustainability in water management;

• Sustainable building technologies;

• Sustainable development and circular economy;

• Sustainable energy generation and management;

• Sustainable food processing and packaging;

• Sustainable manufacturing and maintenance processes and technology;

• Sustainable technologies for risk mitigations;

• Sustainable transport, smart vehicles and smart roads; and

• Thermo fluids modelling and experiments for sustainability.

 

High quality and unpublished content is an essential feature for all included papers. Moreover, the Organizing Committee of the conference guarantees that contributions were subjected to an appropriate level of reviewing process.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

    Jorge Filipe Leal Costa Semião, Nelson Manuel Santos Sousa, Rui Mariano Sousa da Cruz, Gonçalo Nuno Delgado Prates

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: INCREaSE 2023

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 3rd INternational CongRess on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI CEntury

  • Editors: Jorge Filipe Leal Costa Semião, Nelson Manuel Santos Sousa, Rui Mariano Sousa da Cruz, Gonçalo Nuno Delgado Prates

  • Series Title: Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44006-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Universidade do Algarve 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44005-2Published: 26 October 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44447-0Due: 26 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-44006-9Published: 25 October 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6829

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6837

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 426

  • Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 172 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Production, Environment, general, Sustainable Development, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

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