Manuela Guedes de Almeida
University of Minho
276 Papers
548 Citations
Manuela Guedes de Almeida is an academic researcher from University of Minho. The author has contributed to research in topics: Efficient energy use & Kidney transplantation. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 251 publications.
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Papers
Weights of embodied energy and carbon emissions in an energy retrofit of the building envelope: Assessment for a Mediterranean residential building
Manuela Guedes de Almeida,Fabrizio Ascione,Nicola Bianco,Teresa Iovane,Margherita Mastellone,Ricardo Mateus +5 more
- 20 Jun 2023
TL;DR: This study assesses the embodied energy and carbon emissions of energy retrofitting a Mediterranean residential building's envelope using life cycle assessment, finding that solutions prioritizing operational energy savings differ from those minimizing life cycle energy impact.
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Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of 150 patients from one Centre in Portugal
La Salete Martins,Isabel Fonseca,Pedro Aguiar,Ana Rocha,Rui Costa,Clara Santos,Jorge Malheiro,Sofia Pedroso,Manuela Guedes de Almeida,Leonídio Dias,António Castro Henriques,António Cabrita,J. Davide +12 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of hyperlipidaemia and overweight was inferior to 20% and Hypertension was the most frequently found CV risk factor, which was the main cause of late mortality.
Sustainable test cell : performance evaluation
Pedro Correia Pereira da Silva,Luís Bragança,Paulo Mendonça,Manuela Guedes de Almeida +3 more
- 01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: In this article, two test cells were built to demonstrate and show the potentialities of sustainable building technologies and compared the solutions obtained via "insitu" measurements and energy simulation tools, it was verified that the new sustainable solution has a better energetic and environmental performance.
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Cost efficiency of retrofit measures for typical masonry houses in Kosovo
TL;DR: In this paper, a major challenge our society faces today is the energy consumption of buildings, and building stock is responsible for about 40% of energy consumption worldwide, and the same applies to Kosovo, where a la