Climate Change

Biography

Carlos Oliveira Augusto (Ba, MSc) is a researcher, teacher and ecopreneur with background in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Management. He is the CEO & Founder of FACTOR4Sustainability, an innovative company specialized in Sustainability, Circular Economy and Sustainable Construction. He has co-organized and launched in 2017 the first post graduated course on Circular Economy in Portugal and has published in several proceedings and jounals. Together with CITAD and the Portuguese Agency for Science, Research and Technology (FCT) has launched a book on Sustainble Construction. He is Ambassador of Alliance SDGs Portugal with special focus on Goal 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure.

Research Interest

Sustainable Development, Circular Economy, Climate Change, Sustainable Construction (Green Building), Bio-based Materials, Eco-efficiency, Cradle-to-Cradle, Waste-to-Energy and Renewables, Building Sustainability Assessment, Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life-Cycle Costs (LCC), Carbon Sequestration (forests as carbon sink), Carbon Neutrality, Carbon Offsetting, Carbon Bubble, Business & Environment, Sustainable Business Models, Green Marketing, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Ethical Banking.