Luis Coelho

Luis Coelho

Associate professor

Polytechnic University of Setúbal
Mechanical Engineering Department / School of Technology of Setúbal
Highest degree: Doctorate
Degree name: Mechanical Engineering
Area of expertise: Engineering and technology
Skills: Luis Coelho has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the same university. He is Associate Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Escola Superior de Tecnologia (ESTSetúbal) of Polytechnic University of Setúbal (IPS) and Invited Associate Professor at the Higher Institute of Engineering of Lisbon (ISEL) of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon. He is coordinator of the of the IPS Regional Research Unit of the MARE research center. He has collaborated in an important number of international R&I Projects since 1991, related to combustion, geothermal energy, solar energy, biomass, heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), pollutant emissions, and air quality. He has been responsible for some scientific researcher’s scholarships at IPS. He has several publications in Scientific Journals and International Conferences Proceedings. He has experience in HVAC systems design and he is a Portuguese expert for the transposition and implementation of the European Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in Portugal and it is consultor of the national energy agency (ADENE) for training experts on Building Energy Performance Certification. He is responsible for the IPS participation in 12 European R&I projects. HE was the coordinator of the H2020 TESSe2b project 'Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Energy Efficient Buildings. An integrated solution for residential building energy storage by solar and geothermal resources - TESSe2b Project', no. 680555, Horizon 2020. He is the responsible for the IPS participation in 12 European R&I projects. He is the coordinator of the EUDRES Ent-r-e-novators project 'Cooperating for excellence and impact in research and innovation' from HORIZON EUROPE Programme, project no. 101071317.
He has participated as an expert in several evaluations of proposals under the FP7 and H2020 programmes of the European Commission and of the Portuguese programme PT2020 (Portuguese National Innovation Agency, ANI).
Member of Horizontal Working Group (HWG) on 100% Renewable Energy Buildings and Horizontal Working Group (HWG) on 100% Renewable Districts, of the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating & Cooling (RHC-ETIP), since January 2019.
E3UDRES2 Areas of interest: Resilient Economy and Innovation for Regions