Fausto Freire

Fausto Freire

Universidade de Coimbra

H-index: 43

Europe-Portugal

About Fausto Freire

Fausto Freire, With an exceptional h-index of 43 and a recent h-index of 36 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universidade de Coimbra, specializes in the field of Energy and Environment, Industrial Ecology, Life Cycle Assessment, Renewable Energy, bioenergy.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Applying multi-criteria decision analysis to combine life cycle assessment with circularity indicators

Life cycle assessment of pharmaceutical packaging addressing end-of-life alternatives

Ex-Ante Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging and Novel Technologies

Overarching Business Models for a Circular Bioeconomy: Systematising archetypes

Carbon Footprint and Energy Assessment of Plastic Products Produced at Neutroplast

Future Research Trends on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach: A Review of Definition, Methods, and Metrics

A multi-criteria framework for the ecodesign of bio-based materials at early development stages

Prospective life cycle assessment of a novel building system with improved foam glass incorporating high recycled content

Fausto Freire Information

University

Position

Portugal

Citations(all)

6239

Citations(since 2020)

3965

Cited By

3605

hIndex(all)

43

hIndex(since 2020)

36

i10Index(all)

112

i10Index(since 2020)

98

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University Profile Page

Universidade de Coimbra

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Fausto Freire Skills & Research Interests

Energy and Environment

Industrial Ecology

Life Cycle Assessment

Renewable Energy

bioenergy

Top articles of Fausto Freire

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Applying multi-criteria decision analysis to combine life cycle assessment with circularity indicators

Journal of Cleaner Production

Erika Barrak

Carla Rodrigues

Carlos Henggeler Antunes

Fausto Freire

Luis C Dias

2024/4/20

Life cycle assessment of pharmaceutical packaging addressing end-of-life alternatives

Waste Management

Fabiana Bassani

Carla Rodrigues

Fausto Freire

2024/3/1

Ex-Ante Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging and Novel Technologies

Jade Müller-Carneiro

Carla Rodrigues

Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo

Fausto Freire

2024/1/1

Overarching Business Models for a Circular Bioeconomy: Systematising archetypes

Sustainable Production and Consumption

Rodrigo Salvador

Murillo Vetroni Barros

Marina Pieroni

Diogo A Lopes Silva

Fausto Freire

...

2023/12/1

Carbon Footprint and Energy Assessment of Plastic Products Produced at Neutroplast

Carlos Hernandez

Carla Rodrigues

Beatriz Penha

Tânia Simões

João Redol

...

2023/5/10

Future Research Trends on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach: A Review of Definition, Methods, and Metrics

Fernando Caixeta

Pedro Saraiva

Fausto Freire

2023/3/10

A multi-criteria framework for the ecodesign of bio-based materials at early development stages

Journal of Cleaner Production

Jade Müller-Carneiro

Carla Rodrigues

Luís C Dias

Carlos Henggeler Antunes

Adriano LA Mattos

...

2023/11/15

Prospective life cycle assessment of a novel building system with improved foam glass incorporating high recycled content

Sustainable Production and Consumption

Carla Rodrigues

Jakob König

Fausto Freire

2023/3/1

Life cycle assessment of a large volume parenteral for hospital use

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Carlos Hernandez

Carla Rodrigues

Pedro Marques

Fausto Freire

2023/11/1

Ex-ante life cycle assessment framework and application to a nano-reinforced biopolymer film based on mango kernel

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Jade Müller-Carneiro

Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo

Carla Rodrigues

Henriette Monteiro Cordeiro de Azeredo

Fausto Freire

2023/1/1

Water-energy-food nexus and business excellence models for a sustainability maturity evaluation of ten agri-food companies from Brazil and Kenya

Journal of Cleaner Production

Fernando Caixeta

Pedro Saraiva

Fausto Freire

Anakalo Shitandi

2023/9/25

Ecodesign of bio-based films for food packaging: Challenges and recommendations

Ana Paula Coelho Sampaio

Jade Müller-Carneiro

André Luís Sousa Pereira

Morsyleide de Freitas Rosa

Adriano Lincoln Albuquerque Mattos

...

2023/9/1

Life cycle assessment of pharmaceutical packaging

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Fabiana Bassani

Carla Rodrigues

Pedro Marques

Fausto Freire

2022/7

A systematic review and life cycle assessment of biomass pellets and briquettes production in Latin America

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva

Remo Filleti

Ricardo Musule

Thiago Teixeira Matheus

Fausto Freire

2022/4

Wood in buildings: the right answer to the wrong question

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Verena Göswein

Jay Arehart

Francesco Pittau

Francesco Pomponi

Stephen Lamb

...

2022/9/1

Sustainable Rural Electrification: Harnessing a Cosmolocal Wind

Energies

Katerina Troullaki

Stelios Rozakis

Kostas Latoufis

Chris Giotitsas

Christina Priavolou

...

2022/6/25

Types of Business Models for a Circular Bioeconomy

Rodrigo Salvador

Murillo Vetroni Barros

Fausto Freire

Antonio Carlos de Francisco

2022

Environmental and cost life-cycle approach to support selection of windows in early stages of building design

Journal of Cleaner Production

Shiva Saadatian

Carla Rodrigues

Fausto Freire

Nuno Simoes

2022/8/20

Key drivers of life-cycle environmental and cost assessment of windows for different European climate zones

Journal of Building Engineering

Shiva Saadatian

Carla Rodrigues

Fausto Freire

Nuno Simoes

2022/6/1

Integrating life-cycle assessment and multi-criteria decision analysis to compare alternative biodiesel chains

Ali Ebadi Torkayesh

Mohammad Ali Rajaeifar

Madona Rostom

Behnam Malmir

Morteza Yazdani

...

2022/10/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 67
Stuart Batterman

Stuart Batterman

University of Michigan

H-index: 56
Carlos Henggeler Antunes

Carlos Henggeler Antunes

Universidade de Coimbra

H-index: 41
Luis C. Dias

Luis C. Dias

Universidade de Coimbra

H-index: 14
Érica Geraldes Castanheira

Érica Geraldes Castanheira

Universidade de Coimbra

H-index: 6
Carlos Ferreira

Carlos Ferreira

Universidade de Coimbra

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