Carlos Duarte, PhD, has been an invited Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon - School of Architecture (Faul) since 2014 and is a member of the Architecture, Urbanism, and Design Technology Department. After graduating in architecture from the Faculty of Architecture - Technical University of Lisbon (2009), he began his professional career in urbanism and interior design until he went to Ireland (2012), where, as part of the McCullough Mulvin Architects team, he became involved in several projects concerning heritage-building retrofit/expansions. This newly discovered passion led him (2004) to take a postgraduate course in Conservation, Renovation, and Architectural Rehabilitation. He received his PhD in architecture from the University of Lisbon - School of Architecture in 2020 under the supervision of Professor António Morais. He is currently involved in the research fields of Bioclimatic Architecture and Energy Efficiency in Historic and Existing Building Retrofits.