Dr. António Figueiredo is an Assistant Researcher at the Civil Engineering Department, University of Aveiro, Santiago University Campus. He completed his PhD studies in Civil Engineering at the University of Aveiro. He is a local coordinator for the European program “EIT Climate-KIC: Pioneers into Practice”, contributing as host for the UAVR, participating with a work plan focused on low-carbon economies for the mitigation of climate change impacts. His research aims to contribute to the development of a sustainable and resilient building stock that is able to adequately face societal challenges, particularly those related to climate change, well-being, and energy efficiency, introducing and promoting innovative and renewable energy systems, the use of novel functionalized materials, and the use of evolutionary algorithms for optimal building designs. His keywords include resilient urban settlements, energy efficiency, phase-change materials, urban building energy modeling, and shallow geothermal systems.