Lurian Pires Klein

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Virtual Power Solutions is a technology company that provides Energy Savings as a Service (ESaaS) to all sectors in the energy market. The company is focused on the development of innovative IoT solutions, supported by a Cloud based Big Data analytical engine and powered by machine learning techniques, to determine energy saving opportunities and provide effective demand-side management. Within my responsibilities, I have participated in the tailoring of several nationwide & European-wide Innovation Action and Demonstration Projects in the fields of Energy Communities, Energy Efficiency, Smart Cities, Smart Grids, Demand-side Management, among others, namely: (i) H2020 (ICT-11-2017) - GrowingSmart Project: This Innovation Action project aimed at developing and deploying a Collective Awareness Platform for Growing Smart Citizens in 3 pilot cities - i.e. Trento (Italy), Braga (Portugal) and Ilfov (Romania) - based on innovative methodologies and tools that harness the collaborative power of emerging network technologies and combine it with suitable socio-psychological theories and practices. The pilots targeted three environmental challenges - i.e. children?s mobility, energy efficiency in schools and pollution & waste reduction - involving existing and motivated communities of end-users. Grant value: 1,834,825.00? (ii) H2020 (LCE-02-2016) - InteGRIDy Project: It aimed at designing, deploying and validating a real-life large-scale Demonstration Project on cutting-edge smart grid technologies in 10 EU pilot sites. It delivered a scalable and replicable Cross-functional Modular Platform - featuring a grid balancing and stability engine with optimization-based energy synergies - that manages innovative Demand-Response programs, active end-user engagement strategies, distributed renewable energy resources, energy storage and Electric Vehicles integration. Grant value: 10,000,000.00? (iii) National Action Plan for Energy and Efficiency (PNAEE) - Aviso 21 - Efficie

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The work included periodic monitoring of equipment performance and critical evaluation of granular data related to the thermal performance of solar cool roofs and extensive green roofs. Research findings were presented at the Solar 2014 Scientific Conference & Expo and also fed into Chapter 11: Cool Roof Retrofits as an Alternative to Green Roofs of the book entitled Green Roof Retrofit: Building Urban Resilience by Sara Wilkinson and Tim Dixon (2016).

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Movimento 90o?s main goal is to create environmental and social capital in a deprived area within the most polluted urban environment in Brazil, through the implementation of a green corridor of green walls on the facades of buildings that are adjacent to a deactivated elevated highway. Within my responsibilities, I was directly responsible for the leadership of a team of three staff members in the conceptualization, implementation and maintenance of all green wall projects, taking into consideration the socio-economic context in which these services were provided. Additionally to that, I ensured personal accountability for leading safety performance throughout the execution of all projects under my control, in accordance with business procedures and policies; developed professional and robust client relationships and delivered all projects in line with the agreed risk, quality, time and profit goals set by the company.

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My main responsibilities included the development of green infrastructure manuals and technical reports; development of an innovative conceptual design of a modular drainage system for extensive green roofs; formulation of an optimal roof substrate compatible to the Brazilian tropical climate and selection of native plants suitable for extensive green roofs.

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My work encompassed: (i) Formulation of detailed descriptive material and project budget spreadsheet; (ii) Characterisation of all steps in the estimating process, including quantity take-off, definition of production rates, cost spreads and material quoting; (iii) Framing construction projects in the premises of the government-run Brazilian Sectoral Quality and Productivity Program (PBQP) ? Habitation.