Team

Latecae coordinator, works with Bioclimatic Architecture, Energy efficiency in buildings and Building energy and lighting simulation.

She was part of the team on developing the building energy labeling of Inmetro and, in the present moment, she is a specialist in energy efficiency in buildings to the accreditation of inspection organisms of Inmetro. In research development, she works in partnerships with mechanical engineering to CFD simulation, in agricultural engineering focused on photovoltaic systems and other partnerships established by the Energy Efficiency Network (R3E).

Website of the Graduation Program in Architecture and Urbanism

He holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), a master's degree and a doctorate from the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at UFV. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism (DAU/UFV), specializing in Design, Technology, and Graphic Representation in Architecture and Urbanism. His expertise lies in design processes associated with bioclimatic architecture, environmental behavior in the built environment, graphic representation, thermoenergetic simulation, lighting, and user thermal comfort. Additionally, he is conducting post-doctoral research on a CNPq-funded project focusing on sustainable design technologies for adapting school buildings to climate change.

Doctoral Candidate and CAPES scholarship holder of the Architecture and Urban Planning Graduate Program at the Federal University of Viçosa (PPG.au - Technologies and Environmental Aspects in the Built Environment) with the research "Thermal, Luminous, and Ventilation performance of a Solar Control Canopy developed with Generative Processes and Digital Fabrication" (2020-2024). Master of Architecture and FAPEMIG scholarship holder of the PPG.au. Architect and Urban Planner, graduated from Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) (2017/2), with exchange experience in Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) (2014-2015). Awarded with Arthur Bernardes Medal for Excellence (UFV) and consistently on the Dean's List (SCAD).

Researcher at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism of the UFV. She has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (1988), a master's degree in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2004) and a PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (2010), where she also did post-doctoral studies. He did postdoctoral studies in Agricultural Engineering at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.  He has experience in the Energy field, working mainly on the following topics: renewable energy, energy storage, distributed generation, performance evaluation, artificial intelligence, and solar photovoltaics.

Degree in Mathematics (UFV), Master of Computational Modeling (UFJF) and PhD in Civil Engineering (COPPE / UFRJ), with concentration in Computational Systems. Sandwich period in the Computer Science department at Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza during his doctorate. He is a Professor in the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa, teaching in Graphic Representation courses. He is interested in research areas related to the theories and applications of optimization (especially those involving the use of evolutionary metaheuristics) and machine learning.

Architect and urban planner, he collaborates in building labeling assessment activities, supports experiments in environmental comfort and the management of laboratory equipment.

Master's in Architecture and Urbanism from UFV with a project titled "Optimization of the Volume of a Building with Multifaceted Facades and Its Relationship with the Surroundings for Distributed Photovoltaic Generation and Energy Consumption." Currently a PhD student and CAPES scholarship holder in the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at the same institution. Aspiring black belt in forró. She was a scientific initiation researcher at the laboratory from 2011 to 2016, where she developed and/or worked on projects such as "Didactic Tools to Support Courses in the Area of Environmental Comfort"; Study of the Aspects of Solar Radiation Affecting Thermal Performance and Comfort in the Built Environment; and Digital Modeling of Architectural Projects Based on Energy and Structural Performance. She holds a bachelor's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from UFV with a sandwich period at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, through the Science Without Borders program.

Architect and urban planner from the Federal University of Viçosa (2023). Master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (2023-2025). He is currently a PhD student in the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (2025-2029), linked to Research Line 3: Production of Building and Urban Space in Small and Medium-sized Cities, and participates as a member of the Laboratory of Technologies in Environmental Comfort and Energy Efficiency (Latecae-UFV) and as a partner of the Research Laboratory in Urbanities and Heritage (Pupa-UFV) and the Urban Planning and Design Research Group. He has experience in Architecture and Urbanism, working on the following subjects: urban and regional planning, urban policies, urban management, cultural heritage, urban comfort, urban morphology, climate change scenarios and architectural design.

Architect and Urban Planner graduated from Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR). She worked at the Landscape Laboratory as a student-researcher on the compositions of Burle Marx and in landscaping using native species of Ceará. She has a sandwich degree at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago / IL, where she developed research on the abandoned allotments in Milwaukee and Mies Van der Rohe projects for Chicago. She holds a Specialization in the Graduate Program in Sustainability Applied to the Built Environment at the University of Minas Gerais, focusing on environmental comfort, thermal performance, and sustainable forms of construction.

Master's in Architecture and Urbanism from UFV since 2023, with a bachelor's degree from the same institution (2021). Started research in 2017-2018 through Scientific Initiation and presented the work "Green Infrastructure as a Mitigation Strategy for Local Water Issues" at the ARQUISUR congress in 2021, co-authored with Professor Roberto de Almeida Goulart Lopes. In the master's program, focused on green infrastructures and their impacts on urban microclimate regarding climate change. Published articles at events such as ENTAC 2024 and the V Seminar on Cities, Territories, and Rights, discussing microclimatic analyses and urban public policies. Interested in climate-sensitive urban planning, microclimatic simulations, and urban green infrastructure.

Architect and Urban Planner from the Federal University of Viçosa (2025). Master’s student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (2025–2027), with research focused on the analysis of urban morphology and thermal comfort in public spaces. Has experience in the fields of collaborative urbanism, sustainable architecture, communities and public spaces, as well as knowledge in geoprocessing and digital manufacturing. Also has knowledge in the field of space architecture, with an interest in extreme habitats and adaptive solutions for non-conventional environments.

Marster Student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) – Research line: Technologies and Environmental Aspects in the Built Environment (with an emphasis on Machine Learning and Computational Simulation). Architect and Urban Planner from UFV, and Computer Technician graduated from IFMG – Ponte Nova Campus. Selected as a CNPq Scientific Initiation Scholarship holder (2022) for the research project entitled "Association of Machine Learning Methods with Parametric Simulation Processes for the Evaluation of Building Performance." FAPEMIG Scholarship holder (2023) for the research project entitled "Machine Learning and Simulation-Based Optimization for the Evaluation of Building Performance." Research member of Latecae/DAU at the Federal University of Viçosa – UFV (2022–2025).

Master's and graduate in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). He was a scholarship researcher in Technological and Industrial Initiation (ITI-A) in the CNPq project "Technologies for adapting buildings to climate change: energy efficiency, photovoltaic generation, and emission reduction in schools." He is currently a CAPES scholarship holder for 2024-26, developing research titled 'Evaluation of the influence of phase change materials on thermal comfort in a monitored performance space in Viçosa-MG.

Master's student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) with research on internal environmental monitoring of EDEM aimed at the thermal energy performance of a building. Architect and Urban Planner graduated from the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), 2023. She was a member of the Architectural and Urban Accessibility Group (GRAAU) working at the UFSJ campus City Hall and served as a monitor in the Topography and Cartography course of the Architecture and Urbanism program at UFSJ. She worked at the Municipal City Hall of Carangola providing advisory services and architecture and urbanism projects (2021-2024), also serving as a Counselor on the Municipal Deliberative Council for Cultural Heritage of Carangola.

Artist, Dancer (SATED/MG), Researcher, Cultural Producer. Master’s student in Architecture and Urbanism with ongoing research entitled Post-pandemic Body: transcriptions on (re)significations of the body-space relationship and the home. Holds a Bachelor's and a Teaching Degree in Dance (UFV). Presented the work Body and knowledge and body creativity as a formative experience: educational action in Viçosa at the VII Congress of the National Association of Dance Researchers (ANDA) in Brasília-DF, 2023. Performed in the "II Latin American Contemporary Dance Showcase: Dança à Deriva" (São Paulo/SP). Participated in the 9th Angel Vianna Seminar at the Choreographic Center of Rio de Janeiro, performing in the show Achados e Perdidos. Was part of the production team (NEPARC) in the III Seminar Arguments of the Body in 2015 and was a Procultura scholarship holder at UFV in 2019. Awarded by Funarte Descentrarte in 2019, in partnership with NEPARC, as the proponent of the project Online Artistic Residency, and coordinated its activities in 2020. In the same year, was Production Director of the artistic residency Planta Baixa na Nuvem, also awarded by the FUNARTE Descentrarte Prize. Participated in the Free Dance Communication Session at the XI CONGRESS OF ART EDUCATION, promoted by the Professional School of Arts of Madeira, Portugal (2020). Was a speaker in all three editions of the Body Knowledge Seminar: bodily arts and learning, held between 2020 and 2022, aimed at educational actions for public schools in Viçosa-MG and surrounding areas, as well as Guarapari-ES.Performs as a performer-creator, researcher, and cultural producer in the Center for Artistic and Bodily Practices and Studies (NEPARC). Member of the research group Contemporary Performing Arts: corporeality, education, and politics (CNPq/MEC).

Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). CNPq Scientific Initiation scholarship holder in the project "Technologies for adapting buildings to climate change: energy efficiency, photovoltaic generation, and emission reduction in schools."

Undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). Currently working as a Scientific Initiation scholarship holder on the project "Thermo-luminous simulation, prototyping, and digital fabrication of a responsive zenithal lighting cell."

Undergraduate student in Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). PIBIC/UFV Scientific Initiation scholarship holder, working on the project "Investigation of shape memory materials for application in building thermal conditioning systems." Additionally, I am a member of the junior enterprise Edifica Consultoria and have interned at Domínio Engenharia e Arquitetura in Viçosa-MG.

Graduating in Electrical Engineering (UFV), has experience in the design and commercial area of photovoltaic energy. He's a scientific researcher in the project "Technologies for adaptation of buildings to climate change" funded by CNPq.

Undergraduate student in Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Viçosa and a Development in Science, Technology, and Innovation scholarship holder in the project “Creation of E(R)DEM - an environment for testing and monitoring the thermo-energy performance of buildings and their components,” funded by FAPEMIG. Additionally, I am an Agricultural Technician graduated from IFES - Campus Alegre.

Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). Scientific Initiation scholarship holder from CNPq in the project "Technologies for adapting buildings to climate change: energy efficiency, photovoltaic generation, and emission reduction in schools."

Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). PIBIC/UFV scholarship holder, working on the project "Performance of natural ventilation systems for cooling a school building under a climate change scenario in Viçosa - MG."

Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). CNPq Scientific Initiation scholarship holder in the project “Technologies for adapting buildings to climate change: energy efficiency, photovoltaic generation, and emission reduction in schools.”

Professor of  IFES Colatina - ES, his Marters Major was adquired in 2015 in PPGAU/UFV. His research focused on an analysis of weather files  and the current (from 2011 to 2017) review f the Brazilian Climate Zones. He is the first author of the paper Analysis of the Brazilian bioclimatic zoning: case study of Colatina, ES.

She holds a master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the PPGAU and defended her dissertation entitled Typological characterization of bank branches and their potential for saving electricity and labeling with the implementation of photovoltaic systems in the project Energy efficiency evaluations of buildings based on Inmetro's Brazilian labeling program.

Scientific initiation researcher, R3E scholarship holder, working on the labeling simplification project with master's student Carolina de Paula Telles. Her activities include proposing typologies and testing the proposal.

Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). Researcher and CNPq Scientific Initiation scholarship holder in the project “Monitoring and calibration of a building with phase change materials (PCMs) in the city of Viçosa-MG.”

Post-doctoral researcher at the Federal University of Viçosa by the PPGAU on the subject of contributing to the revision of current Brazilian bioclimatic zoning. Architect and urban planner, PhD from PROPEC at UFOP in the area of thermal performance of naturally ventilated residential buildings. She has experience in evaluating the thermal and lighting performance of buildings, seals and certifications and in computer simulations for performance evaluation.

Graduanda, pesquisou níveis de eficiência energética de edificações do MCMV para diversos climas brasileiros, no âmbito da Rede de Eficiência Energética em Edificações.

Her research is a proposal of simplification of the current prescriptive method of the Brazilian Residential Labeling program.

Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at UFV. Scientific researcher, with a PIBIC CNPq 2020-2021 scholarship. She works on the project "Urban Ecosystem Services for a Regenerative Architecture: Definition of the Environmental, Social and Economic Performance Potential in the Zona da Mata Mineira".

Graduando em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Atualmente é membro da Gestão Interna do Coletivo Formigas no Departamento de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (DAU-UFV), bem como estagiário no Grupo de Pesquisa em Construção Sustentável e Inovadora SICon, com atuação no projeto extensão SIConEX, o qual é voltado à divulgação científica e produção gráfica. Realizou também atividades como estagiário no escritório Fracto Arquitetura e Urbanismo. Além disso, possui interesses nos processos participativos de projeto, em práticas sustentáveis e energeticamente eficientes atreladas às esferas da arquitetura e do urbanismo.

Graduated in architecture and urbanism from Centro Universitário do Leste de Minas Gerais (2016), Lato Sensu postgraduate degree in Auditing and Environmental Expertise from FUNIP (Faculdade Única de Ipatinga) in 2018, currently a master's student (CAPES) at UFV (Federal University of Viçosa) in the Department of Architecture and Urbanism with a focus on energy efficiency in public lighting.

She has experience in architectural and urban projects and was a professor at Doctum School of Architecture and Urbanism and an independent consultant in the development of energy efficiency projects in public lighting. As an intern, she participated in the PDDI / RMVA (Integrated Development Master Plan for the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Aço - MG), among other projects involving both urban and regional planning in the built environment.

Graduando em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Participa do Grupo de Extensão Engenharia Pública desde agosto de 2022 e atualmente é bolsista de Iniciação Científica do PIBIC/UFV 2023-24 no projeto "Investigação da influência mensal da incorporação de Materiais de Mudança de Fase (PCM) no conforto térmico para edificação de escritórios no Brasil"

Undergraduate student at UFV (Architecture and Urban Planning), he works on the D0638 survey, funded by CEMIG, in which he simulates the application of photovoltaic film and the impacts of constructive changes in a supermarket.

Undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). Researcher fellow of Technological and Industrial Initiation (ITI-A) in the CNPq project "Technologies for adaptation of buildings to climate change: energy efficiency, photovoltaic generation and emission reduction in schools."

Undergraduate student in architecture and urbanism. She works with revision of climatic data used in simulations and it's representation to subsidize the bioclimatic project.

Ítalo works with the assessment of weather files for energy simulation. His thesis aims to evaluate several weather files formats regarding Brazilian climatic characteristics, such as tipical air temperatures or solar radiation, using sensitivity analysis.

Undergraduate student, she worked with energy efficiency labeling for the residential sector, aiming to develop a simplified method based on the current labeling program, as part of the R3E partnerships. Now, she is investigating the potential of HoneyBee and its interoperability with Grasshopper and EnergyPlus to optimize the shape of dwellings, according to thermal performance parameters.

Engenheira civil pela FUPAC Ubá (2019), sendo bolsista do PROUNI durante a graduação, especialista em Cálculo Estrutural e Fundações pela Unyleya (2021) e mestranda em Arquitetura e Urbanismo na UFV atuando na linha de pesquisa de Tecnologias e Aspectos Ambientais no Espaço Construído, orientada pela professora Clarissa Ferreira Albrecht. Desenvolve a pesquisa em análise de ecoeficiência em estratégias passivas ecológicas para fachadas como retrofit de edifícios educacionais no que diz respeito às emissões de dióxido de carbono, ao conforto térmico e à eficiência energética em resposta às mudanças climáticas. Possui experiência em projetos arquitetônicos, estruturais e de licenciamento sanitário e em legalizações municipais de projetos e obras. Atua como professora substituta no curso de Engenharia Civil na FUPAC Ubá. 

Atualmente é Doutorando em Arquitetura e Urbanismo, com Mestrado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa. É graduado em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Atuou como estagiário da Câmara Municipal de Viçosa. Atuou como Representante Discente no Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes da Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Formou-se no curso de formação politica da ONG RenovaBR, turma de 2019. Tem experiência na área de Ciências Sociais, Geografia e Arquitetura e Urbanismo, com ênfase em Planejamento Urbano e Ambientais. 

Mestre em Arquitetura e Urbanismo desde 2015 pelo PPGAU/UFV, com pesquisa em dispositivos móveis em conforto ambiental integrado ao processo de projeto arquitetônico.

Mestranda do PPGAU

Graduanda em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) e bolsista de Iniciação Científica do CNPq.

Mestre em Engenharia Agrícola pela UFV, é atualmente doutoranda em Engenharia Agrícola. Colaborou com pesquisas em etiquetagem de edificações residencias voltada aos sistemas de aquecedores solares de água.

Realizou ensino médio técnico em Informática no IFNMG - Campus Diamantina. Iniciou o curso de arquitetura e urbanismo em 2021 na Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Na UFV, Participa da Tetu Empresa Júnior desde 2021 e do projeto de extensão, Coletivo Formigas, desde o início de 2022. Em 2023 iniciou um projeto de pesquisa como bolsista no Latecae.

Her Masters major was in PPGAU in 2015, where she worked with CFD in the Brise-chaminé-solar project.

She had developed other research in Latecae from 2010 since 2015, regarding thermal comfort, energy efficiency and labeling. During under graduation, she had performed an analysis of the sensitivity of RTQ-C parameters and was funded by R3E/Procel Edifica to evaluate the energy efficiency of commercial buildings.

She is currently the coordinator of the Architecture and Urbanism major in Faculdades Santo Agostinho in Montes Claros - MG.

A graduate researcher with experience in thermal and energy simulation,  performance-based design and optimization. Worked in a research about similarities of the shape of simulated building models regarding energy certifications and created with the optimization of the performance of existing buildings. Currently, he has joined a research, granted by FAPEMIG, that aims to investigate DIVA’s potential of modeling the exterior and interior shape of a building using daylight indicators and shape analysis.

Mestrando do PPGAU

Graduando, pesquisador de iniciação científica

Sabrina Barbosa is a post-doctoral researcher at the Federal University of Viçosa. Her current investigation involves analysis of application of photovoltaic systems in buildings. Dr Barbosa concluded her PhD on thermal performance of naturally ventilated office buildings with double skin façade under Brazilian climate conditions at the University of Brighton, UK. She has great experience in building thermal performance evaluation and energy simulation. Her skills includes knowledge in dynamic thermal simulation (IES VE and Energy Plus) and CFD. 

She holds a Master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism and has carried out research in the REUNI project on Integração da eficiência energética com o ensino de projeto arquitetônico and in the CNPq-funded project  Estudo dos aspectos da radiação solar intervenientes no desempenho térmico e no conforto do ambiente construído.

Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). An undergraduate researcher, she worked on the project “Simulating the thermal comfort of housing in Mozambique”, funded by PIBIC/FAPEMIG. She is currently carrying out research entitled “Performance of natural ventilation systems for cooling a school building under a scenario of climate change in Viçosa-MG”, with a PIBIC/FAPEMIG scholarship.

Architect and urbanist, he was an undergraduate researcher in Latecae in the project 'Minha Casa Minha Vida Sustentável', and now he is a graduate student of PPGAU/UFV. His research analyzes the thermal performance of buildings related to photovoltaics in openings: glazing and solar protections. This is part of a main project that aims to evaluate externalities in PV systems, in a partnership with Agricultural Engineering graduate Program.

Undergraduate researcher at ArqMnese, he is part of the digital modeling research project team. His master's degree dealt with augmented reality for teaching and learning in comfort and sustainability.

Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). Works on the project '' Analysis of the Viability of Photovoltaic Energy in Brazil in the Face of the Regulatory Framework for Distributed Generation in the Brazilian Electricity Sector - Aneel RN 482/12 '', financed by CEMIG-D, where it assesses the potential for using BIPV systems in residences.

Graduanda em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Atua no projeto ‘’Simulação de Desempenho Térmico Para Edificação Institucional Real’’, financiado pela FAPEMIG/UFV, onde avalia o desempenho de edificação real da Vila Gianetti frente às condições climáticas e microclimáticas.