Dr Lucas Rosse Caldas is currently a professor in Posgraduate Program in Architecture (PROARQ/FAU) and Civil Engineering Program (PEC/COPPE) in Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. Lucas does research in Architecture, Environmental and Civil Engineering, specifically working with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Circular economy, thermal energy simulation and BIM with focus on bio-based, non-convetional and waste materials.