Carlos C. Duarte, Arch, Ph.D., is an invited Adjunct Professor at the Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, and a member of the Department of Technology in Architecture, Urbanism, and Design. He graduated in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture - Technical University of Lisbon in 2009 and began his professional career in urbanism and interior design. In 2012, as member of the McCullough Mulvin Architects team, he became involved in several projects focused on heritage-building retrofit/expansions, such as the Butler Gallery and St. Mary’s Medieval Mile Museum in Kilkenny. This experience sparked a newfound passion, leading him to pursue a Postgraduate course in Conservation, Renovation, and Architectural Rehabilitation in 2013, paving the way for his engagement in a doctorate course. In 2020, he received his Ph.D. in Architecture from the Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, with a thesis entitled “Energy Retrofit of Pombaline Blocks: Strategies for Achieving Nearly Zero Energy Balance (NZEB) in Built Heritage from the Second Half of the 18th Century in Lisbon.” Integrated member of the Research Center in Architecture, Urbanism, and Design (CIAUD) since 2014 and co-founder of the Building, Science, Technology, and Sustainability Laboratory (BSTS Lab) in 2020, he conducts scientific research in the field of bioclimatic architecture, passive design, sustainability, NZEB, PEBs, and energy retrofit of historical buildings. As a professor, he lectures on Building Materials, Environmental Comfort, Energy Efficiency, and Environment and supervises several Master Thesis in these domains. Author and co-author of more than a dozen Scopus indexed scientific publications (e.g., MDPI and Elsevier) and an active participant in international conferences and congresses, also serves as a Guest Editor and a member of the Topical Adviser Panel for the journal Buildings (MDPI) since 2023, and contributes as a Reviewer for several publishers, notably MDPI, ScienceGroup, and AMPS.