Eduardo Blanco

Experience

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  VINCI Autoroutes - ESCOTA

  Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

  Environmental engineer

  Deployment of Environmental Management System and ISO 14.001 certification project on the highway network of ESCOTA - Groupe Vinci Autoroutes.

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  Genos Consultoria Ambiental

  May 2012 - Apr 2019

  Co-Founder - Project Manager - Urban Designer

  Co-Founder of Genos Environmental Consulting Office.I founded and lead a sustainability consultancy company in Brazil. I managed more than 10 urban planning and sustainable urban mobility studies for Brazilian cities. I contributed to several environmental studies related to waste management, environmental compliance, technical and economic feasibility, environmental management systems and environmental impacts assessment. I was also responsible for recruitment, general company management and sales. Show less

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  Estre Ambiental

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Environmental Engineer

  Responsible for the development and monitoring of the Company's Social Responsibility programs. I created a corporate socio-environmental responsibility program for vulnerable employees based on environmental and financial education and literacy.

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  Renault

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

  Researcher - New Urban Mobilities

  Feasibility study and strategic evaluation for the development of innovative solutions in urban mobility for the Brazilian market (focus on shared electric mobility).

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  CEEBIOS

  May 2019 - Dec 2022

  Project manager and researcher - Biomimicry and Regenerative Cities

  I lead research on biomimetic and sustainable urban design, with a focus on proposing a sustainable neighbourhood design and assessment tool to promote mutual benefits for society and nature. Moreover, I contributed as a consultant to several urban projects, using nature as a source of inspiration for sustainable innovation and catalyzing net-postive projects.CEEBIOS is a national network of competences in the field of biomimetics/biomimicry.Our goal is to implement biomimetics in R&D strategies to increase innovation performance and accelerate the ecological transition. We work since 2014 with more than 100 laboratories, companies in various sectors (construction, automotive, energy, cosmetics,...) and major educational institutions to accelerate knowledge transfer from biology to other disciplines. We are in close dialogue with international networks and french institutions (ministeries, regions agencies...) in order to build a national roadmap on this field.More on ceebios.com Show less

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  United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

  Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  Project Management Consultant

  Part-time technical advisor and manager supporting the Digitalisation for Flexible and Resilient Energy Systems Open Call for proposals (3DEN project - UNEP DTIE unit). I contributed to the technical, regulatory and financial feasibility evaluation and due diligence of 7 proposals requesting grant for digitalisation of urban energy systems to reduce carbon emissions in Latin America.

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  Energy Cities

  Jan 2023 - now

  Project Manager

  Project manager at Energy Cities, the European learning community for future-proof cities.I manage European-funded projects on renewable energies.I am currently coordinating Power Up project (https://www.socialenergyplayers.eu/) on energy poverty and contributing to ASCEND project on positive and clean energy districts and SSH CENTRE project on the collaboration of humanities and social sciences for a carbon-neutral Europe.