João Pedro Quaresma
Architect, Energy Efficient Expert, Passive House Designer, MRICS, IPMA-C, Real Estate Development Expert, Project Manager

Professional profile

Portuguese architect with management experience with an extensive and highly successful background in all design phases with more than twenty years of experience in design and construction projects in large commercial projects and public facilities.

Skills
  • Association of Architects (OA) Member Nº 3561– Official Portuguese Architect Public Association (since 1989);
  • IPMA (APOGEP) – Certified Project Manager - Level C: Member C/168;
  • Certified Passive House Designer- Passivhaus Institut
  • Expert in Energy Certification Efficiency. ADENE – N. º PQ01088
  • LiderA System- Sustainable Construction Assessment System- Facilitators (assessors) Nº 27 
  • Construction Management and Building Supervision Chapter- OA- Architects Association – Member Nº 35;
  • Real Estate Valuer Expert, RICS Valuation (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Member 5604990;
  • Real Estate appraisers for property CMVM – PAI/2016/0306; 
  • National Real Estate Evaluator Association, ANAI member N º 195; 
  • Expert in Judiciary Evaluation- Court of Justice Official List - DG Justice Administration; 
  • Expert in Real Estate (Building) Tax Evaluation – Cascais Finance District – DG Finance; 
  • Real Estate appraisers for Lisbon Municipality PAI/DMGP/65 DG Property;
  • iiSBE Portugal - International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment – Member Nº 62;
  • NRAU Expert– Building conservation evaluation method (MAEC) National Laboratory Civil Engineering (LNEC);
  • Expert Evaluator for Research Executive Agency (REA) European Commission – Research Executive Agency;
  • Expert Evaluator for European Community for Research European Commission – Directorate-General RTD.
Vice-President – ANPQ (National Association of Qualified Experts) (c. 2016)
Representation of professionals involved in energy certification and indoor air quality assessment within the Portuguese built environment.

Vice-President & Board Member – College of Construction Management, Direction and Supervision (COB), Portuguese Order of Architects (2021–2023)
Institutional role focused on construction management, site supervision and building quality standards.
Nurture Design

Presentations & Speaking Engagements

Speaker – 13th Passivhaus Portugal Conference | Aveiro
Presentation of two specific Passive House projects, focusing on building performance, design strategies and construction solutions within the Passive House standard. Centro de Congressos de Aveiro — 21–22 October 2025

Speaker – 10th Passive House Conference
Passive House principles, energy performance and construction quality
26 October 2022

Speaker – LiderA20 Congress | Voluntary Sustainable Building Assessment System
Environmental sustainability in built environments for all
 Topic: Construction quality and sustainability as drivers of real estate value
Técnico Congress Centre – Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
29 January 2020

Speaker – Seminar “Ordem dos Avaliadores” | National Association of Real Estate Valuers (ANAI)
Topic: The impact of future energy requirements on real estate market prices and final valuation values
ISEL Auditorium – Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
January 2008

Technical Speaker – ANPQ Seminar (Afternoon Session)
Topic: Presentation of new Portuguese energy legislation:
Law No. 58/2013 and Decree-Law No. 118/2013 – Chapter III – Residential Buildings Regulation (REH), in accordance with the recast European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD 2010/31/EU)
23 October 2013

Speaker – “Energy and the Future” Conference Series
Topic:   The role of architecture in the revised EPBD framework
ADENE – Energy and Buildings
31 March 2014

Speaker – 1st HABITAT FORUM | Saint-Gobain & Portuguese Architects Association (Lisbon)
Topic: Opaque and transparent building envelopes in energy-efficient buildings
23 June

Speaker – 2nd HABITAT FORUM | Saint-Gobain & Portuguese Architects Association (Porto)
Fundação Cupertino de Miranda
 Topic: Opaque and transparent building envelopes in energy-efficient buildings
18 May

“Analysis is the critical starting point of strategic thinking".

Kenichi Ohmae

Presentations

- Speaker in “Ordem dos Avaliadores” seminar – National Real Estate Evaluator Association, ANAI - "The impact of future energetic requirements in the real estate market price and in the final evaluation value” –ISEL Auditorium- Jan 2008- Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
- Speaker in Technical afternoon ANPQ - 23 October 2013 –Presentation of new Legislation: Law 
nº 58/2013 and Decreto-lei n. º 118/2013 – Chapter III – Residential Building Regulation (REH) According with the European Directive on the energy performance of buildings (EPBD Recast Directive 2010/31/EU)
- Speaker in Energy and Future, Conference Cicle - 31 March 2014 –The Architecture role in the new EPBD recast – ADENE end Energia e Edificios (Energy and Buildings).
- Speaker in 1º FORUM HABITAT Saint-Gobain - ORDEM DOS ARQUITECTOS Lisbon June 23rd : Opaque and transparent envelope in Building energy efficiency.
- Speaker in 2º FORUM HABITAT Saint-Gobain - ORDEM DOS ARQUITECTOS Oporto, Fundação Cupertino de Miranda, May 18th: Opaque and transparent envelope in Building energy efficiency.

Edifícios e Energia Edifício e Energia - PDF