Marcia Pereira

Mom of two little girls, energy saver addict and renewables enthusiast, CEO and Founder of Bandora, PhD candidate from MIT Portugal program in Sustainable Energy Systems at FEUP. Marcia has a degree in Mechanical Engineer, Applied Thermodynamics branch, from University of Lisbon. She started to work in several sectors of the market, public and private, small and big corporations, with special emphasis of ADENE – National Energy Agency and GLINTT, where she performed energy efficiency projects in commercial, residential and industrial buildings. She performed as well renewable projects like a Concentrated Photovoltaic project, implemented in Évora with 1MW of peak power; the development of a micro hydropower systems, with 4kW of peak power, connected to the grid in Leiria and a 40kW Photovoltaic stand-alone project implemented in Mozambique, in order to supply energy to a Maternity and local Portuguese speaking radio station. With the desire of starting her own business, she founded Bandora, a startup that empowers autonomous buildings with Artificial Intelligence.