Dr. Hugo Alexandre Silva Pinto is an Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. He is a member of the research team GeoBioTec@UBI—Geobiosciences, Geoengineering and Geotechnologies—at University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. His research interests include the mechanical behavior of materials, special concretes and mortars, building technologies, and building physics.