The winners of the Sustainability in the Built Environment Award, an initiative of BUILT CoLAB under the Circularity in Construction project, were announced on 26 January 2023. This award aimed to promote and recognise good practices, as well as raise awareness in the industry and public institutions of the need for knowledge and innovation within...
The Presentation Session of PACCO – Action Plan for Circularity in Construction that BUILT CoLAB carried out under the Circular Agreement with the Construction Industry took place on 26 January at IMPIC. This event also marked the end of the Protocol and was organised jointly with APA – Portuguese Environment Agency and IMPIC | Institute...
The Conference “Strategy for the Sustainable Future of Construction” was held on 15 December, at Alfândega do Porto. This conference was organised by BUILT CoLAB under the FoC – Future of Construction project and aimed to present its final results, as well as discuss key aspects for the future of the construction sector: Digitalisation, Innovation,...
BUILT CoLAB attended the closing conference of the PAQGreen project promoted by PTPC/Cluster AEC, which took place on 14 December at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. João Moutinho was the moderator and Marco Pedroso was one of the participants of the round table that debated the theme “Carbon Neutrality and Circular Economy –...
BUILT CoLAB was present at the third annual meeting of Collaborative Laboratories – CoLAB’s that took place on 6 and 7 December at the University of Algarve, and was organised by ANI – National Agency for Innovation. This event discussed the evolution of CoLAB activities and their integration in the dynamics of regional ecosystems, during...
João Moutinho represented BUILT CoLAB at BfK Ideas 2022, as part of the jury that evaluated the ideas in the competition, which took place at the beginning of November in Porto. The Born from Knowledge – BfK Ideas 2022 initiative, as the national final of business ideas “born from knowledge”, aims to disseminate and reward...
João Moutinho, BUILT CoLAB Director, was Keynote Speaker at the international conference SBD – Sustainable and Digital Building, organised by Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, that took place on 27 and 28 October. In his presentation he addressed the topic “A Twin Transition Approach to Construction – Challenges and Practical Situations”, based on the work that...
The FoC – Future of Construction project is highlighted in the TECH3 programme, broadcasted on Sundays in RTP3. The programme dedicates 2 episodes to this SIAC project led by BUILT CoLAB that aims to define the strategy for the Twin Transition of the AEC sector, based on four structural vectors: Digitalise, Transform, Preserve and Qualify....
The ACA Group, partner of BUILT CoLAB, is promoting the “ACA Innovation Challenge”, a competition aimed at entrepreneurs, visionaries, leaders, students and researchers, with ideas and solutions that contribute to stimulate innovation and circularity in the construction sector. With this initiative, the ACA Group intends to learn about new technologies, with an impact on its...
The FoC – Future of Construction project is highlighted in the TECH3 programme, broadcasted on Sundays in RTP3. The programme dedicates 2 episodes to this SIAC project led by BUILT CoLAB that aims to define the strategy for the Twin Transition of the AEC sector, based on four structural vectors: Digitalise, Transform, Preserve and Qualify....
