A Portuguese innovation that promises to revolutionize food safety and reduce food waste has won the 2026 National Innovation Award.
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The first socioeconomic impact study of Collaborative Laboratories in Portugal, promoted by the Forum of Collaborative Laboratories (FCoLAB) in partnership with Porto Business School, concludes that each euro of public funding to CoLABs was associated with €2.27 of Gross Value Added in the economy. AlmaScience is cited among the examples of CoLABs that translate science into R&D roadmaps for companies.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has declared the construction industry to be responsible for 37% of global CO2 emissions. The fact, a trigger and incentive for transformative shifts in construction and architectural design, has seeded a forward-thinking movement at the center of sustainable innovation.