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21/03/2024
Participation in a workshop on the technical and economic analysis of carbon mitigation technologies
c5Lab researchers José Condeço and Maria Gonçalves Vieira participated in a workshop on the Techno-economic analysis of carbon mitigation technologies, which took place on March 14th and 15th at the Net Zero Industry Innovation Center in the United Kingdom.
29/11/2023
Marta Feio participates in workshop on industrial decarbonization
On November 28, the President of the Board of c5Lab and Executive Secretary General of ATIC – Associação Técnica da Indústria do Cimento, Marta Feio, took part in a round table discussion at the workshop "Industrial Decarbonization: Framework conditions and the role of partnerships", which took place at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento in Lisbon.
28/11/2023
c5Lab team gets together for a day of sharing and socializing
On November 27, the c5Lab team gathered to take part in a face-to-face edition of the "Talks Out Lab" initiative, which took place at the collaborative lab's offices.
24/11/2023
Lisbon City Council promotes networking event to promote research in the city
The c5Lab Communication Manager Sílvia Martins Diegues and Researcher Maria Gonçalves Vieira took part in a networking event held on November 23 at the Lisbon City Hall. The initiative aimed to publicize the results of the last edition of the European Researchers' Night and promote the sharing of experiences between researchers and representatives of various institutions in the city of Lisbon.
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17/11/2023
c5Lab attends the 4th Annual Collaborative Labs Meeting
On November 16, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Marta Feio, the Executive Director, Margarida Mateus, and the Technical-Scientific Assistant, Sofia Seca, represented c5Lab at the event "Innovation and Technological Enhancement towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)", an initiative promoted by the National Innovation Agency, under which the 4th Annual Meeting of Collaborative Laboratories (CoLABs) was held.
16/11/2023
c5Lab participates in the "Tour de Capitales" event
c5Lab, represented by the Executive Director, Margarida Mateus, and the Technical-Scientific Assistant, Sofia Seca, attended the "Tour de Capitales" event, which took place on November 14 and 15 at the Museu do Oriente in Lisbon.
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19/10/2023
c5Lab and LNEC study shows that cement paste in CDW can absorb 5-35% of CO2 through forced carbonation
A study by c5Lab researchers Catarina Brazão Farinha, Cinthia Maia Pederneiras, David Bastos and Ricardo Infante Gomes, in partnership with LNEC researchers Maria Rosário Veiga, António Santos Silva, and Isabel Milagre Martins, revealed that cement paste adhered to Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) can absorb between 5% and 35% of carbon dioxide (CO2) through its forced carbonation.
21/09/2023
c5Lab closes carbon capture project through calcium looping
The closing session of the c5Lab project, which studied carbon capture through "calcium looping" technology using innovative adsorbents such as marble dust, an abundant waste product in Portugal, took place on September 20.
02/10/2023
c5Lab joins European researchers' night
The c5Lab participated in two European Researchers' Night initiatives on September 29 at the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência and the Pavilhão do Conhecimento. Researchers presented c5Lab's R&D projects, with activities for all ages.
02/09/2023
c5Lab participates in the European Catalysis Congress
The c5Lab researcher Daniela Spataru took part in the 15th European Catalysis Congress, which took place between August 27 and September 1 in Prague. The work, presented as a poster, dealt with the study of more realistic conditions for the Sabatier reaction, which aims to combine CO2 and green hydrogen to produce methane, as a promising alternative for decarbonizing the cement industry.
01/09/2023
Margarida Mateus is the new Executive Director of the c5Lab
Margarida Mateus is the new Executive Director and Technical-Scientific Coordinator of the c5Lab and will ensure the annual plan of strategic projects and the management of the R&D pipeline.
02/08/2023
c5Lab researchers developed studies in Italy
In the last two weeks of July, the researchers from c5Lab, Daniela Spataru, and Maria Gonçalves Vieira, were at ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development to conduct studies as part of projects that aim the decarbonization of the cement industry.
13/07/2023
Participation in the 9th Conference of the Federation of European Zeolite Associations
The c5Lab researcher Daniela Spataru spoke about the influence of preparation conditions of zeolite-supported noble metal catalysts for CO2 methanation at the 9th Conference of the Federation of European Zeolite Associations, which took place between the 2nd and 6th of July, in Slovenia.
07/07/2023
c5Lab was present at the Ciência 2023
The c5Lab participated in the "Ciência 2023" meeting, which took place between the 5th and 7th of July, in Aveiro, with the presentation of some of the projects in the area of demonstrations, where it received a visit from the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa; the Secretary of State for Higher Education, Pedro Nuno Teixeira; the Rector of the Universidade de Aveiro, Paulo Jorge Ferreira; the President of Ciência Viva and Director of the Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Rosália Vargas; and the Mayor of Aveiro, José Ribau Esteves.
30/06/2023
c5Lab was present at the IPaintS workshop
On the 29th of June, the c5Lab researcher João Nuno Pacheco participated in the workshop "IPaintS - Intelligent Coating Sensors for the Treatment of Concrete Structures" to talk about the valorization of Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) as a raw material for concrete and address current and future possibilities.
30/06/2023
c5Lab researcher participates in NanoSeaCom workshop
The c5Lab researcher João Nuno Pacheco participated in a session on the potential of using concrete mixed with seawater in niche applications, as part of a workshop held within the scope of the project “NanoSeaCom - Sustainable nano-modified seawater concrete with enhanced service life”.
29/06/2023
c5Lab researcher visits the Technische Universität Dresden
The c5Lab researcher Karyne Ferreira dos Santos visited the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technische Universität Dresden, in Germany, to learn about the facilities and work carried out in the area of advanced concrete.
29/06/2023
c5Lab researchers participate in the "Recycl3D" annual meeting
The c5Lab researchers João Nuno Pacheco and Karyne Santos participated in the annual meeting of the project "Recycl3D - Recycled Aggregates for 3D printed concrete structures", which took place at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the West Pomeranian University of Technology, in Poland.
05/06/2023
c5Lab celebrates the 4th anniversary of the collaborative laboratory
On the same day that World Environment Day was celebrated, the second edition of c5Lab was held, an initiative that brought together the c5Lab employees to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the collaborative laboratory. Throughout the day, team-building activities were carried out to strengthen relations between employees and promote teamwork.
24/05/2023
c5Lab's Collaborative Laboratory title renovated
The Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. renewed, for another 5 years, the title of Collaborative Laboratory of c5Lab.
19/05/2023
c5Lab researcher participates as a speaker at the Biotechnology Conference
On May 17th, the c5Lab researcher José Condeço participated in the Biotechnology Conference, organized by the Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal. The researcher was part of the session dedicated to technologies for decarbonisation, where he presented the communication “Photosynthesis and CCU Technologies”.
09/05/2023
The implementation of an Industrial Symbiosis model could reduce the emission of greenhouse gases
A study led by c5Lab researcher Francisco Capucha, in partnership with researchers from the Institute of Welding and Quality and the IN+ Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, concludes that the implementation of an industrial symbiosis model in the European cement industry can reduce, by 6 to 12%, the emission of greenhouse gases. This reduction depends on the approach to biogenic carbon (non-fossil origin) since its use can substantially influence the results.
05/05/2023
President of the Scientific Council of c5Lab receives an award from the Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais
The president of the Scientific Council of c5Lab and full professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, João Bordado, was distinguished with the “Career and Recognition Prize”, awarded by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais (SPM) at the closing ceremony of the conference “Materiais 2023”, which took place in Guimarães, last April.
27/04/2023
Publication of a scientific paper in a special issue of the journal "Forests"
A study carried out by researchers from the c5Lab, the CQE - Center for Structural Chemistry, and CERENA - Center for Natural Resources and the Environment identified and quantified, for the first time, the sugar content of the aqueous extract of the bio-oil produced by the thermochemical liquefaction of Eucalyptus globulus sawdust, using the HPLC chromatographic methodology.
29/03/2023
c5Lab participates in an initiative promoted by Agência Nacional de Inovação
The c5Lab was present at “TECH4INNOV: the Present and the Future of Innovation in Portugal”, an initiative promoted by the Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI), which took place on March 29, in Santa Maria da Feira, with the aim of presenting some R&D projects for the capture and conversion of CO2 and the production of more sustainable cements.
24/03/2023
c5Lab researchers publish an article in the “Journal of CO2 Utilization”
Researchers from the c5Lab and Instituto Superior Técnico recently published an article in the scientific journal “Journal of CO2 Utilization” result of a scientific research on the performance of wastes of marble powders and natural geological materials used as sorbents in CO2 capture, through Ca-looping technology. In this study, the sorbents’s CO2 capture capacity at a laboratory scale, using a real flue gas from a cement plant was evaluated, allowing the laboratory conditions to mimic possible future industrial applications.
17/03/2023
Researcher from c5Lab is guest editor of a special edition of “Applied Sciences”
Researcher Catarina Farinha is guest editor of a special edition of the international journal “Applied Sciences”, dedicated to new advances in the recycling of construction and demolition waste. The special edition was launched in early 2023 and will last between six months and one year and the invitations for publication are ongoing.
16/03/2023
Potential of calcined clays to replace clinker was presented at a congress
The c5Lab researcher Karyne Ferreira dos Santos participated in the 4th International Congress on Materials & Structural Stability where she presented a poster on the pozzolanic potential of portuguese calcined clays as clinker substitute.
01/03/2023
Participation in an event about low carbon footprint cements
The c5Lab researcher Catarina Farinha participated in the conference "Building a sustainable future: cements with low carbon footprint", promoted by ZERO – Associação Sistemas Terrestre Sustentável and by the LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, where she presented projects that aim to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
02/03/2022
c5Lab is proud to be part of the innovative decarbonization consortium to be launched in Portugal
Nazaré Green Hydrogen Valley (NGHV) consortium is set to unite leading industrial players in Portugal’s central region of Marinha Grande. The consortium plans to put forward an innovative decarbonization plan though the use of green hydrogen. The project titled "Nazaré Green Hydrogen Valley" represents 10% of CO2 emissions within whole industrial sector of Portugal, thus having a strong impact on sector sustainability, exports and communities. NHGV aims to replicate this approach nationwide.
