TVP Solar Wins 2009 Saint Gobain NOVA Energy Award
Saint-Gobain organized its second innovation competition at the European Research and Innovation Exhibition. The nine start-up finalists fought it out in a “speed-dating” session to gain the approval of the panel of judges comprised of Saint-Gobain senior executives and chaired by Pierre-André de Chalendar, CEO.
The three winning start-ups each received a prize of €15,000, and are working with the team at NOVA External Venturing to form a technological (co-development or license agreement) and/or commercial (integration in a system, or a production and/or distribution agreement) partnership. NOVA External Venturing is a Saint-Gobain entity set up to create strategic partnerships between the Group and start-ups.
The jury singled out a winner for each of the three competition categories: habitat, energy and the environment, based on the quality and originality of their project:
The 2009 Habitat Award went to M-Therm
M-Therm (Germany) is developing and marketing an innovative electric heating system using low-voltage radiating films applied directly on walls. Available for new construction and renovation projects, it combines excellent thermal comfort in an extremely discreet product.
www.m-therm.com
The 2009 Energy Award was won by TVP Solar
TVP Solar (Switzerland) is developing flat, vacuum thermal solar panels. Able to achieve very high fluid temperatures, they can be used in particular for solar air conditioning. Furthermore, manufacture on existing plasma screen assembly lines helps keep product costs down.
www.tvpsolar.com
The 2009 Environment Award was won by Shark Solutions
Shark Solutions (Denmark) is developing technology for recycling laminated windows from buildings and cars, by separating the glass and PVB plastic film in an industrial process. The two products are then recovered as the raw material in a variety of high value added applications.
www.shark-solutions.com