MotionShade Contest: rethinking daylight to shape a more sustainable future

Are you a university student or a young researcher with a passion for innovation and sustainable design? Before 8th September you can join the MotionShade Idea Contest, launched as part of the MEZeroE European project, in which we are delighted to participate.

MEZeroE is an initiative aimed at developing advanced technologies for building envelopes and sharing the resulting knowledge through an open innovation platform. The project brings together research centres, laboratories and companies united by a shared interest in more sustainable construction design that cares for people's well-being.

The MotionShade Idea Contest involves designing a micro-perforation pattern to be applied to a film that will be used to create an innovative solar shading system integrated into insulating glass units. The goal is to optimise the amount of daylight entering interior spaces and to improve their quality, enhancing visual and living comfort and ensuring energy savings. 

An original and well-designed idea can be transformed into a concrete solution, thus contributing to the mental and physical well-being of those who live, work or study in homes, schools, offices and hospitals.

This is a unique opportunity to explore a current and multidisciplinary theme combining architecture, engineering, design and sustainability. Whether you come from the world of research or academia, or you want to take on a challenge that associates technical background and creativity, this is the challenge for you. In addition to receiving a cash prize, the winner will encounter a leading glass and solar shading company like Pellini, which will consider his/her resume for potential work opportunities consisting in an internship, or for further development of the proposed idea.

Join the MotionShade Idea Contest, find out more on the dedicated website, share your idea and become a key player in change!