The awards will be presented at a special ceremony to be held on September 25 at the Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid, which will be attended by the principal investigator of the Efficientheating project, Arsenio Navarro, along with an institutional representation from AIMPLAS.
Efficientheating is a project developed in 2022 with financial support from the Valencian Innovation Agency (Agència Valenciana de la Innovació) to develop high-energy-efficiency, recyclable, modular radiant floor heating systems. The system operates on radiant floors configured with a thermoplastic sheet. It has an energy consumption of 101 W/h in the first hour and 54 W/h from the second hour onward, once the system has stabilized, achieving a consumption reduction of between 50% and 90% compared to other heating systems. It has also been verified that the carbon footprint is approximately 80% lower because the modules are 100% recyclable.
The jury that evaluated AIMPLAS's application, along with more than 70 others submitted, met on July 10th to deliberate and was composed of prominent figures from the scientific, academic, and business sectors. Along with AIMPLAS, four other entities received awards in as many categories: Capital Energy in the Green Generation category; Madrid's Municipal Transport Company in the Smart Mobility category; Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in the Sustainable Ecosystem category; and the SME Cubierta Solar in the Innovation in Sustainability category.
Jury Members and Evaluation Criteria:
The winners were selected by a jury composed of the Secretary of State for Digitalization and AI, Carme Artigas; the Secretary of State for Energy, Sara Aagesen; the Director of Industry, Energy, Environment and Climate at CEOE (Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organizations), Cristina Rivero; the CEO of Capgemini Spain, Luis Abad; the Director of Sustainability at Grupo PRISA, Rosa Junquera; the Director of Retina, Jaime García Cantero; the Global Director of Responsible Banking at Banco Santander, Lara de Mesa; the Director General of Information Systems and Innovation at Ferrovial-CIIO, Dimitris Bountolos; the Director of the Extraordinary Chair of Social Transformation at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Begoña Gómez; and the founder and president of the Open Value Foundation and Global Social Impact Investments, María Ángeles León. The Managing Director of Capgemini Engineering Spain, Laurent Perea, served as secretary of the jury.
This panel of experts evaluated the projects based on their level of innovation in the design of processes and products or services with social and environmental impact, and on the application of disruptive technologies. They also considered their impact on sustainability and the fight against climate change, the technological foundation on which they are developed, and other environmental, social, or equity aspects aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
