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Registration form

You can participate in the Ecodesign Award for Students 2022 through the online registration form until July 11, 2022. The registration form is in Dutch and must also be completed in Dutch.

Deadline

The deadline to submit is July 11, 2022. The awards will be announced in late August 2022.

Regulations

You can read the rules and regulations here (only in Dutch) and they contain the conditions for participation, information about the prize money and the criteria that the judges go over during the judging. 

 

 

Winners Ecodesign Award 2021

 

GrO2

ARTHUR BOVEN
Productontwikkeling UAntwerpen

 

 

GrO2 stands for the responsible production of microalgae in an innovative photobioreactor. It makes use of surplus heat and space from industry. The photobioreactor is highly efficient due to low energy and water consumption during the cultivation of the microalgae. This is made possible by the unique heating system that constantly provides the entire photobioreactor with the optimal growth temperature. The photobioreactor will create valuable biomass by absorbing heat, CO2, minerals and light through a photosynthesis process. The biomass can then be used in numerous applications including pharmaceuticals, food and feed, cosmetics, bioplastics and biofuel.

 

HONOURABLE MENTION PROBLEM SOLVING

No Time To Waste

ISABEAU GODDÉ
Textielontwerp KASK

 

Textile manufacturers generate lint. This lint is essentially an accumulation of very short fibers and 12% of these fibers are lost on the factory floor. The No Time to Waste project set out to find new ways to process the lint. The result is the development of sustainable and perishable lint sheets, blocks and yarns. To demonstrate the applicability of this material in everyday life, a prototype modular folding screen was designed. The panels of the folding screen have an acoustic and insulating function.

HONOURABLE MENTION PROBLEM SOLVING

Thermolight

BRAM VERMEULEN
Industrieel Ontwerpen UGent

 

23% of traffic fatalities are cyclists. This is often due to poor visibility in traffic. The most common causes of this are: empty bicycle batteries, malfunctioning dynamos in case of rain or simply forgetting to light the bicycle light. The Thermolight project aims to provide a solution to this problem. This bicycle light works on body heat and stays on even when stopped. Moreover, this is a sustainable choice, because recycling batteries becomes unnecessary. Thermolight consists of an upper plate for capturing body heat, Peltier elements, a lower plate as a cooling fan and an energy conversion module that drives an LED. The Peltier elements generate a voltage as soon as heat flows through them.

son-mat

ELIEN GIELEN
Productontwikkeling UAntwerpen

 

 

Son-mat consists of a combination of physical and digital tools that provide guidance on fermenting food products. It guides the user through the fermentation process and helps prepare healthy and safe fermentations. The mobile application provides inspiration for recipes and shows the various possibilities of fermentation. The user is guided in finding the right salt content and the ideal fermentation time. By mapping out the most important parameters affecting the safety and taste experience of the final product, not only are tasty and safe fermentations created, but the user can reproduce all creations again using the recorded values.

 

HONOURABLE MENTION EVERDAY LIFE

Bizù

Dorian Asscherick, Moses Ogundipe & Thijn Van den Bosch
Industrieel ProductOntwerpen Howest

 

A child costs a house, so the cliché goes. The Bizù project went in search of a solution to reduce the cost of baby shoes. From 6 to 18 months, a baby goes through 5 shoe sizes, which means that after only a few months it needs new slippers. In 12 months' time, 100 to 300 euros are spent in this way. Bizù are growing baby slippers that are suitable for different sizes. Bizù bridge the European sizes 18 to 22. They follow the growth of the feet and reduce the amount of wasted slippers.

HONOURABLE MENTION EVERDAY LIFE

Groeiklas

ROBBE VERSCHUERE
Productdesign LUCA School of Arts Genk

 

The Grow Class is an ecosystem that serves as an active playground learning tool. The class consists of DIY vegetable garden modules, an educational curriculum and a community. Schools can build a vegetable garden by combining different modules. This allows each school to meet their own requirements and needs. The community is crucial for the sustainability of the project and consists of students, teachers and volunteers. Together they take care of the organization and maintenance of the garden. By interacting with the modules, the community, the modules and the curriculum form a circular ecosystem where active learning is central.

HONOURABLE MENTION EVERDAY LIFE

Smartaway

Andrei-Silviu Nitu
Industrieel ProductOntwerpen Howest 

 

A deeper look at the food delivery market, with a focus on reusable packaging. These findings led to the design of Smartaway, a series of conceptual packaging. The interaction between packaging and user is enhanced by integrated IoT technology. An electronic system allows data on labels or 'tags' to be read using radio frequencies. The packaging is designed with sustainability and industry 4.0 in mind. That means optimization of transport, storage, and above all circularity.

Winners previous years

Coffee Pulper

Tiërra

Boomerang

Little Beet

Concentrates for the people

Simplie Menstrual Cup

Compos3D

Ontwerp verlichtingsarmatuur voor de circulaire economie

Thin Tiny

Devel'up

Cluster

TramSit

Zwamwerk

Sorteersteun

NATURANE

De Nuffel

Zero Discards

Biekes van A

Project Fishionable

SHARETOOL

ECOmfort Toolkit

Phoenix

UrbanLeafs

CryoCycle

The greener yoghurt packaging

Urban Composter

KurkKruk

Demisphere

Le Corps .7

Heavy Duty Laundry Aid

A Collection

Tre Gusti

Pattern of Recycling Mat

NFIINNOVATION

Tirelock

KriKrax

FANtasized

Bar Aparte

MICCO press

Paralight

Expeditie Powerpack

Insectenlamp

ZAKLAMP.01

Cardboard Light

Be-trike

Deco Nature

KitePower

Retap Water Tap

V GREEN

Greenville

Ecotouch

AgoDeck

De Bio(scoop)zetel

BamBooRazor

MoDOOlaR

Living Furniture

Tank!ng

Peppy Phone

Tire on retire

 

Bert Vuylsteke (2019)
UGent Industrieel Ontwerpen

 

Lore De Backer (2019)
Howest Industrieel Productontwerpen

 

Laure Herweyers (2018)
UAntwerpen Productontwikkeling

Fibio stops microplastics during washing

 

Glenn Verhaeghe (2018)
UAntwerpen Productontwikkeling

NOMM is a reusable packaging developed for Takeaway.

 

Michiel Van Praet (2018)
UAntwerpen Productontwikkeling

Cluster ensures optimum sorting on the Volvo Car Ghent assembly line

 

Frederik Carette (2018)
UAntwerpen Productontwikkeling

TramSit uses the existing tram infrastructure for the delivery of packages.

 

Ine Desmet (2018)
Howest Industrieel Productontwerpen

Zwamwerk is an educational kit that shows what biology and ecology have to offer

 

Eveline Verschueren (2018)
UAntwerpen Productontwikkeling

mOcean is a beverage vending machine that reduces the use of bottles and cans.

 

Pieter Beerten, Irene Haentjens, Esther Reynders, Vossa Varkevisser, Maarten Walcarius en Tine Wouters (2018)
UGent

'Sorteersteun' has developed clear pictograms to optimize sorting.

 

Hellen De Coninck en Alyssa Lanssiers (2018)
UGent Industrieel Ontwerpen

NATURANE brings the technology of 'biogas fermentation' to campsites

 

David Verbist (2018)
Thoma More Voortgezette Opleiding MeubelOntwerp

 

Nicholas Van Beylen (2017)
UAntwerpen Productontwikkeling