{"id":3323,"date":"2015-10-20T13:43:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T11:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2015-10-28T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T16:48:59","slug":"faes-innovation-award-goes-to-venalsol-for-their-partnership-with-the-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/en\/2015\/10\/faes-innovation-award-goes-to-venalsol-for-their-partnership-with-the-university\/","title":{"rendered":"FAES Innovation Award Goes to Venalsol for their Partnership with the University"},"content":{"rendered":"

Campus Gandia has decided to award the FAES prize for innovation<\/strong> to the company Venalsol<\/a><\/strong>, from Palma de Gandia, for their entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to innovation and continuous R+D+i collaboration with the Campus Gandia in recent years<\/strong>. Particularly valued was the patent developed between the company and the Campus<\/strong> in collaboration with researchers from the university, which resulted in the creation of a new system that reduces energy consumption for lighting by a further 40%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP<\/p>\n

According to Pepe Pastor<\/strong>, director of the Campus Gandia, the patent developed between the researchers from the campus and the young entrepreneurs behind Venalsol, is an example of the excellent results that university-business partnerships can provide<\/strong>. And this FAES Award underlines “the strong commitment of the Campus to continue promoting the businesses on our region that enter in R&D partnerships with the Campus Gandia<\/strong>” says Pastor.<\/p>\n

The result of the synergy between the university and the company is a patent for a module that rationalizes energy consumption for lighting<\/strong>, permitting a further increase in energy savings of 40% in industrial and street lighting<\/strong>; the base technology, lighting by electromagnetic induction, already attained an average saving of 50% over traditional lighting. At present, the system has been patented and is about to be marketed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n