NOVA Innovation competition is a worldwide start-up competition organized by Saint-Gobain every 2-3 years to find the most innovative ideas in the sustainable habitat and high performance materials.

Recently, Saint-Gobain announced the name of the prizewinners of the NOVA Innovation Competition 2015 at the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C. (United States).

10x Technology and Ecovative Design are the cowinners of the NOVA Innovation Competition, each receiving a $37,500 cash prize (about €35,000).

The third place award, and $15,000 (about €14,000), went to US Bionics.

New to this 2015 edition was a fourth prize, the Saint-Gobain Community Award, presented to the start-up who received the most number of votes during an internal campaign open to Saint-Gobain employees all over the world. This $10,000 prize (about €9,000) was also awarded to US Bionics, topping the polls, in addition to the third prize awarded by the jury.

In addition to these awards, all participants in the NOVA Innovation Competition will have the opportunity to establish potential partnerships with Saint-Gobain’s businesses as part of co-development, licensing or collaboration agreements.