MarineShift360 shortlisted for prestigious DAME Award
by MarineShift360 31 Oct 2022 05:38 PDT
15-17 November 2022
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) sustainability tool, MarineShift360 has been shortlisted for a prestigious DAME design award in the marine electronics and marine related software category.
The awards, which are held at the METSTRADE show in Amsterdam from 15-17 November, form part of the largest design competition of its kind anywhere in the world.
MarineShift360 is the first commercially available LCA software designed specifically for the marine industry and has been created with a vision for the sector to fully understand the environmental footprint of its products. Its founding sponsor is 11th Hour Racing which established a cohort of industry experts and partners to support the product's development, and chose Anthesis Group to be responsible for its development and management. The tool empowers businesses to make a measurable shift from a linear to a circular economy and gives businesses the fundamental elements required to deliver this transition.
Using a simple template-based design that follows the production process of building a boat, users can very quickly model individual components, like a mainsail or hull, or model the entirety of a 30m+ motor yacht. Anyone within the design, engineering or manufacturing departments of a marine business can utilise MarineShift360 to understand their current impact and simulate systems variables to reduce those impacts.
Ollie Taylor, Project Director at MarineShift360/Anthesis Group, commented: "It's fantastic that MarineShift360 has been recognised as part of this year's DAME awards. It's a pioneering concept that has been created to help businesses understand and reduce their environmental impact and to be recognised in these world-class awards is a huge accolade for the tool and its benefits to the marine industry and beyond."
Launched in 1991, the DAME Awards recognize the best-designed marine products, with a particular emphasis on design, functionality, ease-of-use, originality, and innovation. Reflecting global sentiment and the need to transform to net zero, the awards now place greater importance on the environmental impact of products and how they improve sustainability.
You can visit the MarineShift360 team at this year's METSTRADE on stand Stand 12.901. More information on MarineShift360 can be found at www.marineshift360.org