Objective The quality of artificial illumination is a major concern in modern society, where living conditions often deprive us of the comfort of natural light. The global replacement of incandescent with fluorescent or white-LED lighting, foreseen owing to energy-saving constrain, will represent impoverishment in terms of colour-rendering capacity, thus raising the problem to the level of health care. In a scenario where all scientific and industrial efforts are spent on developing low-consumption light sources with the same spectrum as that of the sun, “CoeLux” enters with a ground breaking proposal, based on the evidence that the sun cannot provide natural light in the absence of sky. With the aim of producing those colour distributions captured by artists in their masterpieces, “CoeLux” develops nanocomposite materials, incorporates them in lighting installations, and so recreates the same atmospheric light scattering that produces all colour variety in transmitted sunlight, and the blue tinge in the shade under diffused sky light. In so doing, spectacular sky-and-sun illumination in noon or sunset modes, under a clean or stormy-day sky, will be made available for apartments, working areas, malls, sport centres, railway stations, as well as for squares, parks, and stadiums, during night time. The technology is compatible with low-consumption fluorescent lamps or LED’s, being less demanding in terms of source quality. Finally, “CoeLux” will disseminate the results beyond the project by promoting a European exhibition in which such technological apparatus is shown to provide a unique perspective for a deeper understanding of the connection existing between fine art, architecture, literature, photography and our everyday experience of light. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringnanocomposites Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELL'INSUBRIA Address Via ravasi 2 21100 Varese Italy See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Varese Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COELUX SRL Italy EU contribution € 598 486,00 Address Via cavour polo como next 2 22074 Lomazzo See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Como Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ANYVERSE SL Spain EU contribution € 258 750,00 Address Principe de vergara 112 28002 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data EKSPOBALTA Lithuania EU contribution € 321 140,00 Address Kauno g. 36 03203 Vilnius See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zuerich See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data POLITECNICO DI MILANO Participation ended Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Piazza leonardo da vinci 32 20133 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data GRIFFIN SOFTWARE SRL Romania EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strada popa soare 31, p-3 023981 Bucuresti See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data BARTENBACH GMBH Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rinner strasse 14 6072 Aldrans See on map Region Westösterreich Tirol Innsbruck Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data COMONEXT SCPA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via per cernobbio 11 22100 Como See on map Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
