Altair, a prominent force in computational intelligence, is excited to announce the commencement of submissions for the 2024 Altair Enlighten Award. In partnership with the Centre for Automotive Research (CAR), this annual award spotlights outstanding achievements in sustainable, lightweight design within the automotive industry. Recognizing endeavors that contribute to emissions reduction, material circularity, and safety advancements, the award places a spotlight on innovations fostering environmental responsibility.
James R. Scapa, Founder and CEO of Altair, remarked, “The Enlighten Award puts the automotive industry’s finest achievements in sustainable technology on display, and we are thrilled to once again crown the latest and greatest technology available.”
This year, the Enlighten Award introduces a novel category, ‘Sustainable Computing,’ sponsored by Google Cloud. This category aims to acknowledge practices and technologies prioritizing sustainable measurement, resource and energy efficiency, and eco-friendly computing.
The complete list of categories for the 2024 Altair Enlighten Award includes:
- Sustainable Product: Recognizing a production vehicle or major system module exhibiting emissions reduction, lightweighting, material circularity, and safety advances.
- Sustainable Process: Acknowledging processes facilitating emissions reductions, material reuse or recycling, and water conservation during manufacturing or engineering phases.
- Module Lightweighting: Recognizing mass reduction of a vehicle module, subsystem, or component.
- Enabling Technology: Honoring technology advancements facilitating vehicle lightweighting, including materials, production processes, design methods, or joining technologies.
- Future of Lightweighting: Recognizing a process, material, or technology with significant potential to advance vehicle lightweighting, not yet in production.
- Responsible AI: Acknowledging responsible AI deployment throughout the automotive value chain.
- Sustainable Computing: Recognizing practices and technologies emphasizing energy efficiency, renewable energy use, and environmental impact reduction in computing.
Justin Keeble, Managing Director for Global Sustainability at Google Cloud, expressed excitement about the collaboration, stating, “Google Cloud is thrilled to be working with Altair for this year’s Enlighten Award.”
Entries for the 2024 Altair Enlighten Award will be accepted until May 31, 2024. The final judging process is scheduled for late June, with the winners set to be unveiled during an award ceremony on August 6, 2024, at the annual CAR Management Briefing Seminars (MBS).
The Enlighten Award has garnered attention and recognition from industry experts, policymakers, educators, students, and the general public. Past winners include prominent names such as GM, Ford, Stellantis, Toyota, and more.
For additional information about the Enlighten Award or to submit an entry, visit Altair Enlighten Award.