Exhibitors and visitors at IKK, which will be staged in Stuttgart from the 8th to 10th of October 2008, can look forward to modern exhibition halls flooded with daylight, but also to a good “climate” in every respect, reveals the event organizer’s press release.

The layer ventilation system at the new Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre recently won an innovation prize in the USA. A member of the jury also called this system a forward-looking element in the construction of trade fair centres. The innovation prize of “Trade Show Executive”, a trade journal for trade fair and exhibition organisers, is awarded every year for very successful ideas in the trade fair and exhibition industry. “When visitors and exhibitors say that the New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre ‘creates a fantastic atmosphere for business’, they could be praising both the ventilation system in the building and the trade fair itself”, said Trade Show Executive in its June issue. “The unique layer ventilation system at the New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre can proverbially improve the atmosphere in the exhibition halls.”

Unlike conventional ventilation systems, the outlets in the halls at the New Stuttgart Trade Centre are not mounted at the top on the ceiling, but near the floor on the side walls of the exhibition halls. The air ends up at precisely the point where it is needed, i.e. at the area where exhibitors and visitors are standing. The flow of air can hardly be felt. This means that nobody can complain about a stiff neck or a “draught”. In spite of greater comfort for exhibitors and visitors, this layer ventilation system is very economical in terms of energy consumption.