Light+Building, the International Trade Fair for Architecture and Technology, will be held at an almost fully booked out Exhibition Centre (230,000 gross square metres) in Frankfurt am Main from 6 to 11 April 2008. In 18 exhibition halls, over 2,100 exhibitors, including all national and international market leaders, will show innovations and numerous energy-efficient systems from the interrelated fields of lighting, electrical engineering and house and building automation.

Messe Frankfurt expects around 150 companies to exhibit in the field of house and building automation. Located in Hall 9, they will present future oriented solutions for house and building automation, facility management and contracting. Among the reputed exhibitors will be Honeywell, Johnson, Moeller, Sauter and Schneider Electric. Additionally, in Hall 9.0, the joint stand of the Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Trade will include a special exhibition entitled "The Intelligent House of the Present" to demonstrate what can be achieved using the modern building-system technology available today.

The Building Performance Congress is being held in parallel with Light+Building 2008 and offers extensive opportunities for information and discussion. According to the organizer’s press release, at this time, the Messe Frankfurt Congress Centre will be given over to specialist discussions on the topics of lighting, energy consultancy and improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings (IEECB). On Monday, 7 April there will be a presentation on “Sustainable Design: High Performance Buildings through Integrated Daylighting, Electric Lighting and HVAC Design”, and on Wednesday, 9 April another will focus on “Ground-source heat pumps for warming and cooling – avoiding the quality trap in spite of the boom”.

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