The 5th Light+Building, with a greater area occupied and longer duration (extended from five to six days), in Frankfurt am Main closed its doors on 11 April after setting a sensational trade-fair record. More than 165,000 visitors (2006: 135,000) came to the international trade fair for architecture and technology to see the vast range of products and services for the fields of lighting, electrical engineering and house and building automation presented by 2,173 exhibitors (2006: 2,139).

"Following its launch in 2000, Light+Building has developed within the space of just five events into the world's leading trade fair for its sector,” said Dr. Michael Peters, Member of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt. After Germany, the five leading visitor nations at Light+Building were Italy, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Spain and France. Significant increases in visitor numbers were also registered from North and South America and Asia. 50 percent of visitors said their primary interest (multiple answers were possible) was in technical lighting, lamps, components and accessories; 49 percent said it was in electrical engineering and 37 percent in house and building.

Werner Ueberrhein, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Automation + Management for House and Building Trade Association of the Association of German Machine and Plant Manufacturers (Verband Deutscher Maschinen und Anlagenbau – VDMA), stated: "Energy efficiency, the motto of this year's fair, was clearly to be seen in the field of house and building automation with increased building efficiency, energy saving and reducing CO2 emissions being the main aspects covered." Around 900 visitors took part in the Building Performance Congress, the heart of the extensive complementary programme of Light+Building. The next Light and Building will be held in Frankfurt am Main from 11 to 16 April 2010, reveals the organizer’s press release.