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Ecobuild Preview
Ecobuild is back and looking to the future
Major investment from organiser UBM Built Environment will see a wealth of new features and content showcased at Ecobuild (5th - 7th March 2013, ExCeL London), the world’s largest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment.
Visitors can check out the latest innovations from across the renewables, sustainable building products and materials, insulation, flooring bathrooms, doors, windows and joinery, timber, roofing and landscaping markets, all under one roof. Leading suppliers exhibiting in 2013 include Saint-Gobain, Dufaylite Developments, Lafarge, Boon Edam, Renson Fabrications, Timberplay, Knauf, Isover and Kingspan Insulation.
The new Future Materials Gallery is a must-see for every architectural technologist. Think scientists in lab coats and beakers bubbling away, the new Future Materials Gallery will bring the world’s latest building technologies together in a futuristic showcase to educate and inspire the next generation of architects at Ecobuild 2013.
Mind-blowing innovations will be on display, from self-healing concrete and use of ‘biomimicry’ - stone, cement and wood substitutes, to heat responsive ‘thermobimetals’ metals that act like human skin, and the pioneering application of ‘blue smoke’ - the world’s lightest solid, to create see-through doors, windows and structures without fear of heat loss.
Reinforcing the importance of the natural environment in sustainable design and construction, a new Working with Nature area of Ecobuild will bring together an exclusive number of interactive features to educate and inspire visitors including the Green Infrastructure Pavilion, in association with DEFRA. The popular pavilion will be right at the heart of the exhibition, next to the Ecobuild Arena where ministers from DEFRA, DECC and BIS and high-level industry speakers will take to the stage for big debates, policy announcements and future thinking.
Working with Nature will also bring together Natural, Sustainable; daily interactive demonstrations covering a wealth of materials and techniques including straw bale construction, lime rendering, rammed earth, clay plaster and carpentry as well as the ever popular Biodiversity Pavillion which will offer practical advice on how to create a rich biodiverse environment even in the grittiest urban environment.
And if that wasn’t enough education to help visitors brush up, Ecobuild’s highly acclaimed conference programme will also be back for 2013 bringing together over 1100 industry experts, ministers and VIP’s from across the sustainable built environment. The creme de la creme of Ecobuild’s prestigious conference programme will come together in the Ecobuild Arena on the show floor to cover topical issues such as ‘The Green Deal and ECO - is it delivering?’, ‘Making our cities better’, ‘Green for growth - reality check’ and ‘Beating the performance gap - regulate or educate?’
Visitors to the ‘Making Sustainable Construction Happen’ sessions can join an expert panel to debate and discuss ‘Green for growth - reality check’ which will look at what and where should we invest in the construction industry to get the maximum benefit. This exciting stream will also look at the issues of ‘An integrated infrastructure approach’, ‘Is the NPPF delivering on its promise of ‘sustainable development?’ and ‘A future for microgeneration?’.
‘Beyond Construction: Achieving a Sustainable Future’ will kick off with the ‘Biophilic City’ headed up by Professor Tim Beatley from the University of Virginia, discussing the importance of bringing nature into the urban city environment and fostering deeper connections with the natural world. Other hot topics to be covered include: ‘Does the UK have any hope of achieving its 2050 carbon reduction target?’, ‘Is fracking the future?’, and ‘Climate change - why we are here?’
The ‘Design Architecture & Sustainability’ stream will cover hot topics such as ‘Sustain- able design should be irresistible design’ hosted by RIBA president Angela Brady, ‘Reinventing the high street’ led by the Chief Executive of Igloo, ‘How can design help to create sustainable communities’, ‘Is BIM the saviour of sustainable design?’ and ‘Water sensitive urban design’, headed up by Aecom’s Sustainability Director.
Ecobuild will also offer a fully CPD accredited educational programme which will include a 12 stream, 3 day seminar programme featuring an additional 700 speakers.
To register for your free ticket, visit
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