PREVIEW: FUTUREBUILD
FUTUREBUILD 2019: TACKLING THE INDUSTRY’S CHALLENGES
Futurebuild is the built environment event for professionals working across the industry. Taking place from 5th-7th March 2019 at the Excel Exhibition complex in London, the event will focus on tackling the biggest challenges impacting the construction and building materials industry.
Future trends and new attractions
Over 500 market-leading brands and organisations from across the globe will be showcasing their latest product innovations and contributing to the extensive knowledge programme.
In the Buildings Hub, visitors have access to the latest industry insights and some of the world’s most innovative building systems and technologies. Topics such as building performance in a post-Grenfell world, social value and high-rise Passivhaus will be covered in the Buildings Seminar Theatre, while a series of pavilions will showcase global innovation. Visitors will also have access to the Home of the Future feature building exhibit, created by Tufeco and Grimshaw Architects, which can be found alongside exhibitors including Bauder, Durisol, Internorm, Recticel and Smart Systems.
The Materials Hub is where the possibilities of concrete, timber, steel, masonry and natural building products will be explored. The Hub is supported by The Concrete Centre and TRADA, among other leading organisations, with exhibitors including Nudura, Glavloc, Cemex UK, Creagh Concrete, Piveteaubois and Steico. The Natural Building Area will also feature in the Hub, providing free educational information and showcasing natural materials and companies that work in the UK natural building industry.
New for 2019 is the Interiors Hub, where the newest product designs, emerging trends and the latest guidance on health and wellbeing in buildings will be addressed. The Hub, which has been created in association with BRE and the Bathroom Manufacturers Association, has its own seminar programme focusing on biophilic design and the use of colour and light to promote wellbeing, with exhibitors including Decolux, Zip, Delabie,
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Fisher and Paykel, Novy and Waldmann Lighting.
In the Urban Infrastructure Hub, the latest solutions across blue, green, grey and social infrastructure will be addressed. The Urban Infrastructure Seminar Theatre, which is sponsored by ACO, and the accompanying exhibition will feature both nature-based and manufactured solutions to challenges in active travel, air pollution, landscaping, water management and more, while the Hub’s own green space, City Walk, will allow visitors to experience the benefits of a green setting and
see innovations on display.
Visitors can learn more about the options for decarbonising energy and limiting consumption from experts in the Energy Hub. Smart heat solutions, whole-house retrofit and Part L of the Building Regulations are among the topics being tackled in the Energy Hub Seminar Theatre – delivered with strategic partner, the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE). The ADE will also host its own pavilion, showcasing innovation in heat networks, combined heat and power and other technologies.
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net February 2019
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