Green facades and roofs contribute to a natural appearance and improved air quality, especially in cities. However, the greenery on these parts of buildings must be well planned to avoid endangering the structural integrity of the building and prevent moisture from getting inside the building. Consequently, such facades and roofs place special demands on the building's water-bearing systems.
Urbanisation and the high demand for living space create challenges for cities: new buildings are expensive and many properties remain empty. Flexible utilisation concepts and sustainable renovations are in demand.
Three days filled with inspiration, captivation, and provocation have come to an end. Rotterdam has showcased its commitment to combating climate change to the world. Nearly 2,000 UF24 participants delved into this year's most pressing issues: climate adaptation, social inclusion, and the importance of bold (female) leadership.
Glaston Corporation, the founder of the Glass Performance Days (GPD) conference, and Messe Düsseldorf, the organizer of the glasstec, the world’s leading international trade fair for the glass industry, start collaborating to advance continuous knowledge sharing, networking and the latest glass industry solutions.
Natural daylight supports our circadian rhythm, keeps us alert and productive. This is why humans prefer living and working spaces that are flooded with natural light. However, in a changing climate buildings need also more air-conditioning due to longer and more intense periods of heat. The glass industry offers solutions in the form of highly selective layered systems that make for both high daylight transmission and thermal protection in summer, which reduces the climatic load and the periods of time where shading is required.
The new trade fair for intelligent building technology, FESI – Fiera dell’Edificio Sostenibile e Integrato (Trade Fair for Sustainable and Integrated Construction) – will be held on the exhibition grounds in Bologna between 14 and 16 October 2025. The event will give a comprehensive overview of innovations – from building automation, IoT integration, climate and heating systems, energy management solutions, building security, electrical and lighting systems all the way to smart and vertical mobility.
On January 1, 2024, Japan was hit by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake, causing USD 17.6 billion in infrastructure damage. This event highlights the critical need for seismic-resilient construction.
From 17 to 21 March, the world's leading trade fair for HVAC and water will bring together over 2,000 exhibitors at the fairground in Frankfurt and offer visitors a comprehensive platform for innovative solutions and products. The Designplus Award by ISH honours outstanding developments and pioneering ideas.
4K Camera System Automates Incident Detection While Reducing False Alarms Via FLIR’s Propriety On-Camera AI and its Patented 3D World Tracker
As part of the world-leading trade fair glasstec 2024, held at Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre from 22 to 25 October, the 2-day CircuClarity One Conference will be organised on 22 and 23 October. This event, which goes back to a joint initiative by Dr. Lisa Rammig and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Linda Hildebrand, brings together international glass industry experts and researchers to present and discuss innovative approaches to circularity.
Green, social, and digital change-makers share their unfiltered stories and insights.
How can UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 6 be achieved? What measures support the Paris Agreement and how can innovative facade greening improve the urban climate? These and many other key questions will be the focus of attention at ISH 2025.
The CNN-based technology developed by Visidon allows for significant improvement to video analytics accuracy in low-light environments, marking a new era for intelligent cameras deployed in public spaces, smart cities, factories, buildings, retail locations, and more.
FLIR, world leader in the design and manufacture of thermal imaging cameras and sensors, will use ITS World Congress 2024 to unveil a groundbreaking advance that has the capability to transform inter-urban traffic flow and road safety in smart cities. ITS World Congress is the planet’s leading smart mobility event, providing a fitting launchpad for the company’s latest innovation, which is set to make automatic incident detection and traffic data collection more reliable and intelligent than ever before.
With just a few weeks to go before the doors open, Light + Building can boast yet another increase in exhibitor numbers. So far, over 2,130 companies have registered to present their innovative solutions and trends at the world’s leading trade fair for lighting and building-services technology in Frankfurt am Main from 3 to 8 March 2024.
The building sector is facing many major challenges: rising construction costs and a shortage of skilled workers are colliding with an urgent need for new housing. Simultaneously, the energy and heating transition, not to mention the rapid pace of digitalisation, are creating new opportunities for a sustainable future. Messe Frankfurt has responded to the dynamic challenges in the market with a newly formed management team for its Building Technologies division.
Wisdome Stockholm is a new scientific experiential arena situated in the courtyard of Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm. The Wisdome Stockholm building encompasses a wooden architectural design creating an arched-shaped room of 1,325 square meters. Stora Enso has been the main partner and delivered sustainable wooden construction materials for the project.
Highly effective bird protection without changing the visual properties of glass is not yet possible using current technology. Effective protection is provided by grids of dots measuring 9 -12 millimetres in diameter, spaced 90 to 100 millimetres apart and consisting of metallic coatings that create bright reflections on less reflective glass – making for stark contrasts in optimum spectral ranges for birds.
Guardian Glass and Kuraray have partnered to obtain a Document Technique d’Application (DTA) for the compatibility of Guardian SunGuard™ High Durable (HD) coatings (coating against interlayer) and SentryGlas® Xtra™ interlayer material. This combination offers architects and façade consultants a new opportunity to design a building envelope with high strength and energy performance.
SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, is showcasing at The smarter E Europe 2024 a broad range of cutting-edge material solutions that can help accelerate the transformation of the energy sector. With innovative demonstrators and design concepts, SABIC’s exhibit (Booth 633, Hall A2) focuses on energy sourcing, supply and storage applications. Visitors can learn how specialty thermoplastics enable production scale-up and contribute to a sustainable energy future.
In a groundbreaking partnership, Actility, a global leader in low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), and Cicicom, a leading Greek ICT company, have come together to transform Paros, Greece into Europe’s first smart island. The duo has introduced an all-encompassing LoRaWAN IoT network, redefining the relationship between cities and its citizens through advanced technological solutions, primarily focused on making urban mobility a breeze.
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