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Today is our first day at ‘Salone del Mobile’, a home furnishings design expo in Parma. We are happy to be taking part in a collaborative design stand, headed up by Octopus Lab Project. Our stand includes beautiful examples of graphic design, hand-made furniture, boutique clothing, and our selection of building materials suitable for passive [...]
After a somewhat controversial decision by MADE organizers to schedule their enormous building expo the same week as SAIE Bologna (which has been around a lot longer), we decided to take the middle road and spend one day at each fair. Here are our photographic notes of stands we found interesting, as well as a link list of the corresponding websites.
Yesterday we visited GreenBuilding 2011 in Verona, which was held in conjunction with the much more prominent SolarExpo.
The following are some highlights of the products presented in this 2011 edition.
In ten days the 2011 Klimahouse will begin in Bolzano. Lasting from January 27th to 30th, this conference is one of the more important events in Italy on the subject of state-of-the-art building techniques and energy savings. The various presentations being offered (Italian and German language only) revolve around seasonal performance of building designs. Having looked at the three day program, the following presentations (which all happen to fall on opening day) seem to hold the most interest in our opinion:
EcoMondo describes itself as…
The biggest expo of green technologies and new lifestyles, a special forum where businesses in the environmental and sustainability sectors can meet institutional stakeholders, trade associations, local/central government, NGO’s and all types of industries and goods manufacturers, to discuss new models of economic growth driven by a focus on innovation, clean technologies and a new approach to urbanization and social contexts.
This year’s events include:
