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Light + Building 2016: “Where modern spaces come to life: digital – individual –
networked”
Light + Building is the world’s leading trade fair for lighting and building services technology
and features a comprehensive range of products from all market leading companies. It takes
place from 13 to 18 March 2016 on the Frankfurt am Main trade fair site. By bringing together
lighting and networked building services technology, Light + Building is the leading trade fair
for the sector with a product spectrum unique in terms of its breadth and depth. Extending
over six days and 22 halls, it offers around 2,500 exhibitors the opportunity to launch new
products to a global lighting and electro-technology market in addition to home and building
automation.
The motto for Light + Building 2016 is “Where modern spaces come to life: digital – individual
– networked”. Companies from Germany and abroad will be exhibiting new products of the
future, intelligent solutions and current trends in design to equip commercial and industrial
buildings, public facilities and residential buildings with modern technology and so enhance
quality of life.
Light + Building is so multi-faceted. In addition to exhibitors’ new products, there is a wide
and varied programme of events running alongside the show with digital, individual and
networked solutions in addition to current trends in the lighting market.
“Lighting perspectives of the future: the world’s biggest stage for lighting”
Light + Building is the world’s biggest stage for the lighting market. It has everything from
technical lamps, designer and decorative lighting for residential and commercial buildings up
to and including street lighting. With around 1,600 exhibitors from Germany and abroad it
features a wide range of products across 15 halls. Halls 1 to 6, 10 and the Forum showcase
manufacturers whose innovative solutions effectively address the issues of sustainability,
durability and design. A key aspect of Light + Building is its focus on the way people are
affected by light: when designing their products manufacturers concentrate increasingly on
how light colour and light intensity affects our ability to work and our well-being. The Trend
Forum presents current trends in interior décor, of particular interest to architects, interior
designers and lighting dealers, while the Luminale, Biennale of Lighting Culture in Frankfurt,
features large-scale lighting displays designed by artists, lighting designers or lighting
planners using the latest technologies. Through its many and varied displays it takes Light +
Building out into the city of Frankfurt.
Smart technologies: comprehensive overview of electro technology together with
home and building automation
At Light + Building Halls 8, 9, 11 and the Galleria are home to current developments in the
areas of electro technology together with home and building automation. In six halls around
750 exhibitors from Germany and abroad will be presenting intelligent, integrated and
networked technologies for an optimum balance between energy efficiency, comfort and
safety. As the networking of electro-technical installations proliferates and there is more
modern home / building automation and customised lighting technology, so the quality of the
living and working environment will increase. The industry also presents solutions and
technologies which focus on low energy consumption and modern safety requirements,
whilst at the same time providing customised design possibilities and a high level of comfort.
Digital Building is a special event that shows how best to apply digital networking in a
building and the possibilities that exist, while technology islands present the latest
developments in different sub-segments of building technology in terms of systems and
networks. Here the focus of this special event is ‘rooms in functional buildings’.
Light + Building 2016 also looks in detail at the area of security technology. Trade visitors will
discover innovative new products in all aspects of building security, showing how these can
be networked and incorporated in the digital building.
Design, innovations and knowledge transfer
In addition to the exhibitor product innovations spread across 22 halls, Light + Building also
has a comprehensive programme of accompanying events. The forthcoming show will focus
on security technology, building information modelling (BIM), digital building in addition to
trends in the lighting market. For all trade visitors – architects, engineers, planners, interior
designers, designers, trades people, dealers and industry – there is a choice between
specific thematic issues.
The Design Plus competition celebrates innovations and new developments in the areas of
lighting, electro-technology in addition to home and building automation. The products
entered are judged from both a design and technological perspective. Building
Performance gives trade visitors the opportunity to learn about all aspects of lighting and
integrated building technology through seminars and lectures.
You can find other up to date information about all aspects of Light + Building in addition to
information how to get there and tickets at www.light-building.com.
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