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Feb 18, 2011

Accompanying programme of the Home Fair prepared by Building and Civil Engineering Institute (Gradbeni inštitut ZRMK)

In the Gazela (G) hall in the 1st floor of the Slovenijales building, free-of-charge energy counselling for visitors will take place every day between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm. In addition, free-of-charge counselling for visitors regarding new construction and reconstruction of buildings, and procedures related to retrofitting measures after natural disasters will also be offered. Counselling will be held by energy consultants of the ENSVET project (www.ensvet.si, contracting authority is Ministry of Economy, contractor is Building and Civil Engineering Institute ZRMK) and experts from the Building and Civil Engineering Institute ZRMK. Simultaneously, thematic expert lectures for visitors will take place on the exhibition area. Lecturers again include energy consultants of the ENSVET network and experts from the Building and Civil Engineering Institute ZRMK, operating in the field of living environment, physics of construction and energy in buildings, in the field of retrofitting measures after natural disasters and within the framework of the project »Quality Mark in Civil Engineering«. A detailed list of lectures is published on the Fair webpage. The activities of the Eco Fund, Slovenian Environmental Public Fund, providing loans and subsidizations to environmentally friendly investments of natural and legal entities, will also be presented. In addition to thematic lectures, which will take place from Wednesday to Friday, Building and Civil Engineering Institute ZRMK has prepared 3 short expert workshops from the field of: energy efficient construction and reconstruction of buildings, networking and expert training for issuing energy performance certificates and energy audits, and environmental and sustainable evaluation of buildings, taking LCA and LCC into account. International projects of the EIE ENFORCE programme are presented as well: Come2CoM, Clean Drive, ESOLi, BUY SMART, TABULA and also is the research project of the FP7 OPEN HOUSE in the field of development of sustainable construction indicators. A full-day expert workshop, organised as part of the Come2CoM project, on the subject of developing programmes and measures of sustainable energy policy of local communities within the framework of the Mayors’ Convention will take place on Thursday in the Urška hall. Experience from the previous Fairs indicates that the above-mentioned counselling and workshops attract considerable attention of the visitors. We kindly invite you to join them. You will find the right answer to your questions.

Feb 17, 2011

Green Mission FOR environment

The 50th International Home Fair presents the Green Mission prize, which focuses on environmentally friendlier products and solutions. The Green Mission prize is awarded for products and solutions, which not only aim to reduce the use of energy, but also to unburden the environment in the widest sense possible, i.e. the manner in which the buildings are constructed as sustainable is important – are materials renewable and obtained in environmentally friendly way? The prize itself is awarded for the second year. This year, however, it is even broader and more comprehensive in its reach; in addition to the selection of the absolute winner, the amended rules enable the selection of winners in individual categories. Last year’s, i.e. the first, recipient of the Green Mission pr

Feb 16, 2011

Jubilee Home Fair on the new spaces of the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre

This year’s 50th International Home Fair, taking place between 8 and 13 March, is the first fair at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre presented on the leased spaces of Slovenijales, where 7,907 square metres of exhibition spaces stretch over 3 floors and where additional 4,600 square metres of service-storage facilities are in the 2nd basement.

This year, the Fair, which is – as appropriate for the anniversary fair – the largest so far, takes place on approximately 24,000 square metres of exhibition spaces in all available halls, two additional temporary halls and on external exhibition surfaces. It presents 712 companies from 28 countries. The exhibition part is accompanied by a rich supporting programme aimed at the general public with experts offering specialist advice on energy efficiency, sustainable and environmentally friendly construction and rehabilitation of buildings after natural disasters (for example last year’s floods), and prefabricated timber construction, etc. On its first exhibition day, president of the Republic of Slovenia dr. Danilo Türk will officially open the event at 12 noon. The Green Mission prize will also be presented on the opening day.