Awards at Light+Building

Design Plus powered by Light+Building Exhibition of award-winning products

Organisers: Messe Frankfurt in collaboration with the German Design Council
Date: 15-20 April 2012
Location: Hall 1.1 C50 / D50

The Design Plus powered by Light+Building competition showcases the innovative content and future orientation of product ideas of exhibitors at the trade fair from the fields of lighting, electrical and electronic engineering and home and building automation.

All products submitted will be judged by a panel of experts according to the following criteria:

• Design: quality of design, choice of materials, convenience of use (Universal Design)
• Ecology: energy efficiency, sustainability (use of resources), durability
• Technology: innovation, function, technical quality, adaptability in integrated solutions

All exhibitors at Light+Building, together with students and young graduates of courses in product design, industrial design, architecture and interior architecture are invited to enter the Design Plus powered by Light+Building competition.

The winning products will be showcased during Light+Building 2012 in an exhibition specially conceived for them.
The awards ceremony will be held on the exhibition area in Hall 1.1 at 16.00 hrs on Sunday, 15 April 2012.

The German Award for Lighting Design

Organiser: HIGHLIGHT Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
Date: 15-20 April 2012
Location: Hall 3.1 B30

Light as a 'building material' is omnipresent these days: as a way of temporarily transforming a building, as illumination or simply in terms of a well-lit interior. And, for several years now, the lighting plan, which is a necessary basis for this, has been seen as an integral part of the overall planning process and is creating a whole new area for itself in the world of construction.

What is often still missing for a better appreciation of the importance of lighting in architecture is a way of distinguishing what is special, viz. an award. For the German-speaking world, the largest lighting market in Europe, there now exists, as from 2011, the German Lighting Design Award, which has brought together planners, the media and industry.

The German Lighting Design Award is conferred on a yearly basis. The winners are chosen by a highly qualified panel of experts in a total of ten categories. This involves not only an adjudication based on a photograph but an actual site visit, so that the jury can get an impression themselves of the lighting effect. Entries may be submitted by either planners or developers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries.

The award ceremony, on 24 May 2012, will itself take place in the festive atmosphere of the Curio-Haus in Hamburg. Lighting planners, architects, developers and the lighting industry will meet up for this sector event in a relaxed, festive environment, where they will enjoy a convivial and inspiring evening. So the award ceremony will become a fixed star in the architectural lighting firmament for the network of planners, industry and education.

The German Lighting Design Award also has a presence at Light+Building 2012. Find out more about the categories, the award-winners for 2011, the 2012 event and sponsorship opportunities – and make your presence in the sector felt, as well as displaying your close links with it.

Further information can be obtained at: www.lichtdesign-preis.de

Innovation Award for Architecture and Technology

Organisers: Architecture trade journals AIT and xia Intelligente Architektur in collaboration with Messe Frankfurt
Date: 15–20 April 2012
Location: Hall 11.1 C27

The Architecture and Technology Innovation Award is aimed at architects, planning engineers and manufacturing companies alike and team spirit is what is required.
The award intends to underline the importance of architectural quality in building services technology. For it is precisely this quality that forms the basis of promising outcomes in the market place. The Innovation Award for Architecture and Technology rewards the architectural aspects of products and conceptual solutions, which are successful both in terms of the quality of the design and of the technical criteria.

The entries will be displayed in a special exhibition at Light+Building 2012.
The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, 16.4.12 at 17.00 hrs on the exhibition area in hall 4.2 Foyer.

Further information can be obtained at: www.ait-online.de

KNX TOP Event 2012

Organiser: KNX Association International, Brussels
Date: 17 April 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Forum, Room Panorama, 6.30 - 8.00 p.m. (Aperitif from 5.30 p.m.)

The KNX Award singles out some of the world's most outstanding KNX projects for home and building services technology, rewarding those that are in the van of innovation and technical progress. The award will be presented for the ninth time in 2012.

Highlights:

• KNX Awards 2012
• ETS Apps World Premiere
• After Show Party
  

Registation at www.knx.org/topevent

KNX city

Organiser: KNX Association International, Brüssel
Date: 15-20 April 2012
Location: Galleria

KNX city’s solutions include methods for making KNX buildings more intelligent and sustainable. You can learn how KNX electricity tariff management is handled and how, thanks to KNX, more renewable energy than fossil fuel based energy can be consumed in case of time variable electricity tariffs (depending on the availability of renewable energy). You can also learn how KNX links domestic appliances, HVAC equipment and electro mobility into building automation systems and thus enables unparalleled load management.