Designbuild 2007 champions green building
Designbuild Australasia, staged at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre 3rd - 6th June 2007, was a landmark event for the building and design industries in Australasia, according to organisers Diversified Exhibitions Australia . The event was not only the largest trade exhibition for the industry ever held in Sydney, but it was also the most eco-friendly, with a major focus on sustainability and green building.
The exhibition occupied an impressive 20,000m2 of floor space and hosted 460 exhibitors from 17 countries including major groups from Canada, China and Malaysia.
The Designbuild Green Building Seminars were staged with support from the Green Building Council of Australia, the Australian Architecture Association and BCI Australia. They were appreciated by a total audience of over 800 delegates, with most sessions being presented to a full house. The program included two fully-subscribed Australian Architecture Association tours of environmentally sustainable buildings in Sydney, led by respected environmental architect Tone Wheeler.
Associated industry seminars
In addition to the Green Building Seminars, industry conferences and seminars running in conjunction with Designbuild included: 2007 National Plumbing Forum, Green Plumbers Seminars, Plumbing Supply Forum 2007, National Precast Concrete Association Seminars, Connected Home Conference and Tile & Stone Seminars.
Another important initiative saw over 80 international buyers, brought to the show in conjunction with Austrade to foster export opportunities for Australian businesses. The buying groups came from China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Lebanon, Malaysia, New Zealand, PNG, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, USA and UAE.
Record bookings for 2008
In an exceptional endorsement of the show, over 50% of space for next year’s show in Melbourne is already booked by companies including: ACO Polycrete, AEC Systems, ALSPEC, Architectural Window Systems (AWS), ASPAC, Bat Trims, Breton Spa, Centor Architectural, Crane Copper, Damtec, Eco Block, Graf, G-U Australia, Hygrade Water, Jetmaster, Metalart, Plastic Plumbings, Real Flame, Reckli, Ronstan, Selleys, The Grating Company / Kazed, Trend Windows, Vinidex, VM Zinc, Vogue, Wintec, Woodroffe and Zenith Ceilings
10-Jul-2007