RENEXPO Vistor Count Up-Sets Record

Release–The RENEXPO® sets a new visitor record

11^th international trade fair comes to a successful close

Once again, Augsburg was the place for future oriented developments. From October 7^th-10^th, The 11^th RENEXPO® International Trade Fair for Renewable Energy Efficient Building & Renovation provided an excellent display of how simple and environmentally friendly the energy supply of the future can be. With its unique broad range of topics, the RENEXPO® once again established its position as one of the most important trade fairs in the area of renewable energies and energy efficiency in building and renovation in Germany.

About 350 exhibitors presented their innovative products, technologies and services to about 14,000 visitors at this year’s RENEXPO®. Around 900 conference participants were in attendance to exchange information at the accompanying conferences. The range of topics covered everything from energy consultation, subsidies and financing, biomass and cogeneration, energy efficient building and renovation to green mobility, heat pumps, solar technology, wind energy, hydropower and green jobs.

The trade fair continues to grow internationally as well with over 50 exhibitors from 14 countries showing the strong international interest in this German platform for renewable energies. In addition, delegations from Singapore, the Philippines and Romania among others attended the RENEXPO® to inform themselves of the Germany energy market.

“The RENEXPO® 2010 with its trade conferences is the market and exchange platform for knowledge, information, development, innovation and practical implementation,” according to Bavarian State Minister Helmut Brunner at the grand opening of the trade fair on Thursday.

“The RENEXPO® is still growing! The enormous stream of visitors was amazing. The path has already been laid out for a successful 12^th RENEXPO®,” said Elisabetta Alberti, Project Manager of the RENEXPO®.

“This something I haven’t seen in a long time – the exhibitors were more than satisfied, and the record breaking visitor count speaks for itself. We already see the number of exhibitors and the exhibition area starting to grow,” according to Günter Armbruster, Head of Sales for REECO GmbH.

The highlights of this year’s RENEXPO® included the new program items Mayor’s Day and Agriculture Day. Over 60 community representatives from all over Bavaria came together to discuss the energy supply of the future for local communities. On Agriculture Day, high-profile speakers addressed an audience that included delegates from government ministries and associations. Leonhard Keller, the president of the Swabian chapter of the Bavarian Farmers’ Association (BBV), opened the event together with C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V. and the editorial department of the magazine Joule.

The conference program of the RENEXPO® that accompanied the exhibition informed over 900 experts at 8 conferences dealing with current issues, political framework conditions, technologies and products surrounding renewable energies. The International BBE Conference for Wood Energy celebrated its 10^th anniversary on October 7^th and 8^th. “The conference has developed over the years to become the leading information exchange and knowledge platform for the German wood energy industry,” according to Bernd Geisen, General Manager of the Bundesverband BioEnergie e.V. (BBE) which organized the conference along with the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry, the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and the Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR).

The Conference on Small and Micro Cogeneration took place for the fourth time and once again established itself as a central meeting point for the cogeneration industry for small and micro applications. Other successful conferences included the 1^st Conference for the Prevention of Microbial Damage in Modern Residential Construction, the 1^st Conference on Future Cities, the combination conference on solar heat and heat pumps and the 6^th Conference on Small and Midsize Wood Carburetors. The number of conference participants at the 2^nd Conference on Small Wind Turbines doubled from 2009.

As a highlight of the RENEXPO®, the second “energy-award powered by JOULE & RENEXPO®” was presented as part of the evening reception in the Golden Hall of Augsburg. The award was given to distinguished individuals who have made important contributions to renewable energy and energy efficiency in building and renovation. The high profile jury included Helmut Lamp, the Chairman of the Bundesverband BioEnergie e.V. (BBE), Adi Golbach, the General Manager of the Bundes Verband Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung e.V. (B.KWK), Edmund Langer from C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V., Fred Weigl, the Chairman of the GIH Gebäudeenergieberater Ingenieure Handwerker Bundesverband e.V. as well as the editorial staff of the magazine Joule released by the Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag (DLV). Winners were selected from several nominations from Germany and other countries.

The winners of this year’s energy award are the IKAROS team of the University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim in the category of energy efficient building and renovation, Bodo Specht from Specht GmbH & Co. KG in the category of wood energy, Prof. Dr. Fritz Richarts from the University of Applied Sciences Gießen-Friedberg in the category of cogeneration upto 200 kW, Thomas Stahl from ThermWerk GmbH & Co. KG in the category of solar technology and Alfons Kruck from ratiotherm Heizung + Solartechnik GmbH & Co. KG in the category of heat pumps.

The next RENEXPO® will take place from September 22^nd-25^th, 2011 in the Messe Augsburg. Information is available at www.renexpo.de.