ACREX India 2014: heading towards carbon neutral

•    ACREX India 2014 almost booked up
•    Growing construction sector offers new business perspectives
•    fensterbau/frontale India again parallel to ACREX India 2014

South Asia’s largest exhibition on Air Conditioning, Refrigeration & Building Services, Acrex India 2014, will take place at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from February 27 to March 1, 2014. More than 450 companies from Asia, Europe and North America will participate in the exhibition. As a first of its kind, ACREX India has started an initiative that aims at reducing its carbon footprint to set an example for environment-friendly and energy-efficient development in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC & R) sector. ACREX India 2014 is organized by the Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE) and NürnbergMesse India.

The Indian construction industry has progressed with a Compound Annual Growth rate (CAGR) of 15.10 percent between 2008 and 2012. This growth was supported by the country’s expanding economy, increased government spending on public infrastructure, high urbanization and a supportive foreign direct investment (FDI) system. For the next five years, the construction industry’s growth is expected to remain strong as a result of the government’s commitment to improve India’s infrastructure. “The positive development of the construction and infrastructure sector offers numerous business opportunities for the HVAC & R industry,” says Sonia Prashar, Managing Director of NürnbergMesse India. “With ACREX India we offer the global industry a platform to expand their business and to benefit from these positive developments.” Ashish Rakheja, chairman of ACREX India 2014, has set the exhibition’s focus on energy efficiency and environ-mental responsibility. But that is not all: The exhibition will also show the industry new perspectives for future business opportunities, for example with a special architects forum, where future building concepts will be displayed.

Towards a carbon neutral exhibition
The exhibition focuses on energy-efficient technologies and latest innovations. As representative of a future-oriented industry, ISHRAE has decided to set an example for the responsible use of natural resources: To compensate unavoidable emissions caused by the exhibition, the organization is going to plant 10,000 trees all over India. At the launch of ACREX India 2014, the NGO Sankalp Taru and 200 attendees already started to plant the trees virtually via Internet on behalf of organizers, exhibitors, visitors and ISHRAE members. Every tree can be located through a GPRS system and its growth can be monitored. Another important proposition of ISHRAE is the reusing and recycling of waste material generated during ACREX India 2014. Every exhibitor is invited to contribute to the reduction of the exhibition’s carbon footprint by following the principle of three “Rs”: Reduce, Recycle and Reuse.

Sharing expertise at ACREX India 2014
ACREX India presents the entire spectrum of the refrigeration and air conditioning industry, ranging from air conditioning systems, refrigeration equipment, temperature control and ventilation to building technologies and services. Industry-leading companies like Carrier, ebm-papst, Daikin Airconditioning India Pvt. Ltd. (DAIPL), Bry Air Asia Pvt. Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric India Pvt. Ltd., Intertek and Marathon Electric have already booked their booth. The international interest in the show is also high: Germany, Italy, the USA and China have confirmed their participation with country pavilions.

The exhibition not only provides an internationally renowned setting to showcase products and developments; it is also accompanied by a series of informative technical workshops, seminars and panel discussions, offering a platform for international knowledge exchange on a highly qualified level.

A powerful duo: ACREX India in parallel to fensterbau/frontale India
fensterbau/frontale India will again be held concurrent to ACREX India at the Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre in New Delhi. The international exhibition for windows, doors, façades and related technologies, machinery and services is organized by NürnbergMesse India. “We are very happy to simultaneously present both events,” explains Sonia Prashar. “These two exhibitions support cross-sector cooperation and developments in thematically linked segments of building expertise.” With their complementary themes they are equally appealing to architects, planners and building experts. In 2013, 70 international exhibitors presented their latest products and technologies to an increased audience of about 5,640.

About ISHRAE
ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers), was founded in 1981 at New Delhi by a group of eminent HVAC & R professionals. ISHRAE has more than 12,000 HVAC & R professionals and 3,000 students as members with 40 chapters in India. ISHRAE organizes International and National Exhibition, conducts Seminars and Workshops throughout the country to achieve its primary objective of Advancement of the Sciences of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Engineering & Related Services. ISHRAE publications strive to help readers keep up to date with the happenings, learn new techniques, improve old designs and adopt the use of new devices to improve indoor air quality in our buildings.