London - 30/01/09

French Trade Commission unveils French pavilion at Ecobuild 2009

The French Pavilion at Ecobuild (in London) in March 2009, which will showcase innovative companies in the field of environmentally friendly construction, is supported by the French Trade Commission in the UK. Driven by an ambition to achieve maximum energy savings in buildings, the participating French companies will be putting the spotlight on a range of eco-friendly building solutions they have successfully pioneered and promoted.

A total of 15 ‘green’ construction companies from France will be exhibiting at the Ecobuild trade show, which is being held in London from 3 to 5 March 2009, and will be part of the French Pavilion (Earls Court 1 — Stand No1482), with the backing of the French Trade Commission in the UK and UBIFRANCE, France’s export-support agency.

The French companies, from across the construction sector, will present their innovative construction products and advanced technological solutions in green building in order to reinforce their professional contacts with British counterparts and to provide new business opportunities for trade between France and the UK.

The French Pavilion will offer a unique environment in which eco-friendly contractors, professional builders, remodelers, architects, landscapers, developers, distributors, supply-chain players, and designers can discover original products and find new business partners.

Companies on the French Pavilion are listed below; a catalogue with further details on each of the exhibitors is available upon request.

Dardant Demeuria

Dardant Demeuria builds and designs Luxury-Eco timber-frame country homes and Eco-Family houses. All houses feature innovative timber-frame construction, state-of-the-art insulation systems, and intelligent house-automation solutions to manage novel energy-efficient heating solutions. www.demeuria.com ; www.dardant.com

ARBONIS/FARGEOT

ARBONIS has become a major player in the field of designing and building constructions made of timber. The group comprises four companies that constitute a leader in wood and glulam construction: Fargeot Lamelle Colle and Caillaud Lamelle Colle, which work in partnership with Satob Construction Bois, a specialist in traditional and structural work, and, finally, ARBONIS CONSTRUCTION. ARBONIS is the latest addition to the group, and its remit is to develop new markets and package projects. www.arbonis.com

GIORDANO INDUSTRIES
In Europe, GIORDANO is one of the oldest and leading manufacturers of solar thermal systems (hot sanitary water) and of heat pumps (air/water and geothermal pumps) for hot water, space heating and cooling. The company will showcase its technology at Ecobuild. www.giordano.fr

SILVADEC

SILVADEC produces wood/polymer composite deck-boards for terraces, bridges and pools. It also launched an Innovative Composite Fencing product range in November 2008, which has been awarded the prize for Best Innovative Product at the Wellgreen Exhibition, which was held in Lyons (in France) as part of the European Swimming-pool Exhibition. www.silvadec.com

CD2E
CD2E is a regional association based in northern France, which is dedicated to supporting and promoting the creation and development of eco-enterprises across all environmental sectors. To achieve this, the association is organized around a team of environmental and business experts. CD2E also encourages the eco-enterprises it works with to approach export markets and is engaged in a range of projects to facilitate commercial relationships and partnerships that benefit eco-enterprises, such as ACT Environnement, COGEBLOC, Eaux de France or Le Relais, which will be present on the CD2E stand.
www.actenvironnement.fr
www.cogebloc.com
www.eauxdefrance.fr
www.lerelais.org/Isolant-Metisse
www.cd2e.com

LENKKA – CAP TRADING
LENKKA is a French specialist in chimneys that are produced on the basis of advanced designs. LENKKA’s chimneys are clean and work with ethanol, so that they generate neither smoke nor smells. www.lenkka.com

AMYTIS

For the past six years, Amytis has been developing a living wall system for interior and exterior use. The Amytis^® panel represents the outcome of in-depth research: it is a patented, multi-purpose, polypropylene plant module. Plants are planted in a specially made pH neutral, rot-free, well-aired, water-retaining growing medium. For watering, Amytis ^® uses a very simple fertilizing and dripping system; the water consumption is of approximately 120 litres per square metre and per year. All this, after installation, improves the thermal and phonic isolation of the building, and also gives it an attractive, natural and ecological appearance. www.amytis2.com

ARD – ECOVOIE
ARD has developed and promotes ECOVOIE® — a construction process that is both economical and environmentally friendly, which is applied to paths, squares, parking spaces and traffic areas. Thanks to the approach pioneered by ARD, and on the basis of the existing ground-covering materials and features, the outcome that is obtained is of a ground surface looking natural and integrating easily into the existing urban environment. ARD’s processes release 10 to 20 times less carbon dioxide than cement or lime. www.activsol.com

AIA
Architectes Ingénieurs Associés (AIA) is a firm that was created in 1998 by three French architects who were passionate about environmental issues. In the past 10 years, AIA has become a partner of choice in the field of large environmental projects, including water-treatment plants, energy rationalisation and use, eco-neighbourhoods, and constructions meeting the highest environmental standards. AIA has put in place an Environment Management System that is ISO 1 4001-2004-certified, and which represents the outcome of a process of continuous improvement in project management. www.aae.fr – www.a-i-a.fr

MAISON DE LA REGION LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON - LONDON BRANCH
Serving businesses in Languedoc-Roussillon (in southern France) and driven by the regional council, Sud de France Export supports the region’s enterprises in the eco-construction, solar, wind and biomass fields with the latest technologies. About 10 leading companies from the region will attend Ecobuild to promote their know-how. On Thursday 5 March, Sud de France Export will organize round tables that will focus on major environmental issues, such as certification and regulation or the universities and research. www.maisondelaregionlanguedocroussillon.com

About the Trade Commission of the French Embassy in the UK
The Trade Commission of the French Embassy in London promotes trade development between France and the UK by offering a range of commercial and corporate services to French companies. The Industrial-goods Department organises B2B events in the form of conferences and networking initiatives, mainly in London.

The French Pavilion, with the support of the French Trade Commission, will be part of Ecobuild in London. The Ecobuild Show will be held from 3 to 5 March 2009 at Earl’s Court 1 (Stand 1482) between 10.00am and 5.00pm. (On the last day, the trade show closes at 4.00pm.)

For further information, please contact Ms Myriam Sengayire or Ms Kate Ambler, press officer, at the Press Office of the French Trade Commission.

Ms Myriam Sengayire
Industrial-goods Department – French Trade Commission in the United Kingdom
Direct telephone line: 00 (44) [0] 207 316 4143
Email address: myriam.sengayire@missioneco.org

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Kate AMBLER – Press Officer

UBIFRANCE Press Office in London

21, Grosvenor Place

London, SW1X 7TB (United Kingdom)

Telephone: 020-7235-5330

Email: kate.ambler@ubifrance.fr

Web site: www.ftpb.co.uk

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