We're going green

Energy

• Our connection to the waste-to-energy plant in Bolzano allows us to receive hot water for heating and cooling our facilities;
• our photovoltaic roof on the exhibition pavilion is almost as big as a football field (6.958 m²) with a maximum output of 1 MW;
  
• our solar panels produce around 1.000.000 kWh of energy per year, of which about half is consumed by us while with the remainder, statistically speaking, we could supply a small village of about 300 people;
• our electric car charging points - 40 in total, 10 of them ultra-fast and all of them utilising the photovoltaic energy of our roof;
• our Service Centre has a 500 m² green roof, which reduces the heat in the building, retains dust, provides a better microclimate and is home to two colonies of 30.000 bees which produce 30 kg of honey per year;
• the entire exhibition-hall is equipped with LED lighting; 
• our FieraMesse H1 Eventspace is equipped with an energy-efficient air conditioning system, also powered by our photovoltaic system.

Our photovoltaic energy

Recycling & prevention

• 75% of the waste produced at the fair is collected separately;
• waste water from brush washing or other set-up operations is collected in 3 tanks and treated separately before disposal;
• for waste produced by visitors, there are 40 recycling bins in the district;
• we have given up carpeting on the aisles, which is equivalent to 156 tonnes less of CO₂ emitted each year;
• no plastic for bottles, cutlery and disposable tableware from our official caterer and restaurant supplier GIKU;
• during events, every evening a cooperative takes unsold (but still good) food from the bars and delivers it to those who need it most;
  
• all fabrics used for digital printing, around 500 m² each year, are fully collected and recycled to produce new ones.

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