We're going green

Energy

• our connection to the waste-to-energy plant in Bolzano Sud 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 (6958 m²) with a maximum output of 1MW;
  
• our solar panels produce around 800,000 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 - 7 in total, 2 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 a colony of 15,000 bees which produce 15 kg of honey per year.

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.