In 2020, the Light + Building trade fair in Germany will focus on ‘Connected Security’, say organisers. While the Messe Frankfurt show covers building products and tech, typically for home automation and electrical engineering, that includes access control and windows and doors; hence security market manufacturers such as ABUS, Gretsch-Unitas, Hikvision and Mobotix are among the exhibitors.
Karsten Nölling, Chair of the Senior Management Team at KIWI, a video analytics company and another Light + Building exhibitor from the security sector – says: “When it comes to connected security, we are all still at day one. There are lots of good systems, but they have, for the most part, been designed as isolated solutions for individual applications. That includes alarm systems just as much as electronic locking systems. We are going to see increasing interlinking of systems in this area over the next few years – particularly in situations that involve several suppliers. Intersec Building has picked up on the trend for inter-connected products and processes early and is systematically extending its coverage.”
The organisers are also stressing connectivity and interoperability of digital applications – including in terms of energy management; the networking of building services and security technology, the infrastructure for charging electric vehicles, ‘smart’ transport systems and the ‘smart’ urban environment overall.
Background
Light + Building, with Intersec Building, will run from Sunday to Friday, March 8 to 13, 2020, in Frankfurt am Main. For details of how to register to attend, visit www.light-building.com.
The trade fair for lighting and connected building-services began in 2002 and ran last in 2018, when it saw 2,719 exhibitors and 220,864 visitors; around 5pc, or 11,000, from the UK. Around 70 per cent of the products on show were presented by international companies while just over half, 52 percent of visitors came from outside Germany. The biggest visitor nations after Germany were: China, Italy, the Netherlands, France, the UK in fifth, Switzerland and Belgium.
For how to visit and where to stay – although flying from London to Frankfurt for the day is an option for UK visitors – visit https://light-building.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/planning-preparation/arrival-stay.html.
Alongside the trade show, Luminale is a festival of light from March 12 to 15. With around 250,000 visitors, it’s among the biggest public spectacles in the Rhine-Main region of Germany.
Image courtesy of Messe Frankfurt GmbH
