During the first week in March, Earl's Court conference and exhibition centre was host to the country's (perhaps Europe's) biggest convention on sustainable design, construction and the built environment- Ecobuild 2010. The five day exhibition saw over 41,000 visitors coming to see and converse with 1,000 innovative exhibitors and soak up information at the daily eco-lectures.
I was lucky enough to work there for a few days with the Landscape Institute so I made the most of my spare time exploring the different stalls and learning as much as I could off the different exhibitors.
Although the majority of stalls were aimed at the ever more eco-conscious residential and commercial construction market, there were some interesting companies that dealt with innovative designs on green walls, water filtration and purification and also natural energy harvesting.
I came away with some fresh perspectives on sustainable design and was quite enthusiastic about some of these innovative ideas and products on green power energies that have/and are being developed right now.
If you didn't get the chance to visit this year I highly recommend you take a trip to the next Ecobuild convention which will be at Excel Centre 1-3rd March 2011 (if you can remember it!).
I regret not taking any pictures while I was working there, but you learn from your mistakes.. To compensate, here's a good old moving image account of the events and happenings at the convention this year-
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