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Products & services

The inaugural Clean Energy Heating Summit to help

accelerate China's clean energy heating reforms

Environmental protection remain as Chinas number of the up-scaled German and Italian Pavilions.
one concern. With air pollution causing severe Together, the two pavilions will utilise over 1,000
health issues to the countrys population, the sq m of exhibition space, a 20% increase from the
government has increased ecological environment previous edition, to showcase the latest European
protection and management efforts by gradually technologies and products.
eliminating coal combustion heaters with natural For more information, please visit http://ishc-
gas or electric powered heaters nationwide. cihe.hk.messefrankfurt.com
Energy efficiency and emissions reduction
continue to be important environmental goals for
China. To achieve the countrys green objectives,
the Chinese government ordered the immediate
effect of the Coal-to-electricity and Coal-to-
natural gas policies to accelerate Chinas clean
energy heating reforms. Keeping pace with market
trends, ISH China & CIHE China International
Trade Fair for Heating, Ventilation, Air-
Conditioning, Sanitation & Home Comfort System
will be open for trade from 18 20 May 2017.
The three-day event will welcome 1,300
exhibitors and anticipate 55,000 professional
visitors from around the world. Contributing to
the impressive exhibition figures is the return

Key trends and predictions

into the future of urban street use

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Angus Bruce, Principal at HASSELL, has looked at streets years experience as a landscape architect and horticulturist
worldwide to determine some key trends and predictions within designed and constructed landscapes, he has a
into the future of urban street use, ongoing success and particular focus on the project overlay between design,
planning. environment, art and social needs.
A design expert at the firm and Angus has written an This piece also encourages urban planners to
extremely thought-provoking piece on how he feels that the consider the needs and desires of the people - to draw
value of urban main streets around the world is evolving pedestrians and reinvigorate these main streets as unique
and how design should be beyond aesthetics. With over 30 destinations.

Croydon South End High Street (Photo: Jakob Spriestersbach) Rundle Mall Redevelopment

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