We appreciate that the choices our customers make in participating at Ecobuild are influenced by many factors.  However, Ecobuild would like to encourage exhibitors and contractors to make sustainability the most important.  Exhibitors can help to make Ecobuild an even more sustainable event by monitoring and changing the way we all use resources.  We would ask you to consider:

• Approaching your stand design, construction and use with sustainability as your first objective. The best stand design doesn’t always require the most materials.
• Ask your stand builder to provide you with information about how they can reduce the environmental impact of your stand
• Sourcing environmentally friendly materials, especially avoiding those which will end up in landfill. Timber is used extensively in stand building, so insist on your stand builder using timber which carries the Forest Stewardship Council trademark, or which has been recycled already
• Designing for reusing and repurposing materials - finding good uses for materials which have been used in the displays and attractions and which are unwanted at the end of the event
• Design the stand to make best use of energy efficient lighting
• Maximise the use of prefabricated components which can be used again and which can be built and dismantled efficiently

• Send material by email wherever possible rather than providing printed hardcopies
• If absolutely necessary, only ship as much printed material as appropriate. Try and minimize the amount of printed material distributed and reuse excess marketing material after the event
• Use paper packaging rather than plastic
• Use recycled paper wherever possible

• Use reusable cups and glasses
• Use paper packaging whenever possible
• Minimise napkin usage

• Managing energy consumption by incorporating low voltage LED
• Minimise the use of water wherever possible

• Use public transport within London rather than taxis
• Encourage staff to use public transport instead of taxis
• Encourage car-sharing

• Plan what can be recycled - how, when and where
• Minimise your waste
• Contract ISS services – Official Venue Supplier that operates a recycling programme for all waste collected

• We encourage exhibitors to use and contract Ecobuild’s recommended suppliers. Working with companies that already attend Ecobuild can reduce your environmental impact as you can benefit from shared transport and labour