This prestigious Exhibition that is held just once every two years at the NEC Birmingham where it was declared that two of Monodraught's products are both winners. Which is an incredible compliment to our products, considering they had well over 170 entries for these awards.

The judges considered the innovative use of Solar Power fully justified this prestigious recognition. In their summing the judges said

"This well thought-out product further develops the company's Sun-Pipe technology. It puts together in one good-looking element all the items needed for lighting and ventilation of a bathroom, simplifying the ventilation and specification process."

Sola-Boost was voted by the judges to be the Best Services product of the show. Again the judges considered the innovative use of Solar power to provide solar powered ventilation greatly enhanced an already highly succesful natural venilation product, the judges commets were:-

"Although simple in concept, this submission demonstrates that by employing new technologies with innovation a product can be developed that can be applied either commercially or domestically. It has the advantage of being able to respond directly to weather conditions and to be self powered by solar energy."

The champagne was flowing freely after the award ceramony, so everyone on the Monodraught stand were a pretty happy bunch.

We were delighted that Prince Andrew took time out to visit our Stand at the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Green and Energy Efficient Building & New Technologies and Products Expo in Beijing.  Prince Andrew said he was a great fan of SunPipe and said he thought they were a “fantastic idea”.  He is seen here talking to our Chairman and Managing Director, Professor Terry Payne, who had also met Prince Andrew in Dubai at a reception at The British Embassy.  Prince Andrew addressed the opening day of the Conference and expressed his keen desire to see English technology exported to China and he said he considered the UK was the leading force in the new technology in the whole world.

Monodraught’s presence in China has grown tremendously over the last 12 months with a sales staff now of 18 at Eastview. All eyes are now on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, with tremendous interest being shown from the various Olympic Committees to incorporate as many ‘green’ technologies as possible into the various buildings that make up the Olympic Village. This was Monodraught’s second showing at the Intelligent & Green Expo where the products were shown off in a purpose built ‘live’ Exhibition Stand in the car park, where visitors could see SunPipes in action. Monodraught also had a Stand as part of the British Pavilion in the main Conference Hall. Language is hardly a problem when it comes to SunPipes, since people can see for themselves the remarkable performance! With a highly motivated and very enthusiastic sales staff, this promises to be just the beginning of a great future for Monodraught in China!

With Interbuild only a few weeks away, the last finishing touches are being made to our plans. We will be exhibiting on Stand N°08-D15 in Hall N°8 and amongst other things, we will be celebrating the fact that Jewson have chosen us to be their sole supplier of lightpipes whereas previously, they had sold up to four different types! of lightpipe!

There is so much interest in our Sola-Wind, Sola-Boost, and indeed all our solar driven products that this is clearly going to prove to be a very busy and almost certainly a very exciting Show!

The Exhibition opening times are from Sunday, 23rd April - Wednesday, 26th April 9.30am - 5.00pm and on Thursday, 27th April 9.30am - 4.00pm. We look forward to welcoming our many friends and visitors to our stand.