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Cladding and Facades
News Release from: Somfy
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 March 2005
Interactive showroom and training centre
Somfy opens first european interactive showroom and training centre for architects and specifiers - for demonstrating dynamic facade solutions
Somfy, the world's leading provider of controls and motors for the automatic movement of solar shading, doors, shutters and windows has opened its first European showroom for architects and specifiers at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London The state-of-the-art venue, which has been established to showcase Somfy's dynamic window and facade solutions, will also become the company's first London office and customer training centre
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 21 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The business will be managed by Geraldine Mostachfi, following her successful track-record working with Somfy building management systems across South East Asia.
With the design of energy-saving, sustainable buildings high on the Kyoto Protocol agenda, the showroom is dedicated to providing architects and specifiers with an interactive environment in which to experience Somfy solutions for dynamic facades.
These will be cleverly demonstrated through simulation of a number of environmental conditions in a way never seen before.
As part of this new initiative, the company has created a dedicated training room from which it will run individually-tailored training courses for OEM customers and system integrators.
"Without question of a doubt, our environment is not the same as it was".
"Today's environmental and ecological changes are having a profound effect on us all".
"Somfy's objective is to bridge the gap in the market and provide cost-effective, energy-saving solutions for 21st Century living architecture," pointed out Geraldine Mostachfi, Somfy's International Specification Manager.
As a member of both the RIBA CPD providers network and Construction CPD Certification Service, the company has scheduled a programme of CPD seminars on the benefits of eco-friendly buildings.
These educative and informative programmes will also consider ways in which Somfy's dynamic facade solutions can contribute towards energy-efficient, living and working environments.
More recently, Somfy was official sponsor of a RIBA competition to design and construct a new Cafe Bar for its Grade II listed London head office.
The winner will be announced in mid-March.
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