With the UK’s target to source 15% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and reduce CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050; decision makers from large multinationals, SMEs and the public sector are continually sourcing improved energy solutions.

There are few better opportunities for business leaders to explore and identify the very latest solutions, and find helpful advice and support, than the National Energy Management Exhibition (NEMEX), the UK’s leading event for energy efficient solutions, which returns to the NEC Birmingham, 22nd – 24th May 2012.

NEMEX 2012 will showcase the latest advances in renewable energy products, energy management systems, and energy efficient technologies. It will also give visitors access to industry experts in an extensive seminar programme, supported by a uniquely experienced steering group which includes ESTA, EiBI, Tesco and the Energy Institute.

NEMEX forms part of Sustainabilitylive!, which brings together the International Water and Effluent Exhibition (IWEX), Brownfield Expo (BEX), Environmental Technology (ET), and Sustainable Business (SB) – The Event.

Who’s going to be there?

This year’s NEMEX features some of the biggest names in the energy sector including British Gas Business, Powerstar, Business Stream, powerPerfector, Monodraught, and Siemens Metering Services.

The show attracted just under 9,000 attendees in 2011, with numbers expected to rise in 2012. Popular draws will be products and services for carbon management, energy efficiency, renewables, micro-generation, and biogas solutions.

Seminar programme

The three-day seminar programme which runs alongside the exhibition will address a wide range of issues that are currently affecting the energy sector.

Day One includes seminars on government policy, skills and training, carbon reduction strategies, and energy standards. On Day Two, there are sessions on grants and financing, procurement and energy supply, energy efficiency services, demand response and voltage optimisation. On the third day, expert speakers will discuss issues such as behavioural changes required in marketing energy efficiency and examine case studies on community engagement.

Alongside the seminar programme, the Major Energy Users Council (MEUC) will join Utility Week to hold workshops over two days of the show. The workshops will explore issues such as the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and what it means for companies in the future, energy efficiency measures, as well as saving and managing energy and carbon. More information on the workshops will be available soon on the NEMEX website www.nemex.co.uk.

HEVAR – the main event for heating and ventilating industries

Visitors to NEMEX can also take advantage of HEVAR, the essential event in the UK for buyers and specifiers in the heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration industries, which for the first time will be co-located to NEMEX.