World EXPO 2010 Shanghai China will be held from May 1 to October 31, 2010 and last 184 days. The estimated number of visitors is 70 million, including about 5.5 million foreign visitors. EXPO aims to attract some 200 countries and international organizations as exhibitors. The scale of this event will be the largest in the history of EXPOs. The venue covers over 320 hectares in the heart of the Shanghai metropolis.

The main theme is Better city, better life.

The five sub-themes are

Blending of diverse cultures in the city
Economic prosperity in the city
Innovation of science and technology in the city
Remodeling of communities in the city
Rural-urban interaction

The global challenge is how to build sustainable urban life that offers places for people to lead fulfilling lives in dignity, good health, happiness, and hope. And EXPO’s main mission is to offer a platform for global dialogue and to show concrete ways to achieve a happier future urban life.

'The Giant's kettle'

Halton provides indoor environment to the Finnish pavilion, 'the giant's kettle'. The pavilion is an example of how Finns are building better cities according to the principles of sustainable development. The pavilion combines creativity, high technology, and culture – a unity that makes for good human life.

Finland Pavilion Kirnu from finlandatexpo2010 on Vimeo.

Sharing inspiration - Halton at Shanghai World EXPO

Halton's mission is to enable wellbeing in indoor environments. Thus Halton and the whole Finnish pavilion share the same main values: better city, better life.

Halton enables wellbeing by delivering comfortable, safe and sustainable indoor environments. Competence, innovations and global experience powered by passion for better environments are the basis for reaching good results. Halton indoor environment solutions at the Shanghai EXPO are designed to provide good conditions for users and sustainable building life.

Indoor environment solution
VIP areas in the pavilion's third floor are equipped with Halton's multiservice chilled beams. For the first time, chilled beam system is equipped with LED lighting.

- The active service beam product family is highly suitable for sustainable construction, and it has proved very popular in Europe. We have long been looking for suitable LED lighting to make it even more energy-efficient. Now we have found it,’ says Product Manager Mikko Lietzen, from Halton.

Halton also supplies efficient air diffusion system for the exhibition floors.

Join us to share the inspiration at the World Expo.

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> Energy-efficient new-generation LED lighting for Halton’s chilled beams