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Two industry market pioneers, Ecophon Group and Lindab Group, enter a partnership for new indoor environment systems that combines a sound acoustic environment with healthy indoor air. Ecophon Group and Lindab Group, pioneer in their respective fields of acoustics and HVAC, join forces to launch new acoustic-thermal comfort-ceiling systems. The partnership lays the foundation for all-in-one hybrid solutions effectively combatting two enemies of a healthy indoor environment: poor acoustics and unregulated room temperatures. Designer-friendly ceilings Systems with Ecophon’s acoustic ceiling panels are combined with Lindab’s heating and cooling panels, creating seamless, designer-friendly ceilings that regulate indoor climate while improving the sound environment. The systems are optimal for projects with high indoor environment standards. A common mission Ecophon and Lindab shares a common mission, to provide a better and healthier indoor environment “We are very happy to partner with Lindab. We share a common mission, to provide a better and healthier indoor environment for everyone, and we complement each other as leading technical experts in our respective fields.” “With the new partnership, we will be able to develop and market holistic solutions for a sound indoor environment,” says Francois Michel, CEO of Saint-Gobain Global Architectural Specialities, and President of Ecophon Group. A natural fit “Ecophon and Lindab are a natural fit. Globally, far too many facilities either have a poor sound environment or inadequate indoor air quality with unregulated room temperatures.” “Often both. Through this partnership, architects and designers can streamline their building process by getting access to quality ceiling systems that solve both problems”, says Ola Ringdahl, President and CEO of Lindab Group.

The ongoing generation change within Eurovent has brought, among other changes, a major shift in the Board of Directors. The recent changes entered into force during the association’s 66th General Assembly 2022 in Malaga. Following the recent resignation of three members of the Eurovent Board (Bengt Andersson – Lindab, Thomas Schraeder – VDMA, Torsten Sondergaard – FläktGroup), the Eurovent General Assembly filled these functions with newly appointed members (Fabien Buffard – FläktGroup, Ilkka Salo – Talteka, Jan-Erik Kleven – Camfil). New appointments Ilkka Salo, Managing Director of Talteka (Finnish Building Services Industries and Trade Association) was also recently elected as the Eurovent Commission Vice-Chairman and has been a member of the Commission since 2004. Fabien Buffard, FläktGroup’s Chief Product Strategy & Marketing Officer, brings forth experience in the HVACR products, projects, and marketing strategy, as well as extensive work within the activities of Eurovent Certita Certification. Jan-Erik Kleven, Camfil Norway’s Managing Director brings insight to the Board as he also represents Norwegian suppliers working in the ventilation, cooling, and heat pump systems. New Eurovent Board of Directors The new Eurovent Board of Directors consists of (ordered in alphabetical order by last name): Ozan Atasoy (AiolosAir / ISKID, Turkey) Mikael Borjesson (Swegon / Svensk Ventilation, Sweden) Fabien Buffard (FläktGroup / VDMA, Germany) Raul Corredera Haener (Systemair / AFEC, Spain) - President Mariano Covolo (MEHITS / Assoclima, Italy) Frank Grundholm (ABB / VELTEK Ventilation, Denmark) David Jacobs (BAC / Agoria, Belgium) Eric Jasikas (Carrier / Uniclima, France) Jan-Erik Kleven (Camfil / VKE, Norway) Henk Kranenberg (Daikin / NVKL, Netherlands) – Vice-President Lennart Ostergaard (VELTEK Ventilation, Denmark) – Borne Board Member Ilkka Salo (Talteka, Finland) – Borne Board Member Pedro Silva (Sandometal / EFRIARC, Portugal) Annual Meeting Thank you to the departing Board members for their long-term support of Eurovent and the European industry, and a warm welcome to the new additions to the Eurovent Board. Readers will have a chance to learn more about the new Board of Directors during an upcoming summer series introducing profiles of all its members. Save the date for next year’s Annual Meeting, this will be hosted in May 2023 by Eurovent’s Dutch Member Associations Binnenklimaat Nederland and NVKL in the Netherlands.

Lindab's Innovation Prize is a prize awarded to a company, individual, or organization that can demonstrate an innovative and sustainable product or service, with commercial and/or socio-economic potential that can be put into practice. The winner receives SEK 30,000 as prize money. The 2022 winner is EnergiSystems Tellus AB. Energy efficient  Tellus Energi's system is used in new construction to greatly reduce energy consumption. The system absorbs renewable energy from the atmosphere by cooling the water vapor to ice crystals. This design is more efficient than other air-to-water heat pumps. The environmentally friendly refrigerant transports the energy into the building via underground pipes. These pipes automatically act as geothermal heat when it gets cold outside. long durability, and minimal maintenance Nicklas Friberg, responsible for Lindab Innovation Hub, presented the award during a ceremony at Näringslivsfesten in Båstad. “Efficient energy systems are extremely important to be able to develop our society in a sustainable way." "This year's winner has taken old and proven technology and further developed it into a modern system that creates a good indoor environment, with very low energy consumption, long durability, and minimal maintenance. In addition, it has been proven for many years, on many thousands of square meters with satisfied customers, " says Nicklas.