Leica DISTO D8 receives Award for Product Innovation at BAU 2011

At this year's BAU 2011 trade fair, which took place from 17th to 22nd January in Munich, the Leica DISTO D8 won an award for product innovation presented by Bundesarbeitskreis für Altbauerneuerung e.V. (BAKA), Bauverlag and Messe München.

Image copyright: Messe München BAU11 Secretary of State Rainer Bomba hears about the versatile functions of the Leica DISTO D8 from Jan Hoppe. Image copyright: Messe München BAU11

Secretary of State Rainer Bomba hears about the versatile functions of the Leica DISTO D8 from Jan Hoppe. Image

Left to right: Ulrich Zink (Chairman BAKA), Jan Hoppe (Sales Manager Specialist Dealers, Leica Geosystems GmbH Vertrieb), Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer (Managing Director Messe München GmbH) and Rainer Bomba (Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and UrbanDevelopment). copyright: Messe München BAU11

This regular award is made with the aim of promoting the development of forward-looking product ideas and designs especially for applications associated with building within existing buildings. The focus is on exemplary products and system solutions that ease the task of modernization in terms of construction, architecture, economy and efficiency.

Under the patronage of German's Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development, Dr. Peter Ramsauer, the prize for innovation was awarded at the international building fair BAU 2011 in Munich/Germany. With a new record of 238,000 visitors, 25% of whom were from abroad, and more than 2,000 exhibitors, the “BAU” has become the leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems.

The top-drawer 12-member jury had met in the previous autumn at the Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development in Berlin to determine the prize and award winners from the 80 or so nominated ideas behind new products for use in existing and new construction. The prizes and certificates were handed out during a ceremony at BAU 2011.

The BAKA jury praised the many useful functions of the Leica DISTO D8, which "is supplied in a compact, handy case and is hardly larger or heavier than a smart phone." The integrated Bluetooth technology for data transfer and a high-resolution 2.4“ colour display with a digital point finder including 4x zoom impressed the jury.

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