Eco-Friendly Components For Trade Show Stands - By: Chris Harmen

It is no secret that setting up and running trade show exhibits utilize a lot of materials. For this reason, it can be hard for companies at trade events to 'go green' and reduce their impact on the environment, even though many businesses express a desire in doing so. However, achieving this goal is easier nowadays, with so many eco-friendly options for trade show stands on the market. The following are a few ideas for exhibitors wishing to incorporate more green elements into their displays.

Unique Display Options For Trade Show Stands

There are many ways to recycle or reuse materials as a part of trade show exhibits. Instead of the standard displays, why not consider a portable exhibit made with such materials as bamboo, aluminum, or recycled fabrics? Bamboo is one of the strongest materials on earth, and the fact that it grows so quickly means that it is very renewable. Combined with aluminum or bonded metal, it can create a strong, unique, and green exhibit display. There are also bamboo stands that can hold booth literature and keep the display tidier and less cluttered. Other literature stands on the market are made of cardboard and recycled plastic, another lightweight and consequently a greener option. These types of trade show stands often weigh less than ten pounds, are easy to assemble, and break down quickly for easy transport.

Revolutionary Lighting Alternatives

Just as compact fluorescents have nearly replaced traditional incandescent light bulbs in standard home and business settings, there are also newer lighting options available specifically for these types of events. Amazing new backlit display systems illuminate trade show exhibits from behind and provide an eye-catching alternative to standard displays. These displays incorporate LED lighting that use less energy while still being very bright. In fact, LEDs are used in most of the ‘green’ lighting options. Traditional halogen lights are very hot. They create a safety hazard on the show floor, and also make booth staffers uncomfortable. LEDs offer amazing brightness with low temperatures, and use only a fraction of the power that halogen lights require. They can be used in large spotlights and lowlights as well as new fabric-graphic panels. With all of the available options, LED lighting is truly the lighting of the future for trade show stands.

More Eco-Friendly Ideas

Think outside the box - literally - in terms of trade show exhibits. There are companies that manufacture shipping containers made out of environmental organization-certified plywood and low/no volatile organic compound adhesives to ship exhibit components in a more eco-friendly manner. Your company might also consider displaying information about its product or services on a computer screen instead of paper. Consider going with a digital display screen that features an informational video about your company, along with product features available at the push of a button. There is also the option for interchangeable displays. These contain panels made out of sustainable materials that you can switch around and display differently for every show. These panels can be printed with graphics on both sides, so the exhibitor has a number of display design options too.

With eco-friendly trade show stands, lighting options that use less energy, and more, exhibitors should be able to decrease the impact their exhibits have on our planet.

About the Author

Chris Harmen writes for the leading provider of trade show exhibits, Dallas Fort Worth Skyline. They offer a full line of supplies, structures, accessories, and services needed for Dallas trade show stands.

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